Geologists are still debating whether or not an actual geological epoch has begun starting with the Industrial Revolution, or if human
agricultural practices which began several thousand years ago are a more adequate marker of the changes that humans have inflicted on the earth's lithosphere.
However, unlike conventional
agricultural practices which use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their use — as well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.
Not exact matches
The UN also intends to set - up an agriculture working group to explore
which type of
agricultural practices and systems might be supported under such mechanisms.
He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international
agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for No
agricultural policy and
practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of
Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for No
Agricultural Justice Project,
which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.
«I have now been 20 years in a multilateral organisation
which tries to develop guidance and codes for good
agricultural practice, but the real, true issues are not being addressed by the political process because of the influence of lobbyists, of the true powerful entities,» he told the Compassion in World Farming annual lecture in London this week.
In
practice, she supports local ethnic communities, particularly Afro - Colombian peoples, with programs to help them to revive and preserve their ancestral knowledge and ingredients (many of
which have become forgotten or disused), nurturing sustainable
agricultural entrepreneurship, and helping them find routes to market.
The truck is a multi-purpose mobile unit powered by solar energy,
which provides space for farmer training sessions in good
agricultural practices, basic health care services, literacy training and child labour sensitisation programmes.
«
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 agricultur
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 agricultur
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 agricultur
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 agricultur
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 agricultur
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 agricultur
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
agriculturalagricultural products;
Agricultural practices conducted on farmland shall not violate the public policy of Erie county if such agricultural practices are: (i) reasonable and necessary to the particular farm or farm operation; (ii) conducted in a manner which is not negligent or reckless; (iii) conducted in conformity with generally accepted agricultural practices; (iv) conducted in conformity with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations; (v) conducted in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and safety or cause injury to health and safety of any person; and (vi) conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably obstruct the free passage or use of navigable waters or publ
Agricultural practices conducted on farmland shall not violate the public policy of Erie county if such
agricultural practices are: (i) reasonable and necessary to the particular farm or farm operation; (ii) conducted in a manner which is not negligent or reckless; (iii) conducted in conformity with generally accepted agricultural practices; (iv) conducted in conformity with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations; (v) conducted in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and safety or cause injury to health and safety of any person; and (vi) conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably obstruct the free passage or use of navigable waters or publ
agricultural practices are: (i) reasonable and necessary to the particular farm or farm operation; (ii) conducted in a manner
which is not negligent or reckless; (iii) conducted in conformity with generally accepted
agricultural practices; (iv) conducted in conformity with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations; (v) conducted in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and safety or cause injury to health and safety of any person; and (vi) conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably obstruct the free passage or use of navigable waters or publ
agricultural practices; (iv) conducted in conformity with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations; (v) conducted in a manner
which does not constitute a threat to public health and safety or cause injury to health and safety of any person; and (vi) conducted in a manner
which does not unreasonably obstruct the free passage or use of navigable waters or public roadways.
«Farmer» shall mean any person, organization, entity, association, partnership or corporation engaged in the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock or livestock products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, or the business of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation of land, the raising of poultry, fish, or fur - bearing animals, the harvesting of timber or the
practice of horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture or viticulture; «Generally accepted
agricultural practices» shall mean those
practices which are lawful, customary, reasonable, safe and necessary to the industry as they pertain to the
practices listed in subdivision a of section 3 of this local law.
It is the policy of the county to reduce the loss of
agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under
which agricultural and residential purposes may conflict and to allow
agricultural practices inherent to and necessary for the business of farming to proceed and be undertaken free of unreasonable and unwarranted interference or restriction.
B - BOVID, is a Ghanaian
agricultural business based in Pretsir in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region,
which promotes sound
agricultural practices and ecological farming, and offers training to farmers on variety of improved
agricultural methods.
B - BOVID, is a Ghanaian
agricultural business based in Pretsir in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region,
which promotes sound
agricultural practices and ecological...
The findings contradict the widely held view that soils with high water content necessarily accumulate organic matter better than dry soils,
which could have implications for
agricultural and wetlands conservation
practices, Hall said.
The study is also in keeping with the theme of the challenge «Sustainable Resources: Food, Energy, and Water,»
which will develop strategies that link optimized
agricultural practices, water management, and energy production
Farmers are seeing the same trend in voluntary FDA and Agriculture Department standards called «good
agricultural practices,»
which include several common - sense measures such as hand - washing but can dock farms points if they sit within 2 miles of livestock.
The need to import phosphorus also decreased compared to the baseline demands by 6 % under the food waste recycling scenario, but that is a theoretical maximum, and would only be true if the leftovers from biogas processing could be perfectly returned to
agricultural soils as fertilizer,
which is currently not the
practice today, Hamilton said.
The Basque Institute for
Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker - Tecnalia) has coordinated the European BATFARM project,
which is seeking to evaluate the effectiveness of technologies and
practices used on livestock farms in the European Atlantic region in order to reduce their environmental impact on the air, water and soil.
The concept of the Paleo approach to eating is that humans were evolving for millions of years prior to the Neolithic period,
which is when
agricultural practices changed our diet considerably.
Human Health is dependent on: • the Energetics underlying material manifestation • the quality of the Earth's Elements • Non-industrialized, Sustainable
Agricultural practices • Food Sovereignty to choose the most nutrient dense, uncontaminated foods • the Health of the Soil in
which our food is grown • the Health of the Plant based foods we -LSB-...]
Land was cleared and
agricultural practices established
which in turn disturbed the natural supply of food cycles of the native people.
Observed positive effects for poor and marginalized people,
which are limited and often indirect, include examples such as diversification of social networks and of
agricultural practices.
More than 50 countries are developing these strategies,
which include many activities that have been in the conservation «toolbox» for years: creating networks of protected areas, expanding the use of responsible forest management
practices, preventing illegal logging, developing management
practices that keep
agricultural production away from forests, and more.
In a move that could have global implications, China,
which has the largest farming sector in the world, has signaled it will be shifting its focus toward more sustainable
agricultural methods,
which includes
practices like promoting organic production, building biogas digesters and reducing water usage.
[The iron was traditionally delivered to the open ocean in wind - borne dust from arid lands
which has now been depleted by 30 % or more by modern
agricultural practices...]
In fact human
agricultural practices have greatly increased the extent of arid lands, from
which such dusts could arise.
«We hope that soon we will be able to examine
agricultural practices in even greater detail, with the launch of the European Space Agency's Sentinel satellites,
which will provide regular data at even higher spatial resolution.»
Furthermore, it demonstrates the extent to
which modern
agricultural practices have degraded soil natural capital —
which has profound implications for the loss of ecosystem service provision (Loveland & Webb 2003; Lal 2004), including reduced structural stability, water and nutrient holding capacity and impaired regulation of N mineralization and supply to plants (Quinton et al. 2010; Dungait et al. 2012).
Hemp History Week 2013 will focus on how industrial hemp can help build a future in
which economic growth and sustainable
agricultural and manufacturing
practices go hand - in - hand.»
Another general legacy of
agricultural land use has been the creation of anthropogenic soils (anthrosols)(85), including the manure - enriched «plaggen» soils of Northwestern Europe,
which may date to 4000 B.C. (86), the «terra preta» of the Amazon basin enriched with charcoal dating perhaps to 500 B.C. (87) and potentially in Africa (88), together with a wide range of anthrosols altered by sustained tillage, irrigation, manuring, and other land - use
practices (83, 89).
Their work draws upon active research on the
practices that can simultaneously sequester carbon, raise yields, and enhance
agricultural resilience — some of
which is occurring at the 15 research centers of the CGIAR network, through the Global Alliance on Climate - Smart Agriculture, and at dozens of academic institutions around the world.
As the former NASA scientist Jim Hansen recently told Rolling Stone: «We are at the point now where if you want to stabilize the Earth's energy balance,
which is nominally what you would need to do to stabilize climate, you would need to reduce emissions several percent a year, and you would need to suck 100 gigatons of CO2 out of the atmosphere,
which is more than you could get from reforestation and improved
agricultural practices.»
The document emphasizes the importance of integrating gender in CSA
practices,
which is to reduce gender inequalities and ensure that men and women can equally benefit from any intervention in the
agricultural sector to reduce risks linked to climate change.
In that case it would just be feasible to get atmospheric CO2 back beneath 350 ppm via the carbon uptake potential of improved forestry and
agricultural practices,
which could draw down atmospheric CO2 by as much as about 50 ppm.
The government insists the project is the only way to solve north China's chronic water problems,
which are exacerbated by industrial uses,
agricultural practices, overgrazing and climate change (see an excellent interactive China's Top Water Issues map at PBS).
The annual Global Landscapes Forum conference,
which took place in Bonn, Germany, this week (19 - 20 December) comes at an opportune time for land - sector advocates to celebrate a recent victory at COP23, and to begin organizing steps to make critical changes in global
agricultural practices to assist in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Steptoe's toxic tort litigation
practice,
which was recognized in the 2014 and 2015 editions of The Legal 500 US for providing «exceptional skill and service,» defends toxic tort, product liability and environmental claims nationwide for the chemical, petrochemical, aerospace, manufacturing, and
agricultural industries.
Where municipalities and agencies do restrict or monitor
agricultural activity on residential land, they are rarely out to squelch those
practices with regulations,
which are often created to protect home owners.