Sentences with phrase «as a farm hand»

In the midland region of Travancore and in highlands to the east, they worked as farm hands raising paddy, tapicoa and cash crops while in the paddy fields of the west coast they were ploughers of the soil, sowers of seeds, transplanters of seedlings, removers of weeds, irrigators, harvesters, dryers of grain and loaders into the wooden storage space.

I just started a new job as a farm hand so I can be home more and that I can be back around for the dept. I am just a normal guy looking to meet new people.

Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a couple of fleeting scenes where one of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth of American opportunity.

The petrol - powered Great Wall ute is better suited to city slickers and urban dwellers and the rugged diesel Mahindra is better suited as a farm hand.

Andrew has worked as a farm hand for many years for a family owned cow farm.

These dogs are bred to retain their herding instinct and could excel as farm hands.

What you can do is go and get a job on somebody else's as a farm hand.

As a farm hand, I had access to records dating back over 120 years.

Michael is a Research & Writing Fellow with Food Tank, as well as a farm hand, scholar, and community organizer based in northwest Washington State.

This one time: I worked as a farm hand on a dude ranch in northern California.

I started working at age 13 as a farm hand in the summer and worked part time while in school till I got my first full time job at 18.

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Most of the good jobs were held by White citizens while the Blacks worked as domestic servants and farm hands.

i have nothing against that; being disabled now due to my military service, i can no longer work on farms as i did when i was a child / young man... but i do miss the sweat on my brow and the knowledge that i had earned my pay with my own two hands.

Probably the most exciting thing for me was that at one of the farms we stopped at the owner came by on his golf cart and handed us bags and told us to go ahead and pick as many apples as we wanted!!

Grown on small Amish family farms, it is husked and shelled by hand much the same way as it was done 100 years ago.

Flavors showcase the best local, organic and sustainable ingredients from Oregon and Southern California farmers and artisans as well as imported flavors from small hand - picked farms from around the world.

All organic greens that we'd ordered from a local farm — including lettuce, broccoli sprouts, shredded carrots, diced tomatoes, and also threw in two hard - boiled eggs forprotein and some chia seeds for fun (I like my salads with as many ingredients as I have on hand).

Hand - selected corn from local Kentucky and Indiana farms, along with other grains such as rye, wheat and malted barley are brought in daily by the truckload.

A field trip throughout Sonoma County that included: an overview of the area's agricultural landscape and the challenges and opportunities the county faces amid shifting policies and demographic changes; a tour and tasting at Vella Cheese company as well as a demonstration of traditional cheesemaking by hand; a comparative tasting of heirloom tomatoes, stone fruits, and melons at Green String Farm, along with a tour hosted by Bob Cannard, famous for supplying Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse; a tour, hops demonstration, and guided beer tasting at Carneros Brewing Company.

In addition to certifying products as organic, the QAI team also takes a more hands - on approach to farming.

A delicious blend of Mediterranean flavors and savory Creekstone Farms beef make these hand - rolled meatballs perfect as appetizers, a light dinner or turning a traditional meatball sandwich into a gourmet treat.

Paella, a delicious blend of rice, vegetables, seafood, meat and spices, originated as farm laborer's food in Spain — cooked by the workers in the open air with ingredients that were ready at hand.

On the other hand, Mäder et al. (2000) found no decrease in organic yields as an indicator for nutrient deficiency on farms which are managed organically for more than 30 years.

Not only does she maintain a household, raising three children, do the books for the farm, fill in were needed when farm hands are short, Monica also works outside the home as the school secretary.

Taking from a famous axiom: a wise farmer goes to the farm with appropriate tools not with bare hands — which also can be interpreted as a tool, especially by characters who exhibit neurotic debilitating compulsions as is the case for Wenger and his delusional little internet warriors self - style as AKBs.

Former England U21 star Carl Jenkinson was handed the number 25 kit by Arsenal last term but did not play competitively for the club as he was farmed out on loan to West Ham.

A couple of weeks ago, I made my first batch of strawberry jam (from the organic strawberries we'd picked at a local farm) and tried my hand at canning for the first time as well.

South Jackson Elementary School students learned science standards through hands - on food activities, school gardens, and in their greenhouse as part of their farm to school based Scienhancement program.

Upon completion of his Waldorf Teacher Education in Eugene, he accepted a teaching position with a therapeutic educational program in association with Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School and Farm known as the E.A.R.T.H. (Education and Renewal Through Hands) program in Upstate New York.

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While there are a number of brands out there with plain yogurt formula targeted for babies such as Stonyfield Farm's YoBaby, you might still want to try your hand at making your own plain yogurt since it is quite easy to make.

Nature Discovery June 25 — 29 Get your hands dirty as you dig, discover, and play across Wolbach Farm!

The enthusiastic assemblage of mostly kids and parents (with a contingent of Groundhog Day buffs also on hand) seemed fine with the forecast, as they cheered Ms. G's always accurate prediction, her 11th at Drumlin Farm.

Creation from A to Z also includes hands - on activities such as growing caterpillars and having an ant farm built into the sound Biblical curriculum.

«Good on - farm hygiene, such as disinfecting animal pens daily and keeping public areas clean, as well as parents and open farm staff ensuring children always wash or sanitise their hands after contact with animals will minimise risk.

Mr. Ryan and other leaders warned conservatives that using the farm bill as the vehicle to stage their revolt would only embolden centrist Republicans and hand them the votes they needed to turn the discharge petition into an effective weapon.

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.

On the other hand, recall percentages for other brands (such as McDonald's, M&M's and Pepperidge Farm Goldfish) were relatively high, but still lower than their corresponding recognition rates.

On the other hand, Ann Olga Koloski - Ostrow, the self - professed «Queen of Latrines» and a classical archaeologist at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, who was not involved in the study, points out that it's difficult to know exactly how prevalent the use of human feces as fertilizer actually was during the Roman Empire: «We can just say that in some early farming texts, we know that they'd build the slave toilets over an area where the excrement could be collected and then spread over the crops, but that was just on isolated farms here and there.»

I'm not an expert, and the paper includes lots of hand - wavy calculations for total amounts of CO2 and CH4 released through rice - farming and deforestation - reforestation — but I find it hard to beleive that the amounts are so trivial as to be negligible for climate purposes.

Shellfish on the other hand, such as oysters, mussels and clams, are very healthy whether they are wild or farmed.

Hosted at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, a sustainable eco-lodge and certified organic biodynamic farm, this retreat is unique as it includes 100 % hands - on healing foods workshops.

In response to the growing demand for Aarn sweaters as a souvenir for Ireland tourists as well as a statement item for modern fashion forward men and women, knitting by hand and machine has become its own economic leg on the Aarn Islands besides farming, fishing, and tourism.

This video tells the story about a Texas farm family who is impacted by a Swedish hired hand as adapted from Katherine Anne Porter's short story.

It supports online co-op for as many as 16 people, and you'll need every pair of hands you can get to make sure your farm is running smoothly.

Children (ages 3 - 10) become farm hands at this free, hands - on exhibit as they are provided the opportunity to experience the agricultural process, beginning at the farm and ending at the market.

Now they are on the road again looking for work as ranch hands, always keeping their spirits up about a future where they can own their own farm.

Before she inherited the farm, Gabriel had asked for her hand in marriage, but Bathsheba had declined as she'd no wish to become «any man's property».

Language: English Genre: Musical / Romance MPAA rating: NR Director: Charles Walters Actors: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers Plot: Jane Falbury runs a New England farm and, giving her actress friend Abigail a hand - allows her troupe to use her barn as a theater.

One has a right to expect more than tired second - hand PETA slogans and watered - down Animal Farm irony from the director of such a dark and intellectually complicated fable as Edward Scissorhands.