truck farmer
noun[C]
USuk/ˈtrʌk ˌfɑː.mər/us/ˈtrʌk ˌfɑːr.mɚ/(UKmarket gardener)afarmeron asmallfarmwhogrowsfruitandvegetablesforsellingto thepublic:
Thefloodshave had asevereeffecton thelivelihoodsoftruckfarmersin thearea.
Evenlocaltruckfarmershave tocompetewith thepricesatgrocerychains.
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truck farm
- Themagazinehassubscribersrangingfromhomegardenerstotruckfarmers.
- He wasinspiredtodocumenttruckfarmers'livesby howrapidlyfarmsweredisappearingin hishometown.
- Hephotographedandinterviewedtruckfarmersin Georgia, Alabama, andVirginia.
Farmers & farm workers
- crofter
- farmer
- farmhand
- homesteader
- landholder
- market gardener
- non-farmer
- pastoralist
- peasant
- peon
- picker
- ploughman
- poulterer
- rancher
- ryot
- sharecropper
- smallholder
- squatter
- yeoman