Sentences with phrase «as a farm family»

This site offers pages of background on all of the characters of the stories, the places in which Laura lived, and what life was like for the Ingalls as a farming family in the 1800s.

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David Rockefeller Jr., who purchased the farm from his father's estate, said that as much he and the family will miss the properties and artwork, he's happy they will be sold to fund important causes.

While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable ventures: Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state.

Instead of uniform, cheap costs, these chains emphasize terms such as «artisan,» «organic» and «family farms.»

Eggert will stay on as a supplier through his farms — an operation the family started 17 years ago.

Current company / position: DiGirolamo currently works as a senior business systems analyst at Driscoll's, a family - owned berry farming company.

The Kruger family business is about as diverse as a company can be, with products spanning paper and lumber to wine and wind farms.

As the «Czar of Cars» discusses on CNBC's «Blue Collar Millionaires,» Gill grew up in Fresno, Calif. working in a first - generation Indian family of immigrant farm workers.

Like the folks of Quincy, Florida, we think of them as family money in the same way we would a cherished farm or grandma's wedding ring.

But as of 2010, the average dairy farm's net worth was well over $ 2.5 million, the average poultry / egg farm's net worth was almost $ 4 million, and the net cash income of the average dairy, poultry or egg farm (over and above net worth of assets) was also far higher than that of the average Canadian family (in 2010, net income, including after family wages, was more than $ 130,000 for dairy and over $ 150,000 for poultry and eggs).

It also removed an element that would have limited access to the lifetime capital gains exemption as a way to avoid negative impacts on the intergenerational transfer of family businesses, like farms.

However the Wildrose gets everyone fired up thinking «that damn Rachel Notley wants to destroy the family farm» and rather than try to find the facts out people just believe what comes out of the WR as the god given truth.

As I've said previously I bet the Notley government cares more about the family farm than the Wildrose does.

So maybe the Wildrose and Derek Fildebrandt doesn't really care as much about the «family farm» as they do for the larger commercial agriculture operation that employs workers but still wants to be labelled a «family farm».

He went on to work as a Treasury analyst before returning to the family farm in Dipton and standing in the seat known today as Clutha - Southland — a post he held until his decision in 2014 to stand as a List MP only.

Helmreich's research found that «some 1,500 Holocaust survivors and their families selected farming as an occupation after the war.»

He wished he could work but his feet were so disfigured as a result of leprosy that he couldn't farm the land and provide for his family.

we are no longer servants but friends, we are no longer exiles but home builders, we are no longer fighting but farming, we are no longer orphans but family, we are no longer meant for the brickyard but for the Promised Land, we are no longer broken but we are mended and healed and whole, we are no longer wanderers but we are the ones who belong, with just as much a right to Love and to grace and to redemption as every one who draws breath from the breath of God.

Although they lived in comparative isolation, a part of farm and other forest produce like wax, honey and dried meat of animals was marketed for cash through Muslim traders.5 Many of their houses were good substantial erections of wood and stone,» although a majority preferred to live in temporary huts of mud and bamboos as the «survivors often dislike living in a dwelling in which the head of the family has died.

In some countries, as in the United States, this is connected with agribusiness viewing the soil as a capital investment to be depreciated as it is used up, whereas the family farmer typically wishes to pass the farm on to children in good condition.

As agribusiness replaces traditional family farming, goods are produced with less labor.

How they empower women: In addition to empowering women through employment in Thailand and India, JOYN is reclaiming transparency in business as well as traditional family farms and methods.

Someone's getting rich at the expense of small traditional family farms, as well as our health, and it seems like the greatest trick ever pulled was convincing these people that big business is looking after their best interests.

Among these will be the structure of beliefs and attitudes that have supported the abandonment of family farms and peasant agriculture as well as the politics involved.

Some family farms receive as much as $ 700,000.

It is not so much a means of stabilizing family farms as a way of supporting agribusinesses.

The subsidy program is not so much a means of stabilizing family farms as a way of supporting agribusinesses.

As agricultural productivity decreases, farmers who are desperate to feed their families often turn to cutting down trees to sell for cash, or to clear land for farming.

I recall some twenty - three years ago when, as a young seminarian serving a congregation of tenant farm families in rural Virginia, one of my duties was to teach a class for high school students each Sunday morning.

Among the goals overridden, as illustrated above, are those of the social ideal of the family farm, the desire of Third World peoples to participate in the control of their own destiny, and the right of people to set standards for their own health and environment.

His father used to bring fresh produce such as watermelons and pumpkins from his family farm to sell at New Orleans» French Market, and that's where he got his first taste of the produce business.

Widely recognized as a leader in the snack industry for over 50 years, the Setton Farms family brand is synonymous with superior quality, innovation, and great taste.

A host of organic stakeholders representing thousands of organic farming families, organic certifiers and organic policymakers — along with leading retail brands and groups speaking out for millions of consumers — have supported the suit as declarants harmed by the USDA action.

Growing up in a farm family harvest is a time where as a family we ban together and help where's needed; from actually helping in the field, bringing dinner to the field, or even little a little thing like calling the elevator for hours they are open!

Not only is fall my favorite holiday, but it now has an even special meaning as 2 farm families become 1 and whether we are in the field or not, we stop what we are doing and celebrate.

I picked up MY share from Grant Family Farms this week and I am having the same spinach dilemma as you did!

About 5 minutes from our home is Morning Glory Farm, known as the family farm that feeds the islFarm, known as the family farm that feeds the islfarm that feeds the island.

As a cooperative of over 1,000 farm families, our mission is to make the highest quality and best tasting dairy products around.

As a cooperative of over 1,000 farm families, Cabot continuously strives to produce the best dairy products that exist.

The Small Footprints Wine Club experience is your opportunity to join us as we «tread lightly» on our journey of biodynamic and organic viticulture, sustainable farming and premium winemaking; to become part of the Gemtree family.

Grown on small Amish family farms, it is husked and shelled by hand much the same way as it was done 100 years ago.

As a co-operative of over 1,000 farm families, our mission is to make the highest quality and best tasting dairy products you'll find.

While the majority of organic dairy farms are small - scale family farms, the United States also has large - scale corporate dairy farms as well.

As part of the brand's social responsibility commitment, RUNA supports over 3,000 of the indigenous farming families that grow guayusa through direct employment and other programs.

«As a family owned and operated company, Maple Lodge Farms takes pride in actively supporting our surrounding communities that have helped us grow throughout the years,» the company notes.

The Lyman family has been farming in Connecticut since it purchased its first parcel of land in 1741, and Lyman is part of the eighth generation of family ownership of the land that is today known as Lyman Orchards, which now cover more than 1,100 acres.

«Together with our sister companies in New York and Massachusetts, we are committed to making efficient use of non-renewable resources, sustaining the economic viability of the agricultural sector, preserving family farming as a way of life and enhancing the environment and quality of life for all.»

The company was formally established as Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. in 1955, and is now in its fourth generation of family ownership.

Swaggerty's Farm Premium Sausage became the retail face of the operation, but the family raised other products as well, including corn, tobacco and cows.

Our business is built on long - term relationships with Certified Organic and Fair Trade co-operatives as well as conventional farms that focus on improving their communities, their families, and their environment.