Sentences with phrase «acre farm producing»

Founder Frank Dandrea started the business with a 400 - acre farm producing peaches and leafy vegetables he distributed to local retailers.

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The center in Maiden, N.C., produces 167 million kilowatt hours, the power equivalent of 17,600 homes for one year, from a 100 - acre solar farm and fuel cell installations provided by Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy.

On the last day of travel, the delegates visited Campos de Gia Links, a 2,965 - acre Japanese - owned farm that produces canola for oil to be sold in Argentina.

The Lodi AVA, comprised of 110,000 acres, is farmed by many growers whose families have produced grapes for a century or more.

Earlier, I had the chance to visit their 10 - acre property former tobacco farm to see firsthand how hard they are working to grow a variety of produce for the local customers.

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.

Every acre of land farmed using a black plastic system produces 100 - 120 lb of waste... Continued

The farms produce crops on 8,000 acres in Idaho and Utah.

RPE is the agribusiness sales and marketing arm of the Wysocki Family of Companies, a fully integrated network of businesses that also consists of Wysocki Produce Farm Inc., a multi-vegetable growing operation on about 13,000 acres in Wisconsin, and Paragon Potato Farms Inc., its flagship, state - of - the - art packaging company that serves Wysocki Produce Farm along with 15 other growers.

The partners knew that many competitors did not measure up to the high - quality SB&B produced on its 4,700 - acre farm.

Through the years, Armstrong Egg Farms has grown into a 200 - acre estate that produces approximately 15 million dozen eggs a year.

«The more we understand about the Soil Organic Matter system, the better we can monitor, measure and maintain it,» said organic produce grower Helen Atthowe who submitted samples from her and her husband's 26 - acre Woodleaf Farm in northern California.

Producing an average of 21.25 million eggs daily, Rose Acre Farms is the second largest egg producer in the United States.

In addition to classrooms and laboratories, CATIE has a 1,480 - acre (600 - hectare) farm producing coffee, sugarcane, beef and milk, and a forestry operation.

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 land.

Vertically Integrated RPE is the agribusiness sales and marketing arm of the Wysocki Family of Companies, a fully integrated network of businesses that also consists of Wysocki Produce Farm Inc., a multivegetable growing operation on about 13,000 acres in Wisconsin, and Paragon Potato Farms Inc., its flagship, state - of - the - art packaging company that serves Wysocki Produce Farm along with 15 other growers.

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.

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At Real Food Farm, education coordinator Aliza Sollins led the group through a tour of the 6 acre property and explained how its production staff and AmeriCorps service members use organic and sustainable farming practices to grow fresh produce for the community.

The Fiji farm, home to Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil is over 1,500 acres and home to more than 800,000 coconut trees, producing over 1.5 million tonnes per annum.

The farms of lion kona coffee, currently produces coffee on about 85 acres.

Produce delivery and farm market based on a 30 acre Essex County farm.

Today, Church Brothers Farms produces more than 20 different fresh vegetables throughout the year from 35,000 crop acres in the growing regions of California, Arizona, and Central Mexico.

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.

One acre of farmland converted from rice monocultures to biodiverse intense farming with nutrient rich foods can produce enough carotene to fulfil vitamin A requirements for 900 adults.

Similar garden - to - school programs include Berkeley's Edible Schoolyard Program and the Baltimore school district's 33 - acre Great Kids Farm, which provides learning opportunities for students and produce for an after - school meals program.

Farm must produce at least $ 500 in gross sales per year for the first five acres plus $ 5 for each additional acre or 50 cents per each additional acre of woodland and / or wetland.

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

In early June, a farmer in southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic crops.

Bren Smith's award - winning 3D ocean farms can produce 30 tonnes of sea vegetables and 250,000 shellfish in an acre every five months - and boost biodiversity

Ashley Grosch is a mother of 4 boys, runs a 5 - acre permaculture farm, has a natural skincare range, sells produce at local farmers markets, has 25 families who regularly visit her farm to pick their vegetables.

Furthermore, any property that is income producing (farms, multi-family, over 30 acres, etc.) can not qualify for the 502 Guaranteed Rural Home Loan.

Some of that produce could very likely come from this heirloom farm: a rambling 32 acres stocked with apple, pear and plum orchards.

«So, they developed their own food and eventually built our Mequon [Wis.] plant in 1925 just to produce that food for them — we had, at the time, more than 1,000 acres that were fox farms.»

O'o Farms is an 8.5 - acre organic farm in the lovely Waipoli forest area in upcountry Maui, producing numerous crops on virgin land and in greenhouses.

Ocean Vodka offers a great tour of their 80 - acre farm and distillery (with tastings) in Upcountry Maui where organic vodka is produced from sugar cane.

300 acre working farm - spacious en - suite rooms refurbished to a high standard with TV, tea / coffee facilities - hearty breakfast with local produce - guest lounge with log fire, internet connection, stabling available - ideal for visiting Leamington Spa, Stratford - upon - Avon, Warwick Castle

Also in New South Wales, though located in Sydney's Blue Mountains region, you'll find Farm Panaroma, a 50 - acre hobby farm owned by prominent Sydney chef Sean Moran who uses the farm to grow produce for his iconic Sydney restaurFarm Panaroma, a 50 - acre hobby farm owned by prominent Sydney chef Sean Moran who uses the farm to grow produce for his iconic Sydney restaurfarm owned by prominent Sydney chef Sean Moran who uses the farm to grow produce for his iconic Sydney restaurfarm to grow produce for his iconic Sydney restaurant.

A 2005 study by the departments of Energy and Agriculture estimated that farming leftovers — logging waste, pulp processing waste and the harvest from 55 million acres of new crops — would produce, optimistically, about 1.3 billion tons of biomass a year.

The following year, his corn produced 65 bushels per acre, compared to yields of under 25 from other local farms, and also tested higher in many minerals.

Spanning just 275 acres, there is insufficient space to spread the manure produced by the farm's 1,000 + animals, so the waste must be composted or trucked to other farms for disposal.

The 1 - megawatt solar garden, which will include 3,000 panels and produce enough energy to power more than 100 houses, will be built by St. Paul's Innovative Power Systems to benefit home - and business - owners who may live nowhere near Eichten's Hidden Acres farm.

Anchored by a 25 - acre farm providing organic produce throughout the Chattahoochee Hill Country and Atlanta, Serenbe is a 1,000 - acre mixed use, sustainable community offering connections between nature, culture, and the art of living.

Pimentel noted that although cash crops can not be grown as frequently over time on organic farms because of the dependence on cultural practices to supply nutrients and control pests and because labor costs average about 15 percent higher in organic farming systems, the higher prices that organic foods command in the marketplace still make the net economic return per acre either equal to or higher than that of conventionally produced crops.

Opened in 1927, the 325 - acre fourth - generation farm produces apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, melons, berries and assorted vegetables for both the wholesale market and retail sale at the family - owned Overlook Farm Market on Route 9W in the Town of Newbufarm produces apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, melons, berries and assorted vegetables for both the wholesale market and retail sale at the family - owned Overlook Farm Market on Route 9W in the Town of NewbuFarm Market on Route 9W in the Town of Newburgh.

The college, which has its own 200 acre farm promoting local food, aims to empower the workforce to produce food, whether community group leaders, commercial enterprises, land maintainers, or volunteers.

The 1.5 - megawatt solar farm will be built on a 10 - acre site, and will produce enough energy to supply up to 30 % of the island's electric demand.

Spanning a joint surface area of 89 acres, and generating up to 18.2 MW combined, two solar farms in Les Mées, France, are part of a broader push in the region that will see panels covering 200 hectares and producing around 100MW by the end of 2011.

Cheap, low - maintenance farming can be adopted elsewhere, Oglio thinks, and, while it may not produce thousands of acres upon acres of staple crops like rice, wheat, and corn (at least in the same place), it can help feed the world's poor without reliance on and oversight by corporations.

The new solar farm consists of 120,000 solar panels and covers 100 hectares (247 acres) in Jumilla, a wine - producing region in southern Spain, where the local Mayor says 300 days of sun a year are guaranteed.