All 6 Uses of
convention
in
The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Alar was a chemical conventional growers sprayed on apples to help them ripen.†
Chpt 2.10conventional = normal or typical
- Greenways Organic is really 2,000 acres of organic farmland tucked into a 24,000-acre conventional farm.†
Chpt 2.10
- For every chemical that is put on the conventional fields, Greenways finds a substitute for the organic fields.†
Chpt 2.10
- Compared to conventional chickens, I was told, these organic birds have it pretty good.
Chpt 2.11 *conventional = typical
- To be fair, one shouldn't compare an organic TV dinner to real food but to a conventional TV dinner, and by that standard Cascadian Farm has nothing to be ashamed of.†
Chpt 2.11conventional = normal or typical
- The other set was grown conventionally with chemical fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides.†
Chpt 2.11
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement