cooperative farm
Britishnoun
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a farm that is run in cooperation with others in the purchasing and using of machinery, stock, etc, and in the marketing of produce through its own institutions ( farmers' cooperatives )
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a farm that is owned by a cooperative society
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a farm run on a communal basis, such as a kibbutz
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another name for collective farm
Example Sentences
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A kibbutz, for those who don’t know, it’s a small cooperative farm.
From Slate
He married a local woman, Shirley Miller, and built a robust voting-rights effort and, later, a sprawling cooperative farm.
From New York Times
The money they received allowed them to buy a former plantation, which they converted into a new cooperative farm.
From New York Times
The San Xavier Cooperative Farm is run by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation in the Tucson area.
From Washington Post
Since the early 1970s, a group of Nation members have run the San Xavier Cooperative Farm and grown “traditional desert cultivars” in accordance with their ancestral values — particularly respect for land, water and plants.
From Washington Post
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