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  • Definitions: farmer, agriculture, sustainable

    Tom,

    I appreciate your comments and your insight; I always look forward to your pieces in Grist.  Would it be possible or useful to define some of the terms that all of us toss around as though we actually have a consensus opinion on them?

    For instance; I don't really believe that a large-scale (several hundred or even thousand acres) mono-culture crop production can truly be defined as true agriculture, nor can its keepers or tenders truly be defined as farmers. Maybe there could be some lines of distinction drawn here. How about some of the terms that have fallen into disuse, like husbandman?

    I would welcome your thoughts.

    sderoote123

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