Sentences with phrase «for animal feed operations»

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For crops that are not harvested, due to cost or other constraints, but are wholesome for human or animal consumption, explore partnerships and opportunities with secondary markets, feed operations, or non - profit / volunteer groups to reduce or eliminate cost, transport, and / or labor barrieFor crops that are not harvested, due to cost or other constraints, but are wholesome for human or animal consumption, explore partnerships and opportunities with secondary markets, feed operations, or non - profit / volunteer groups to reduce or eliminate cost, transport, and / or labor barriefor human or animal consumption, explore partnerships and opportunities with secondary markets, feed operations, or non - profit / volunteer groups to reduce or eliminate cost, transport, and / or labor barriers.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

Industrial - scale farms that raise animals for food — called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), in the parlance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — have a number of documented impacts on the environment, mostly from the massive quantities of manure they produce.

Many of the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) dairy farms are creating overproduction of milk for these dairy cows, which can result in infection or mastitis of the cows» udders.

So one should look for animal fats from animals that are pasture - based and not crowded, confined animal feeding operations where disease and sickness must be managed in these factory farms.

The Foundation supports raising animals on pasture as much of the year as possible, and opposes confinement operations, feedlots, debeaking, growth hormones, routine antibiotics in feed, inappropriate feed such as soy, and other practices that harm animals» health and well - being, harm the environment, and result in animal foods that are not optimally nutritious for humans.

As noted by Fallon, chickens raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) tend to produce stock that doesn't gel, and this gelatin has long been valued for its therapeutic properties.8 As explained by Fallon:

The Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit and Operation Feed Fido reserve the right to deny someone for support.

It's estimated that the cattle industry loses about $ 3 billion each year in lost weight gains, poor feed conversion and increased disease because of internal parasites.1 With the financial impact and animal welfare concerns on cattle operations, it is important for producers to understand parasite control, as well as the misconceptions about parasite control.

Operation Feed Fido is a subsidy program through Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit in Dearborn to provide pet food and supplies to families in need.

Rawhide is a by - product of the CAFO — or concentrated animal feeding operation, the bucolic term for today's industrial farm.

Organized veterinary medicine, that reaped great profits for the drug companies selling antibiotics, vaccines and a host of other drugs, never voiced concern over the proliferation of cruel factory farms, so - called concentrated animal feeding operations that now blight rural America, helped put family farms out of business and now pose significant environmental and public health risks.

Support from Animal Farm Foundation has allowed Companion Animal Advocates to further its mission by awarding a grant of $ 3,700 to be used to purchase pet food for our Operation Feed A Pet program.

January - February • HSMO's Disaster Response Team sets up animal rescue operations in New Madrid to assist with feeding, watering and sheltering for pets of families with no water or electricity in New Madrid, Butler and Pemiscot Counties.

Interestingly, big juice companies like Minute Maid and Tropicana get around the waste problem by drying orange peels for animal feed, but they are able to do it on a scale that's not feasible for small juicing operations.

Related In case you missed it, Jedediah Purdy, a Duke law professor and writer, proposed that slaughterhouses and industrial - scale livestock feeding operations should stream video of their operations to obviate the need for secretive filming operations by animal welfare campaigners or journalists.

Another problem with intensive confined animal feeding operations of all kinds, whether for farmed fish or for cattle, is not what gets extracted from the environment but what gets put in it.

The event, «Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs — A Fresh Look,» * is part of FoodYou, a year - long initiative of the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies (where I've been based since early 2010) that is designed to focus students, faculty and staff on the under - appreciated back story behind our food choices and habits, from the «concentrated animal feeding operations» (also called CAFOs) that supply most meat and poultry to the costs that come with food waste.

Specifically under fire are concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, the large - scale feedlots where thousands of dairy cattle, poultry and pigs are confined for their entire lives.

As Carolina Lucas points out in today's Guardian, the last time swine flu broke out in 1988, the finger was pointed to confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as one of the culprits - close quarters and cramped conditions with human handlers moving in and among the animals are all ready ways for contagion to spread.

There are myriad reasons why concentrated animal feeding operations (the technical cleaned up newspeak term for factory farms) are bad for the animals, the environment and human health.

A 13,000 head dairy concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) to be sited next to Minidoka has landed it on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of American's Most Endangered Historic Places.

J. Craig Williams points out that the Environmental Protection Agency's new agreement with animal - feeding operations gives the farms «immunity from Clean Air Act civil fines and penalties in exchange for the farms» agreement to submit air quality data and pay a one - time fine.»

A veterinary technician provides animal care by determining animal requirements; conducting examinations and diagnostic procedures; assisting during operations; feeding and caring for animals; maintaining supplies and equipment; maintaining records.

Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot, repair, install, and inspect, for the following but not limited to: automated Feed Systems, Fresh Water Systems, Recycle Systems, Cool Cells, Ventilation, Controllers, and penning for animal production facilities sites to ensure operations run efficiently and effectively.