truck farm

noun

: a farm devoted to the production of vegetables for the market

truck farmer noun

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Neighboring Batestown flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century as an unincorporated community where residents raised vegetables on truck farms and livestock, said Reid, who grew up there. —

Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023 Mark Fidrych retired and returned to his truck farm in Massachusetts. —

Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022 The heyday of the truck farm came after the Civil War. —

Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020 The Ti Kee truck farm yielded profits as high as $2,000 a year, or close to $60,000 in today’s dollars. —

Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020 By the 1890s, a hamlet of Chinese gardeners operated a truck farm at what is now the West Bank end of the Crescent City Connection. —

Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020 In Milwaukee, Randall's grandfather worked as a laborer, and her parents rented a small truck farm on Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa. —

Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2019