Definition

1. Noun:
   • The commercial cultivation of vegetables for sale, typically on a relatively small scale and often near urban markets: "Truck farming" refers specifically to the business or practice of growing vegetables to be sold fresh, historically often transported by truck to nearby city markets.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The fertile valley is ideal for truck farming, supplying the city with fresh produce.
  • He left his office job to start a life in truck farming.

Advanced Usage

• The term historically emphasizes the local or regional scale of production and direct marketing, often contrasting with large-scale, industrial agriculture focused on grain or commodity crops for distant markets.
• While "truck" in this context originally referred to the bartering or exchange of goods, its modern association is with motor vehicles used for transport.

Variants and Related Words

• Truck farm (n): A farm on which vegetables are grown for the market.
  • They bought a ten-acre plot to start a truck farm.
• Truck farmer (n): A person who owns or works on a truck farm.
  • The local truck farmers gather at the dawn market.

Synonyms

• Market gardening: The growing of vegetables and fruit for sale in markets.
• Vegetable farming: The cultivation of vegetables.

Notes on Meaning

• "Truck farming" is primarily a North American term. The equivalent British English term is typically "market gardening."
• The core meaning is intrinsically linked to commercial sale, not subsistence or personal use.

Noun

1. growing vegetables for the market