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cooperative farm

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noun

  1. 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 )

  2. a farm that is owned by a cooperative society

  3. a farm run on a communal basis, such as a kibbutz

  4. another name for collective farm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A kibbutz, for those who don’t know, it’s a small cooperative farm.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2023

He married a local woman, Shirley Miller, and built a robust voting-rights effort and, later, a sprawling cooperative farm.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2022

The money they received allowed them to buy a former plantation, which they converted into a new cooperative farm.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2022

"It's a matter of time," former Agriculture Secretary John Block, who is an Illinois hog farmer and Washington lawyer, said as he toured the 247-member cooperative farm outside Havana.

From US News Mar. 4, 2015

There are more social activities, including a cooperative farm.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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