Meaning & use
truck farming
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Meaning
noununcountable
Growing vegetables and fruit in large amounts near cities to sell fresh in nearby markets.
Grammar: Uncountable: truck farming is common near cities.
Patterns
- practice truck farming
- truck farming near something
Truck farming around the city supplies fresh tomatoes to local markets each summer.
The warm climate made truck farming profitable for the family.
Many students learn that truck farming depends on good roads and quick delivery.
Common combinations
- practice truck farming
- They practice truck farming on flat land near the city.
- truck farming region
- The coast became a major truck farming region.
- commercial truck farming
- Commercial truck farming needs cold storage.
- truck farming and dairy
- The valley is known for truck farming and dairy.
Synonyms and how they differ
- market gardening
- Market gardening is the British term and is usually smaller in scale.
- horticulture
- Horticulture covers gardening of all kinds, including for fun, while truck farming is commercial and aimed at nearby sales.
- vegetable farming
- Vegetable farming is plain and describes just the crops, not the aim of fast sales to nearby markets.
Opposites
Word family
- truck farmer noun
- a person who grows produce for nearby markets
- truck garden noun
- a plot where produce is grown for sale
- farming noun
- growing crops or raising animals
Commonly confused: truck farming or subsistence agriculture?
truck farming vs subsistence agriculture
Subsistence agriculture feeds the farmer's own family, while truck farming grows produce to sell.
Practice
A farm near a big city grows lettuce and tomatoes in large amounts to sell fresh at nearby markets. This is called ___.
Choose one answer.
Truck farming means growing produce for nearby markets. Subsistence farming feeds the farmer's family and does not fit large-scale selling.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “truck farming”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.