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“I was farming that ranch. It’s where I invented this whole retail business that I’ve been running,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Growing up in LaGrange, a city of 950 along the Mississippi River, Mr. Lewis would scoot a toy John Deere tractor through his mother’s apartment and pretend he was farming the carpet.

From New York Times • May 22, 2021

Constant was farming some on his own and was the farm manager for an organic soybean brokerage company that was selling soybeans to the Japanese.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2020

Within a year, he had left school and was farming full time.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2018

Ray Veech ran the garage when his dad was farming, and I thought I had some business with him.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck