Sentences with phrase «meet your local farmers»

If you love learning new techniques in the kitchen, want to meet your local farmers, or have the urge to get involved in the local food system, Know Your Food is for you!

Many of our wildlife sanctuaries also offer food - related programs where you can also learn new techniques in the kitchen, meet your local farmers, get involved in the local food system, and much more!

Then travel to the dramatic limestone karst landscape of the Burren, where we'll meet a local farmer to learn about this otherworldly landscape and the traditions of its people.

Enjoy an ox cart ride around the Cambodian countryside and meet a local farmer to learn about his daily life.

Meet local farmers and food producers, create your own food trail or simply look up you favourite product or event.

Not exact matches

Through public meetings large and small, and peer - to - peer relationships, Slow Money local groups catalyze the direct flow of capital to organic farmers and food entrepreneurs.

Late September, Rodale Institute researchers Dr. Kris Nichols and Emmanuel Omondi traveled to China in hope to meet and share knowledge with local, organic farmers and researchers.

This translates into supporting local farmers and suppliers from the Northwest, partnering with local chefs to launch products and procuring products from the rest of the United States and internationally to meet the diverse needs of customers.

It sources only from local Canadian producers, greenhouse growers and farmers that meet certain standards.

It doesn't matter if you only need to package small scale for your local farmer's market or you're putting your product in stores nationwide, Wilpack Packaging has the experiece, the equipment and the supplies to meet your nee

Let's go back in time for a moment: in the 1880s, agricultural credit cooperatives arose in German rural areas to meet the borrowing requirements of local farmers, many of whom were poor.

In addition to the seminars there will also be some pretty nifty activities like a walking tour of the Zijuatanejo market, a visit to the fisherman's market, as well as meet - and - greets with local farmers to talk about their sustainable agricultural practices.

Hayden told DairyReporter that dairy discussion groups - monthly meetings that are held with other local farmers — have been invaluable.

Since January 2011, FDA staff have toured farms and facilities nationwide and participated in hundreds of meetings and presentations with global regulatory partners, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, farmers, state and local officials, and the research community.

Learn, Feast and Enjoy at the «Meet the Farmer» Lunch Series Meet the farmer, learn about key local ingredients from the actual growers and learn how to prepare a dish by Chef Matt Bolton.

By meeting the needs of smallholder farmers and local and low - income consumers, PGS initiatives are poised to grow even more quickly as awareness of organic continues to grow globally.

GREG CONNER HAS been looking for «farmers doing the right thing» since last summer, visiting their farms, making sure he signed up those who met the standards of Eat Local, which he opened in Seattle at the corner of McGraw Street and Queen Anne Avenue in February.

They heard it from moms at local breastfeeding support meetings or at the farmer's market.

The benefits of such a program are numerous: the food is fresher and less likely to be processed; children can actually meet or learn about «their» farmers and / or visit the farms where their food is grown; and more money stays in the local economy to support farms and related businesses.

You'll might meet her at Prenatal Yoga, the farmer's market, or a local La Leche League meeting.

I was sitting in a meeting and one of our buyers came in and said he wanted to switch out the milk we were buying for the whole region to local milk, because it would reduce our environmental impact, support local farmers and provide customers with a fresher product.

We can not depend on our local livestock farmers for even one week, because the local farmers are not breeding enough to meet our demand.

The governor spoke on Tuesday night during a meeting with Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, farmers, local hunters, security agencies and representatives of the Tiv community in the state.

The Public Market continues to be a way that we can capitalize on that potential, while also meeting the needs of local consumers and farmers.»

Gillibrand says offering crop insurance would afford additional protection to barley growers and help farmers meet the growing demand from local breweries and distilleries.

He disclosed this at a farmers meeting in Onilapa farm, Olaoluwa Local Government Area of the state, where some rice farmers met, and rice farms inspected.

Earlier this week Prince Charles said the «tragedy» in flood - hit Somerset «is that nothing happened for so long» to help as he met local residents, farmers and emergency services personnel who have been affected.

Nearly all of the Indian subcontinent's ethnic and linguistic groups are the product of three ancient Eurasian populations who met and mixed: local hunter - gatherers, Middle Eastern farmers, and Central Asian herders.

We also have a small garden, which has given us some greens, radishes and peas, but it doesn't meet all of our produce needs, so we are thrilled to support local farmers.

Pupils learn «on - the - job» about farming, animal welfare, food growing and cooking; it helps provide a new market for local producers and micro - food enterprises; and it also gives the local community the opportunity to buy affordable and fresh local produce, and meet the farmers who are producing the food.

Near the village of Sollas, we meet our local contact, farmer Angus MacDonald, who greets us with a firm handshake and a grinning beard that almost blends into his chunky sweater.

The chapter gave presentations on animal health at the local livestock auction market and an insurance meeting for farmers and ranchers.

We were holding a meeting to assess a project to train farmers in sustainable production methods, a collaboration between the UN World Food Program and the local government in a rural village in Nusa Tenggara Barat province, Indonesia.

«We usually start at farmers markets in each city and meet the local businesses there.

It was from here the local farmers and militiamen mustered to meet the advancing British troops on that fateful April day in 1775.

Taste from over 100 wineries, savor our best local fare from farmers to foragers, and meet the chefs who make it magical.

From the beginning the owners decided their ingredients would be supplied by local farmers, even though it sometimes take 3 or 4 to meet demand which means more work.

«The ability to meet the chef and the farmer at the same time with some incredible dishes and «talk story» while breaking bread is as authentic as it gets when we talk about being «local» and having a «local» experience.»

We can even set up a tour to meet a farmer and see how local specialties go from the garden to your plate.

The hotel team can also lead groups on a tasty team - building session to Pike Place Market, where they will meet local artisans and farmers before cooking and enjoying a meal incorporating the freshest flavors in Seattle.

Visit local farms and docks, and meet farmers, taste food and learn about sustainability and locality.

Along the way you'll meet sleepy musicians, an ambitious farmer, and other locals looking for a helping hand.

Cirera has spent three years travelling through South America to give soy and the uncharismatic workings of agriculture a face, «along several trips I visited rural areas in those countries - leading exporters of soya, corn and beef - meeting with landowners, labourers, activists, jobless farmers and those affected by toxic pesticides put on the land, to understand and illustrate the complexities of land issues and its effects on the local communities.»

We are fortunate enough to be co-hosting the event with the NWEI Port Townsend Steering Committee, who has been actively organizing NWEI sustainability discussion groups for many years, most recently transforming the local food scene with over 30 Menu for the Future discussion course groups meeting — the groups involved local farmers, business owners, community stakeholders and food based organizations who are all working together to create a more sustainable local food supply (stay tuned for a future post delving into their work!)

This means that Lush's buyers travel all around the world, meeting and talking directly with the farmers, producers, and local organizations to set up fair contracts.

If the needs of local farmers are not met, poverty can - and does - increase.

One local farmer, who is not part of the program at this point, said his biggest concern is that its funding — which comes from a large grant — will disappear somehow at some point in the near future and then you'd have these small farms who have ramped up production a bit to meet the demands of these large local chains getting stuck with a whole bunch of product they wouldn't be able to move.

«Our first few months,» Steuber says, «were spent meeting with leaders of local organizations, sitting in on meetings of our Borough Council and Environmental Advisory Council, visiting local farms and getting to know local farmers, learning what issues people had, what kinds of solutions had been tried, and what had been successful.»

Others we've met at a Green Festival, the MREA's Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, or a farmer's market are finding creative ways to solve our problems today with renewable energy, energy conservation, and sustainable food systems, all while thriving in a local economy.

Originally posted on The Big Green Lie: Back in early 2009 the Ottawa River Institute hosted a meeting in Cobden Ontario for the Green Energy Act Alliance in which it's main «player» Mr. Kris Stevens addressed a rural audience about the upcoming Green Energy Act and it's implications for local farmers who could make money...