shade-grown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of shade-grown
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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I love being romanced by their promises of protecting birds and treating their workers well with their shade-grown, pesticide-free beans.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
In one project, they work with local village chiefs to cultivate shade-grown coffee as a business, a practice that can be done without inflicting a heavy toll on the forest.
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2021
In Indonesia, other bats reduce the insect burden on shade-grown cacao.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020
Nekaris also introduced the idea of shade-grown coffee to the village, growing coffee in its natural habitat of the understory, pollinated by insects, in sustainably fertile soil.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
This method is employed principally in Cuba, Florida and Connecticut where cigar wrapper leaves are produced, and such tobacco is known as shade-grown.
From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.
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