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agriculture
noun(ag-ri-cul-ture)the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
agriculture
noun(ag-ri-cul-ture)a system in which a farm is supported by local consumers who purchase prepaid shares in the farm's output which they receive periodically throughout the growing season —abbreviation CSA
agriculture
noun(ag-ri-cul-ture)farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale
agriculture
noun(ag-ri-cul-ture)farming or a system of farming that produces a minimum and often inadequate return to the farmer —called also subsistence agriculture