Cultivated land or raised animals for food production; or worked as a farmer.
From 'farm,' which comes from Old French 'ferme' (rent or lease), from Latin 'firma' (fixed payment). The sense shifted over time from a tax-farming contract to actual agricultural work.
The history of farming is the history of human civilization—when people stopped hunting and started farming about 10,000 years ago, it led directly to cities, governments, and writing!
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