Sentences with phrase «as early farmers»

Both the hunter - gatherers as well as the early farmers displayed high copy numbers of amylase genes in their genomes, suggesting that both populations had already adapted to a starch - rich diet.

Not exact matches

Those in commodity - based agriculture, such as cattle ranchers, have been earlier adopters than smaller, organic and specialty farmers.

DuPont is the fourth - largest chemical corporation in the world, and it wants to see the product — a hybrid type of corn — in farmers» fields as early as 2021.

Harrison, Wallace, Robert and Andrew McCain were the sons of Andrew McCain, known as A.D. - a third generation farmer who turned to potato and seed exporting in the early 1900s.

I like to take advantage of summer produce as much as possible during this time of year and am always at the farmer's market early each Saturday morning.

Some of Sprouts» early expansion was through acquisition of chains such as Henry's Market, Sunflower Farmers Market and Sun Harvest Farmers Market.

WELLINGTON — Milk collection across New Zealand was slightly lower in the 11 months to April 30 as farmers struggled to weather a severe drought early this year, New Zealand dairy company Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd. (FCG.NZ) said Wednesday.

As the end of October begins to encroach upon us and each evening seems to begin a litter earlier, the abundance of fall produce shines in the farmers» markets and groceries.

That led people who had been inspired by Oliver's earlier work in nutrition to see his alliance with Woolworths as a sellout, and farmers to balk at the Jamie Oliver Tax requested by Woolworths for every box of produce supplied to support their Jamie Oliver marketing campaign.

Earlier in the summer, just as the super sweet Silver Queen corn was hitting the farmers» markets, I visited one of my favorite farming families (a completely adorable elderly couple, the Snyder's, who are still farming well into their 80's, spry and gentle and delightful — amazing... I have a desk job and I go home exhausted every night) and scooped up as many ears as would fit in my bag.

They were early adopters of internet technology to advertise their product and set up their business to directly benefit farmers and provide knowledge about how their product is produced, as well as open days, monthly Biological Farming Roundtables and a new business based on Soil Restoration Farming.

Robert Wiseman Dairies announced earlier this week that it is to provisionally slash the amount it pays for UK dairy farmers» milk, a move which will undoubtedly lead to further price skirmishes in the UK milk market, as Tom...

Harrison, Wallace, Robert and Andrew McCain were the sons of Andrew McCain, known as A.D. - a third generation farmer who turned to potato and seed exporting in the early 1900s.

However, as I mentioned earlier, you can still support local businesses through the Smugglers» farmers» market and country fair.

Speaking under the theme, «Youth in Cocoa, Sustainable Cocoa Production» Dr. Oppong, explained that as part of the initiative, «Young cocoa farmers are being supplied with free high - yielding, early bearing hybrid cocoa seedlings, fertilizers and other farming inputs across the cocoa growing regions».

He mentioned the Free Seedlings Distribution programme which provides early bearing and high yielding planting materials to farmers at no cost, the Free Fertilizer Distribution Programme which is helping to improve upon soil fertility and increase yield, the National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme which has facilitated the replanting of large hectares of over-aged, moribund and diseased farms as well as the Youth in Cocoa Initiative which is curbing the ageing - cocoa - farmers situation in Ghana.

They're against farmers too,» added a frustrated Rep. Bill FloresWilliam (Bill) Hose FloresGOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan Republicans express doubts that Ryan can stay on as Speaker McCarthy says early leadership election to replace Ryan unlikely MORE (R - Texas), the former chairman of the other conservative caucus, the Republican Study Committee.

These chemicals normally kill crops as well as weed, so resistant crops would permit farmers to ignore weeds growing among their crops early in the season, as they can use an effective herbicide later in the year.

Earlier this week Prince Charles said the «tragedy» in flood - hit Somerset «is that nothing happened for so long» to help as he met local residents, farmers and emergency services personnel who have been affected.

The man from Kostenki shared close ancestry with hunter - gatherers in Europe — as well as with the early farmers, suggesting that his ancestors interbred with members of the same Middle Eastern population who later turned into farmers and came to Europe themselves.

Farmers in Southwest Asia and Europe acquired beeswax and probably honey as early as 9,000 years ago (SN: 12/12/15, p. 13).

In an analysis of ancient genomes published August 4 in Current Biology, researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University in Sweden and Middle East Technical University in Turkey report that at least two waves of early European settlers belonged to the same gene pool as farmers in Central Turkey — genealogy that can be traced back to some of the first people to cultivate crops outside of Mesopotamia.

He says this suggests a new scenario: The ancestors of early European farmers such as Ötzi must have carried H. pylori with DNA from Asian strains perhaps in the Middle East before they migrated to Europe.

Since the early 2000s, U.S. farmers have dramatically increased their use of controversial insecticides suspected of playing a role in the decline of pollinating insects, such as honeybees.

The farmers» DNA was compared with DNA from three Neolithic hunter - gatherers found in Hungary, Luxembourg and Spain; a fourth hunter - gatherer from Italy dating to about 14,000 years ago; and 25 Anatolian farmers from as early as 8,500 years ago.

The researchers also learned how descendants of each early farming group, even as they began to intermingle, contributed to the genetic ancestry of people in different parts of the world: Farmers related to the Anatolian group spread west into Europe, people related to the Levant group moved south into East Africa, people related to those in Iran or the Caucasus went north into the Russian steppe, and people related to both the farmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into SoutFarmers related to the Anatolian group spread west into Europe, people related to the Levant group moved south into East Africa, people related to those in Iran or the Caucasus went north into the Russian steppe, and people related to both the farmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into Soutfarmers in Iran and hunter - gatherers from the steppe spread into South Asia.

As early as 700 B.C., Chinese authorities were encouraging peasant farmers to move into remote regions of the plateau, citing the need to feed a large and growing population while establishing a buffer of human settlement against the threat of nomadic invaders along its northern bordeAs early as 700 B.C., Chinese authorities were encouraging peasant farmers to move into remote regions of the plateau, citing the need to feed a large and growing population while establishing a buffer of human settlement against the threat of nomadic invaders along its northern bordeas 700 B.C., Chinese authorities were encouraging peasant farmers to move into remote regions of the plateau, citing the need to feed a large and growing population while establishing a buffer of human settlement against the threat of nomadic invaders along its northern border.

Early hunter - gatherers didn't adopt farming practices as they spread through Europe, although some had sex with farmers and joined their groups

Their sample included the first DNA ever sequenced from early farmers in the Near East, such as this one buried at Barcın Höyük in northwest Anatolia, in today's Turkey.

Although most early European farmers would not have been lactase persistent, they would still have been able to consume fermented milk products such as yoghurt and cheese, because fermentation converts much of the lactose into fats.

By looking at how ancient and living people share long sections of DNA, the team showed that early farming populations were highly genetically structured, and that some of that structure was preserved as farming, and farmers, spread into neighbouring regions; Europe to the west and southern Asia to the east.

Were early farmers in the area forced to flee as their world disappeared underwater?

A new study suggests that the Basques come from a group of early farmers that kept to itself as waves of migration swept through Europe thousands of years ago.

It could allow farmers to mitigate the negative effects of climate change early by adding fertilisers or tweaking moisture levels as crops grow.

Farmers can now grow corn in many areas where length of growing season, as well as spring and early fall temperatures, were formerly prohibitive.

Davidson often talked about his early life as a farmer, but Fisch said his ability to chart a clear course as an administrator, a researcher, a professor, and a mentor, reminded him of a sailor.

The pre-harvest use of glyphosate allows farmers to harvest crops as much as two weeks earlier than they normally would, an advantage in northern, colder regions where farmers struggle to dry their crops.

Will Kiehn is seemingly destined for life as a humble farmer in the Midwest when, having felt a call from God, he travels to the vast North China Plain in the early twentieth - century.

Twenty - five years earlier, when he was Jacob's age, he had come from Bavaria as a human pack mule, and walked from farm to farm across New Jersey with a hundred pounds of fabric on his back to sell to the farmers» wives.

Open as early as 04:00 until 18:00 every day, local craftsmen, farmers and fishermen gather to sell an extensive array of handmade clothes, trinkets, seafood, fresh produce, and packaged goods to locals and tourists.

The story is really cheesy where you play as Juan — an ordinary Mexican farmer — who dies at the hand of Carlos Calaca, a menacing skeleton early on in the game.

The 22 sparsely populated counties of the Central West Texas region share a history as an important concourse for indigenous people, ranchers, farmers and merchants in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Central West Texas region's 22 sparsely populated counties share a history as an important concourse for indigenous people, ranchers, farmers and merchants in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The scale of tropical deforestation in the last 40 years is stunning — even if it took ten times as long, early human farmers could have deforested most of temperate Eurasia in far less than 1000 years.

To reduce methane, a greenhouse gas over 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, farmers in California and the Mid-South implemented a variety of groundbreaking voluntary conservation practices that included alternate wetting and drying and early drainage of their fields as well as crop residue management.

``... as the droughts of the early 1930s deepened, the farmers kept plowing and planting and nothing would grow.

Russian information is not easy to come by, early in the 20th century, wheat was one of Russia's main exports and they sucked as efficient farmers needing 2 to 3 times the acreage as the US and Canada.

Ensuring that farmers have access to real - time climate services, such as early warning systems for drought or crop index insurance, is critical to support rural livelihoods and mitigate crop production loss in the event of a climatic shock.

Despite widespread recognition that hunter - gatherers and early farmers were capable of transforming terrestrial ecosystems around the world, these early anthropogenic changes have yet to be understood as global change processes and are generally portrayed by global change scientists as localized and insignificant compared with contemporary changes in the Earth system (11, 14).

AS: Earlier this year we bought two fertile farms, actually directly adjacent to two very knowledgeable organic farmer - suppliers of soft white wheat and kamut, which have been used in our cereals for many years.