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Eastern European farmer

A farmer is a person who raises organisms for food or raw materials.

[edit] Nicknames

Farmers are sometimes given nicknames and these vary between countries:

• Australia and New Zealand:
  • Cow-cocky, or simply, cocky

• United States:
  • Jayhawk - Kansas
  • Cornhusker - Nebraska

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Farmers

• Agroecology
• Peasant
• Agriculture
• Agribusiness
• Gardening
• Landed gentry
• Organic farming
• Sustainable agriculture

[edit] References