as in animal husbandry
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Recent Examples of mixed farming
Reports commissioned by Molly Scott Cato, the Green Party MEP for Southwest England, and others revolve around mixed farming, increasing biodiversity, and addressing big issues such as loss of topsoil and supporting farming communities.
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Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed farming
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Rather, this sensible, sensitive, and sometimes quite beautiful portrayal of modern animal husbandry wants to reveal the secretive process of how meat lands on your plate.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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While there has been loads of research on animal husbandry, there has not been all that much investigation into animals’ conscious experiences outside their role as food products for humans.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Nov. 2024
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Incentives such as tax breaks, subsidies, and grants for agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and climate-resilient farming are essential and can be tailored to create models that can benefit both the economy and the environment.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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But my grandfather wanted the land to always be used for farming.—
Riley Robinson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Many undocumented immigrants and TPS or humanitarian parole-holders work in jobs that keep society running: construction, agriculture and restaurants, for example.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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Both films portray farming as fundamentally a thing of the past, and the conflict between agriculture and climate as one between smallholding farmers and renewables.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Initially designed in 2020, the project involved selecting growers to prepare for legal cannabis cultivation.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The filing details the company's recent business developments, including acquisitions and expansion of retail and cultivation operations in various states.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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Rather than being constantly on the move, traditional Maasai pastoralism has been more about strategic relocation.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
9 Sep. 2024
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For her, this discovery adds to the evidence that nomadic dairy pastoralism has sustained Mongolians for thousands of years.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2024
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“Mixed farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20farming. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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