Examples of truck farm in a Sentence
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Asawa was born in Norwalk, California, and raised on a truck farm.
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News Desk, Artforum, 5 Dec. 2024
Neighboring Batestown flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century as an unincorporated community where residents raised vegetables on truck farms and livestock, said Reid, who grew up there.
—Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Mark Fidrych retired and returned to his truck farm in Massachusetts.
—Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022
The heyday of the truck farm came after the Civil War.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The Ti Kee truck farm yielded profits as high as $2,000 a year, or close to $60,000 in today’s dollars.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
By the 1890s, a hamlet of Chinese gardeners operated a truck farm at what is now the West Bank end of the Crescent City Connection.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
In Milwaukee, Randall's grandfather worked as a laborer, and her parents rented a small truck farm on Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2019
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News Desk, Artforum, 5 Dec. 2024
Neighboring Batestown flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century as an unincorporated community where residents raised vegetables on truck farms and livestock, said Reid, who grew up there.
—Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Mark Fidrych retired and returned to his truck farm in Massachusetts.
—Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022
The heyday of the truck farm came after the Civil War.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The Ti Kee truck farm yielded profits as high as $2,000 a year, or close to $60,000 in today’s dollars.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
By the 1890s, a hamlet of Chinese gardeners operated a truck farm at what is now the West Bank end of the Crescent City Connection.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020
In Milwaukee, Randall's grandfather worked as a laborer, and her parents rented a small truck farm on Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2019
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“Truck farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20farm. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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