market gardener
noun[C]
uk/ˌmɑː.kɪt ˈɡɑː.dən.ər/us/ˌmɑːr.kɪt ˈɡɑːr.dən.ɚ/(UStruck farmer)someone whogrowsfruitandvegetableson asmallfarmandsellsthem to thepublic:
Farmers andmarketgardenershave beenbadlyaffectedby thedrought.
See
market garden
- Manysuccessfulhomegardenerseventuallybecomemarketgardeners,offeringtheirproduceforsale.
- Marketgardenersoften useartificiallightanddarkclothstoadjustthelengthof thenightand sopersuadeplantstofloweratunnaturaltimesof theyear.
- Herefusedto domilitaryserviceandholedup at thefarmof amarketgardenerin the Gironde.
Farmers & farm workers
- crofter
- farmer
- farmhand
- homesteader
- landholder
- non-farmer
- pastoralist
- peasant
- peon
- picker
- ploughman
- poulterer
- rancher
- ryot
- sharecropper
- smallholder
- squatter
- truck farmer
- yeoman