Sentences with phrase «acre farm as»

She is just as happy on a 60 acre farm as she is traveling on vacation.

Not exact matches

For perspective on the potential business opportunity, consider that Canadian farmers exported $ 45 million worth of hemp seed to the U.S. in 2016, making as much as $ 300 per acre, per season, farming industrial hemp.

As Dan Horan, CEO of Five Acre Farms, told Business Insider, the most effective companies keep things simple.

«It is challenging to put pulses in knowing that returns are not going to be as profitable,» said grower Morgan Nunweiler, who plans to slash his lentil acres in half and plant more wheat on his 3,000 - acre farm hear Rosetown, Saskatchewan.

«Dayspring» is a 175 - acre farm in Maryland within which a retreat was built as a renewal center for the emotionally and spiritually disturbed.

It is as productive per acre as industrial farming.

Quinn then planted about 3/4 of an acre in 1986, as well as converting his chemical farm to organic production.

Alix Heilman, a sales associate at Mercaris, notes that this growth trend is likely to continue, particularly given the organic acreage growth programs that have been launched by companies such as General Mills, which has vowed to add 3,000 acres of organic farming land to its source pool over the next three years.

Sustainability in Numbers As of November 2017, 127 wineries producing more than 74 % (211 million cases) of California's total wine production and 1,099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres (about 22 % of statewide wine acreage) are certified sustainable.

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.

After taking a look at Lion Kona beans processing equipment and drying porch, the tour moved to farming land in Hawaii is leased from the school district, which was granted ownership of more than 365,000 acres of land in 1883 as part of a bequest from Princess Bernice Pauahi, the last royal descendant of the Kamehameha line.

On the south side of the farm, 200 acres is set aside as a natural forest preserve to conserve natural forestland and wildlife corridors

Lodi, Calif., April, 4, 2018 — The Lodi Winegrape Commission, representing more than 750 winegrape growers farming 110,000 acres which includes 85 wineries in the Lodi American Viticulture Area (AVA), has announced the appointment of Stuart Spencer as Executive Director, effective immediately.

As of last November, 127 wineries producing 74 percent of California's wines are certified as sustainable under the program, as are 1,099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres, nearly a quarter of California's vineyard lanAs of last November, 127 wineries producing 74 percent of California's wines are certified as sustainable under the program, as are 1,099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres, nearly a quarter of California's vineyard lanas sustainable under the program, as are 1,099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres, nearly a quarter of California's vineyard lanas are 1,099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres, nearly a quarter of California's vineyard land.

As of December 2009, there were 27,610 Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee farms around the world with 305,383 ha (754,618 acres) of land under certification (not all in production... this represents all the land on certified farms).

As of November 2017, 127 wineries producing over 74 % (211 million cases) of California's total wine production and 1099 vineyards farming 134,000 acres (about 22 % of statewide wine acreage) are CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE.

Bringing total participation to 43 percent, another 4,500 vineyard acres in 2014 underwent the first step, completion of a comprehensive sustainability self - assessment of 138 farming and business practices, such as water management, pesticide use, energy efficiency, carbon emissions, employee safety and community relations.

Without going into medical specifics, some pesticides and insecticides, artificial preservatives such as monosodium 1 food and drink • fall 2009 • www.fooddrink-magazine.com 2 http://www.fooddrink-magazine.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food and Drink - Fall 2009 Food and Drink - Fall 2009 Contents News Product Showcase The Leadership Cookbook The Safe Zone Mohegan Sun Casino 54th Street Grill and Bar Rose Acre Farms Burkhardt Sales and Service Mission Produce Inc..

According the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Research Economics and Science (ABARES), total farm debt for broad - acre farms averaged $ 476,000 as at 30 June, 2013.

Hughes Dairy, also known as Westview Dairy, is an organic dairy located in Bodega with about 191 Jersey cows on a 182 - acre farm.

As the Navdanya Study «Health per Acre» shows, a biodiverse farming system in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand produces 2540 mg of Beta Carotene per Acre, compared to only 24 mg per Acre in a monoculture of rice.

The Ektimo family bought the 20 - acre property (previously known as the Cahill winery) in 2014, and continues the process of converting it into an organic farm and premium quality winery.

He bought an 82 - acre farm in the Berkshires, and what started as a vacation house, with Firth commuting between Great Barrington and Brooklyn every few days, soon turned into home.

Or so it seemed, until the colt's connections made the ominous announcement a few days after the Juvenile that Arazi would be spending six weeks at Paulson's 2,200 - acre Brookside Farm in Versailles, Ky., following surgery to remove what was initially described as «bone chips» from the colt's knees.

Located on a beautiful, 12 - acre campus at the foot of South Mountain, our biodynamic garden, protected nature pond, and resident farm animals give substance to our commitment to sustainability as an intrinsic part of our curriculum.

By 1969, the district owned almost 800 acres of land and had built Pioneer Park, now known as Blackberry Farm.

With a veracious, transparent farm to factory concept, Nova Scotia Organics started as a small, kitchen project that has grown into a 30,000 square foot manufacturing facility found on Nova Scotia Organics» three hundred - acre farm.

Whether Cary can finance an $ 8.3 million expansion of its sewer treatment plant on Spring Street may be the key to whether the 260 - acre Hoffman farm will be developed commercially or as a gravel pit, said Cary Village President Donald Huffer.

As part of the border agreement draft that was shown to the public for the first time Tuesday, about 80 acres of the Hoffman farm along Illinois Highway 31 would go to Lake in the Hills to be developed commercially.

The Park District's current plan for the north portion includes preserving 15 acres of the original farm as an educational site and adding such amenities as a fishing pond, ball fields and a playground.

As part of the border agreement draft that was shown to the public for the first time July 20, about 80 acres of the Hoffman farm along Illinois Highway 31 would go to Lake in the Hills to be developed commercially.

On the 62 acres north of LaPorte Road, farm buildings including a smokehouse, a corncrib and a gable barn will be preserved as part of a living farm, Lindbloom said.

Also known as the Smith Farm, the 300 - acre agricultural property on Hubbardston Road is a local landmark, and includes an 18th - century farmhouse, fields, woods, and wetlands.

Some pots on a sunny porch, balcony, patio, or windowsill can be just as educational as a half - acre on a farm.

Lake in the Hills still has possession of approximately 8 acres of land that Hoffman donated last year as part of an attempt to sell the entire 258 - acre farm to that municipality, which has a pending condemnation lawsuit against the property.

The 60 - acre working farm, donated to the non-profit regional conservation organization by longtime area resident Lenore McDonald, has served as the group's headquarters since 1998.

Also Tuesday, the Forest Preserve District clarified its impending purchase of 95 acres known as Culver Farm in Aurora.

Erie County is now losing both city - dwellers and suburbanites, even as new, far - flung suburbs grow at the regional periphery, eating up acres and acres of what were forest, field, wetland and family farm while cannibalizing its denser neighboring cities and towns.

The state Assembly as early as today is expected to take up a bill to expand the core pine barrens designation to hundreds of acres in Shoreham and Mastic, in a move that could lead to scuttling plans for two commercial solar farms, including what would be the state's largest.

Besides raising alpacas on his 8 - acre farm in Palmyra, Comegys said he works as a clerk for the town assessor's office.

Located by the Saratoga Spa State Park, the 166 - acre Pitney Farm in Saratoga Springs is viewed by many as an important piece of the city's so - called greenbelt that needs protection from development.

HIs contributions to our neighborhood have included «securing financing through the State's Secured Hospital Revenue Bond Program so that Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center could modernize and expand; providing the Lifeline Center for Child Development with a permanent home; securing the financial support that has enabled the Bayside Historical Society to undertake its restoration of the Fort Totten Officers Club; creating the Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society to operate the former Adriance Farm Site as the Queens Farm Museum and transferring 52 acres of surrounding land to New York City for permanent use as horticultural - agricultural parklands; and providing land for the Cross Island YMCA to expand, for the Hollis - Bellaire - Queens Village - Bellerose Little League to own their ball fields and for Catholic Charities of the Brooklyn - Queens Diocese to develop senior citizen housing in Bellerose.

Kauffman also is chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which last month announced it will take over as the lead agency to pursue lease rights for an 81,000 - acre offshore wind farm 19 miles from Long Beach.

The third - party company currently being solicited by city officials would build a 100 - acre, 10 - MW solar farm near the North Florida community, as well as any transmission lines needed to connect the farm to the grid.

According to a 1992 agricultural census report, small, diversified farms produce more than twice as much food per acre than large farms do.

Because each of us requires a minimum of 1,500 calories a day, civilization will have to cultivate another Brazil's worth of land — 2.1 billion acres — if farming continues to be practiced as it is today.

After working the land locally for a quarter of a century, he watched in despair as Fukushima Prefecture, where Minamisoma is located, licensed an industrial - waste processing plant close to his five - acre farm.

His group's analysis projects profits for nutrient farms, as these wetland operations might be termed, at up to $ 700 per acre.

All told, there are about 47,000 acres of oceanic land that have that special designation in the state, and, he says, «It's fundamental as to why Washington leads the country in farmed shellfish production.

If you find yourself in West Virginia in late July or early August, head for Martinsville, where Orr's Farm Market sells succulent nectarines from the Orr family's 1,000 - acre orchard (which began as a 60 - acre orchard in 1954).