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farmwashing

farmwashing noun: the practice of supermarkets labelling food products with the names of nonexistent farms, to give a misleading impression of small-scale sustainable production.

Noun

farmwashing (uncountable)

  1. The practice of supermarkets labelling food products with the names of nonexistent farms, to give a misleading impression of small-scale sustainable production.

Origin of farmwashing

farm + -wash + -ing

Questions about farmwashing

What does farmwashing mean?
Farmwashing means the practice of supermarkets labelling food products with the names of nonexistent farms, to give a misleading impression of small-scale sustainable production.
What part of speech is farmwashing?
Farmwashing is a noun.

Words near farmwashing in the dictionary

  1. Farmville
  2. FarmViller
  3. FarmVillers
  4. farmward
  5. farmwards
  6. farmwashing
  7. farmwear
  8. farmwide
  9. farmwife
  10. farmwives
  11. farmwoman

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