Sentences with phrase «about local crops»

Ask around and do your research about local crops grown, what sort of livestock does well in your climate and whether farm operations are mainly acreages and hobby farms or commercial crops, ranches or recreational.

Not exact matches

Last summer, one farmer at my local farmer's market grew the San Marzano cultivar here in Cincinnati, but by the time I found about it, another customer had offered to buy their entire crop.

He is a lean and well - washed boy, with all that is open and innocent about the plains of Kansas showing in his face, in his summer - sky eyes and even in the comb - furrowed bangs that are bleached the color of corn from many blazing August days of helping in the hellish, itchy harvest of the celebrated local hay crop.

In this type of program — promoted nationwide by the Farm to School organization, connecting schools with local farmers — kids get their hands dirty by gardening organic crops while learning about seasonal cooking, food production, ecology, and nutrition.

Positive and negative yield impacts projected for local temperature increases of about 2 °C above preindustrial levels maintain possibilities for effective adaptation in crop production (high confidence).

Some advocates for strengthening the capacity of local communities to sustain their agricultural traditions and crop diversity on their own aren't happy about this kind of centralized approach, though (more on this below).

Farmers are often willing to experiment with new crops, but would benefit from information about local market prices and seasonal climate forecasts, as well as help with inputs — which could be provided by research organisations and development groups working in the field, Thornton told AlertNet from Nairobi.

And again, the higher the thermometer climbs, the greater the possible disparities in the adaptive capacity of regions: ``... local warming of about 4 [degrees Celsius] and higher above pre-industrial levels is projected to result in differences between crop production and its population - driven demand becoming increasingly large in many regions (high confidence), thus posing very significant risks and challenges to food security.