farmette
American informal term for a small farm — think a few acres, maybe some chickens, a vegetable garden, and a goat or two rather than hundreds of acres of crops.
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American informal term for a small farm — think a few acres, maybe some chickens, a vegetable garden, and a goat or two rather than hundreds of acres of crops. Farmettes are the hobby farms and weekend getaways of suburbanites chasing a rural dream without fully committing to actual agricultural life. In real estate listings, 'farmette' is practically marketing gold — it implies pastoral charm without the scale that would make someone's eyes water.
They bought a farmette outside the city and spent every weekend learning why raising chickens is harder than Instagram makes it look.
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(US, informal) A small farm.
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