Sentences with phrase «agriculture as a solution»

This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his Marin county organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.

This truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution for reversing climate change.

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Unfortunately, much of the focus at COP21 is still on reducing emissions and not using regenerative organic agriculture as a viable solution to reducing greenhouse gases.

Nature as a solution to climate change was on display, but agriculture and soils were underrepresented.

Fusion Tech designs and manufacturers custom solutions for the food processing industry, as well as agriculture, transportation, and renewable fuels industries.

Sustainable agricultural practices, such as those we promote through the Sustainable Agriculture Network standard, offer simple, practical solutions, such as maintaining big buffer zones, preferably planted with native trees, between farm fields and waterways.

Despite smallholder agriculture now taking center stage in international food security policy discussions there is a strong push within the CFS for promoting chemical agriculture and GMO's as the solution for smallholders despite the high suitability and affordability of organic agriculture for smallholders.

This is despite growing high - level recognition of the benefits of ecological based agriculture and organic in particular as a solution to the MDG 1: Extreme Poverty & Hunger:

Our extensive experience in this market allows us to provide you with superior high - performance solutions in market sectors such as building materials, agriculture, logistics and chemicals & minerals.

Waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

As a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwateAs a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwateas an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

Doherty et al. (2000) described sustainable agriculture as «ecological engineering solutions aiming to minimally manipulate and manage ecosystems for the benefit of both nature and humanity».

With no simple solution in sight, Salyers continues to advise government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, a practice banned throughout the European Union.

No industry has a bigger impact on climate change than agriculture and food, both as a source of the problem and as a solution.

And the right thing simply can not include funding dirty energy and false solutions in any of their forms — fossil fuels and CCS, climate smart agriculture, biofuels, waste incineration, nuclear energy and big dams (and surely a few others as well).

Better efficiencies have been achieved in multiple ways, ranging from the use of precision agriculture technology to optimally timed fertilizer additions and crop demand, to comparatively low - tech solutions such as the use of cover crops that reduce nutrient losses.

Biomass energy is a true solution only if it uses appropriate feedstock, such as waste from mills and agriculture or sustainably grown perennial crops.

Worse yet, they distract attention and resources from more promising, less risky and proven solutions to climate and energy concerns, such as efficiency, solar and wind energy, relocalization, expanded public transportation, dietary shifts and regenerative agriculture.

«The Koronivia joint work on agriculture could serve as a framework for countries to share their experiences and learn from another... the defining challenge to be tackled together will lie in taking such proven solutions to scale,» she added.

Demand - side solutions avoid emissions from land clearing for agriculture and provide additional emissions reductions as well.

With more than 100 million small landholder farmers in East Africa, agricultural commercial agriculture cooperatives can act as a realistic solution to the region's food insecurity.

Focused mostly on the Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States, «Inhabit» provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices in these regions - examining their daily lives as influenced by permaculture design and examining replicable solutions for a new agriculture.

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Sheilah has spent over 30 years as an activist, working with organizations dedicated to developing and advocating for grassroots - developed solutions to social problems, ranging from environmental issues to sustainable agriculture to public school reform to improving school food.