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: grown, bred, or raised on a farm
… a specially filleted Grade-A piece of the best of the farmed North American channel catfish.—
Paul Greenberg
Paul GreenbergThe breeding farms … raise the possibility that farmed birds were the source of the outbreak.—Declan Butler
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: used for farming : managed and cultivated as farmland
In contrast, the valley had been a farmed and peaceful enclave right up until the end—and therefore was uncontested land of the sort that might normally have remained clean in a war.—William Langewiesche
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The process uses significantly fewer resources and produces more consistent results than farmed cotton.
—Chris Norris, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Andersen said much work has been done in the wake of the pandemic to improve lab safety and the potential for the accidental release of dangerous viruses, but there’s been much less focus on the trade of wild and farmed animals, which continues to pose serious risks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Blue catfish taste milder and brighter than other varieties, closer to wild bass than farmed cat.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 28 July 2024
Bird flu spreads to farmed animals from wild birds.
—Reuters, CNN, 2 July 2024
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Chris Norris, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Andersen said much work has been done in the wake of the pandemic to improve lab safety and the potential for the accidental release of dangerous viruses, but there’s been much less focus on the trade of wild and farmed animals, which continues to pose serious risks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Blue catfish taste milder and brighter than other varieties, closer to wild bass than farmed cat.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 28 July 2024
Bird flu spreads to farmed animals from wild birds.
—Reuters, CNN, 2 July 2024
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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmed. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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