A farm is an area of land or water that is primarily devoted to agricultural or aquacultural processes.

Farm may also refer to:

Geography

  • Farm Lake, a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota

Types of farms

  • Dairy farm, a facility for long-term production of milk
  • Prison farm, a facility where prisoners perform hard labor
  • Truck farm (or market garden), the relatively small-scale production of produce and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants
  • Wind farm, for the production of electricity by means of turbines
  • Solar farm, is a large-scale photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of power.
  • Antenna farm, in telecom circles, any single area with more than three antennas could be referred to as an antenna farm.

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Farm (album), an album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.
  • Ant farm, a toy to see living ants in
  • Farming, a strategy for acquiring resources in a video game; see: Gold farming
  • Farm, a character first appeared in the episode "Who Would Win" of the animated series Adventure Time

Computing and technology

  • Server farm, a clustered group of computer servers
  • Compile farm, a group of computers used for compiling computer programs
  • Link farm, a website designed to spoof search engine indexers
  • Render farm, a clustered group of computers used for 3D rendering
  • Wiki farm, a server farm hosting a wiki
  • Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM), a meteorological research service that operates the Doppler on Wheels fleet

Other uses

  • Farm (revenue leasing), "farming out" a tax or rent or other revenue, for a governing power to lease to someone the right to collect that revenue
  • Farm Sanctuary, an organization which cares for rescued farm animals
  • Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), an animal rights organization
  • Farm team, a team providing experience and training for young players

See also

  • Farma (disambiguation)
  • Farmer (disambiguation)
  • Farming (disambiguation)
  • Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS)
  • State farm (disambiguation)
  • The Farm (disambiguation)