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Peace Corps   /pis kɔr/   Listen
Peace Corps

noun
1.
A civilian organization sponsored by the United States government; helps people in developing countries.





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... Albert Howard was in charge of a government research farm at Indore, India. At heart a Peace Corps volunteer, he made Indore operate like a very representative Indian farm, growing all the main staples of the local agriculture: cotton, sugar cane, and cereals. The farm was powered by the same work oxen used by the surrounding farmers. It would have been easy for ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon


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