Sentences with phrase «by a farmer as»

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

Crows and magpies are shot by farmers as pests on their farms.

Not exact matches

The government could help make these scenarios a reality by helping to facilitate talks between farmers and food processors, as well as retailers.

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

Insects, such as the crickets Next Millennium raises, are a protein - dense, more sustainable alternative to the foods produced by resource - sucking beef and dairy farmers, the Goldins and others argue.

Dairy and poultry farmers who function under Canada's supply - management system are already being targeted by dairy farmers in the U.S.. Under Trump, the U.S. will likely want our protections broken down, even as they erect their own.

Some farmers and city leaders worry that the fracking boom is consuming too much of a scarce resource, while others see the push for production as an opportunity to make money by selling water while furthering the nation's goal of energy independence.

As the U.S. slid into the Great Depression, two members of Congress introduced a bill whose goal was to protect struggling American farmers by raising tariffs on agricultural imports.

Much is siphoned off by middlemen in the export country, known to Latin American farmers as «coyotes,» who offer the lowest possibleprice - leaving some 20 million coffee farmers trapped in poverty.

He wants to build a global company that helps farmers everywhere manage their fields on a plant - by - plant level, mainstreaming artificial intelligence as an integral part of agriculture.

Just as demand has jumped, stocks of lamb and mutton in New Zealand have fallen by about a fifth between 2007 and 2012 as farmers converted land into more lucrative dairy farms.

Founded by CEO Amol Deshpande, a former venture investor with Kleiner Perkins, FBN started as a kind of professional social network for farmers.

Founded in 1970 by «Prince» Leonard George Casley as a protest over government quotas on wheat farmers, Hutt River is the oldest micronation in Australia.

The closest observers of trade politics and policy were mostly unmoved by Trump's negotiating list, however normal people might be surprised to learn that Canada's bankers have as much reason to fret as loggers and dairy farmers.

Enter the government - backed Farm Credit Corp. (FCC), described by one farmer as «Canadian agriculture's Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.»

In Norway, they're as intelligent as humans and help simple farmers by scaring away gremlins in exchange for food (left out on miniature plates, of course).

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by Hurricane Irma have flooded parts of the impoverished Caribbean nation, humanitarians said, calling for better disaster preparedness.

Price Setting: Milk prices (for consumers as well as processors of butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream) are set by the dairy farmers themselves — based on cost of production plus what they determine is the appropriate profit.

Ironically, and perhaps most frustratingly, it hurts many of the dairy farmers themselves — certainly the most efficient ones, as highlighted in «Reforming Dairy Supply Management: The Case for Growth», a new report by the Conference Board of Canada.

Agriculture is an area specifically targeted by the retaliatory tariffs proposed by China, and California farmers exported $ 2.0 billion in agricultural products in 2016 to China (including Hong Kong), which ranked third as a destination for the state's agricultural exports.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. declined by $ 392 million -LRB--3.4 %), primarily due to the recognition of disaster assistance liabilities in 2016 - 17.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. declined by $ 463 million -LRB--2.0 %), primarily due to the inclusion of disaster assistance liabilities during the first half of 2016 - 17 and the timing of recent budget initiatives.

If the test result is over 0.3 % THC by weight, then that sample has failed (also referred to as «hot») and the farmer is legally required to destroy the crop.

What is interesting is that yes farmers did enroll in the WCB before bill 6 and what has been shown by the majority of responses to this blog is that there is much greater concern for the workers than the farmer, K. Larson I am not including you in the last comment as I am well aware that you are a farmer.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. increased by $ 620 million (3.8 %), primarily due to the timing of recent budget initiatives affecting most components.

Beijing has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on US agricultural exports, and Trump told lawmakers that he saw the TPP as a way to help American farmers deal with the blow by opening up new markets for their crops.

In the famous story of Naboth's vineyard, the Israelite farmer Naboth is approached by King Ahab, who wants to purchase it as a «vegetable garden» for his own use.

I have seen a Palestinian farmer sowing seed by hand on just such variegated ground as this story envisages.

The shad, like the Concord farmers, have, as he says, a «just cause,» and when he asks what might avail a crowbar against the Billerica Dam, he is pointing, by means of a parable, to a radically new understanding of the story of human existence.

One person who agrees with Senator McGovern is James McHale, an energetic farmer appointed by Governor Milton Shapp as Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture.

A game is played, a picture is painted, or a garden is cultivated, and each activity is regarded by the amateur as a complete experience, rounded out within minutes, hours, or months, as the case may be, while for the worker — in the parallel cases of professional player, artist, or farmer — these achievements are but incidents within a continuous career.

The view that Jesus was a village farmer who also has practiced part - time carpentry in his native village and immediate surroundings as corroborated by the parabolic emphases has been confirmed by recent archaeological discoveries.31 Recent explorations have revealed that Nazareth was a small agricultural village that came into being in the 3rd century BCE.32 Settlements in Nazareth were mostly found right at the top, whereas in the nearby «three northern spurs» they were to be found largely «on the slopes, lower ridges, and just off the basins.

She can think of no better way to protect Janie than by marrying her to a middle - aged black farmer whose prosperity makes it unnecessary for him to use the girl as a «mule.»

To this end, the soil — from which our nourishment comes — must be carefully husbanded by the use of the many techniques now well understood by scientific farmers, such as proper drainage and irrigation, contour plowing, crop rotation, fertilization, and preservation of forests and grassland.

As for the media's assumption that money can buy anything, Jesus tells the story of the wealthy farmer who decided to build a bigger barn, but then suddenly died, so Jesus asks, «What does one gain by winning the whole world at the cost of one's true self?»

Funny I never thought of Jesus as having a hercules style body... Just average build... He did work as a capenter and the carpenters I know have good muscle tone... by are not body builder status, Hercules built to excess... They are just like a average farmer, strong and even in muscle tone... Jesus's whole life was about being humble and coming from the low end of the society... he was born with the animals in a very humble place... I do not see him as a super strong human... but then being the son of God, he would have had super powers if he wanted them... he just did not need them...

Fears have also been expressed that the patenting of seeds by multinationals such as Cargill will result in traditional farmers being displaced.

The Romney sheep, formerly called the Romney Marsh sheep but generally referred - to by the local farmers as the Kent, is a breed of sheep originating in England

Now, KAMUT ® brand wheat is grown on 80,000 acres by about 250 contracted organic farmers in Montana, as well as Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.

After it was «rediscovered» by modern cooks and farmers in the 1970's, quinoa was designated by the United Nations as a «super crop» for its high productivity, nutrition and fast cooking time.

We also partner with other research organisations to ensure the best capability is brought to bear on a problem, such as leading a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project involving institutions around the world to develop self - reproducing hybrid crops for African farmers or working with the University of Queensland and Queensland State Government researchers to solve challenges faced by the Northern Australian beef industry.

As someone who respects animals, it is essential for me to support farmers that employ humane farming practices by letting their animals roam on pasture, feeding them what they are naturally meant to eat and treating them with respect and gratitude.

Each season is marked with a reflection by farmer Lora Lea or her husband Rick about life on the farm as well as knowledge of sustainability practices that can be incorporated, no matter the location, or lack of farm.

Oh, and, by the way, some of why people have seeming wheat issues are that the farmer's triple spray the wheat with Round Up as a means of harvesting maximum yield.

Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

As our farmers are by default Organic so for marketing our farmers certified their Lands by CUC (Control Union Certification) agency.

Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat, and use farming methods such as crop rotation which provide a diversity of nutritious floral food sources to reduce the prospect of malnutrition.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

In 2002 our program was launched as «UTZ kapeh» (pronounced o͞otz kahpāy) by a Belgian - Guatemalan coffee farmer and a Dutch coffee roaster, meaning «good coffee» in the Guatemalan Mayan language of Quiché.

Chef Roy's culinary philosophy was cultivated as a child in Hilo, Hawaii, where he was surrounded by farmers, foragers and fishermen, gaining a true appreciation for the provenance of ingredients and the relationship with the producers.