market gardening
Britishnoun
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The fertile volcanic soil at its base has allowed market gardening to flourish, including in the village of Ohakune, which is affectionately known as the nation’s carrot capital.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
That means building private homes, getting into market gardening, even setting up an energy company.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2014
Hoping to find peace of mind George Lloyd moved into market gardening.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2013
United States In the United States horticulture and market gardening have now assumed immense proportions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
These smaller rural industries--dairying, market gardening, and the like--demand much labour of a more or less unskilled and mechanical sort, but do not provide returns justifying the payment of high wages.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
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