A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food, fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single individual, family, community, corporation or a company. A farm can be a holding of any size from a fraction of a hectare to several thousand hectares.
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Why the extinction of mammoths may have forced us to invent civilization
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What owning an alpaca farm has taught me about running a tech startup
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How affordable agricultural technology is solving food insecurity in Nigeria
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Carrefour put cheese on the blockchain and it’s going grate
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AI is helping regulators keep tabs on new industrial farms and their waste discharging habits
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AI will soon decide what we eat
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Farming Simulator is the bizarre, off-the-wall new esport gaming needs
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