Sentences with phrase «by an organic farmer in»

Early on they grew and sold oats — which were purchased by an organic farmer in the region — and green manure crops.

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For example, it initiated a project to support co-operatives in Odisha, India, by training female farmers to build and conserve organic cotton seed banks, which reduces farm operating costs and improves profitability.

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.

Determined to start a successful business and help cultivate a better way of life for conventional essential oil farmers in disadvantaged Indian villages, Mudar began the enormous task of organizing these laborers and directing them toward a more profitable agricultural pursuit: growing certified organic plants, which by their very nature command higher prices than their conventionally grown counterparts.

«It's important for the world to understand that it was the Organic Trade Association that killed our state GMO labeling laws by backing Monsanto's Stabenow - Roberts bill,» Maine organic seed farmer and longtime OSGATA President, Jim Gerritsen, said in a statement.

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.

Untreated manure of all types has the potential to pose a food safety risk, and farmers, organic and conventional alike, have traditionally mitigated this risk by applying manure to their fields early in the season before they have planted the crop.

The proposed rule follows recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board, a federal advisory committee of 15 citizens appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture that includes representation from the various stakeholders involved in the organic industry, including farmers, handlers, a retailer, a certifier, scientists, a natural resource conservationist and a consumer.

In a full - page paid advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post, a group of organic brands, farmers and researchers demanded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule issued by the USDA in January 201In a full - page paid advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post, a group of organic brands, farmers and researchers demanded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule issued by the USDA in January 201in Tuesday's Washington Post, a group of organic brands, farmers and researchers demanded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule issued by the USDA in January 201in January 2017.

More than 500 organic operations, from organic fruit and vegetable growers, grains and oilseed farmers, livestock and poultry producers, dairy farmers, organic processors, and food makers across 45 states, participated in a comprehensive farm bill survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association.

The broccoli you buy in a grocery store, for instance — even the organic kind — was most likely grown by a central American farmer who is subject to a lot of structural injustice in the system.

The High 5 For Farmers program provides support directly to the farms where the organic coffee is produced by providing $ 10,000 to growers to complete much needed community based projects in education, health care, agricultural programs and farm development.

«We need to support farmers that want to make the transition [to organics], by buying their product, but also by investing in research.»

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October 16 — Smallholder farmers from various provinces in the country will be commemorating World Food Day by expressing their rejection of genetically modified food while drawing attention to the valuable impact of organic agriculture.

By transferring knowledge of organic agriculture in Thailand and growing the skill sets of the farmers and their families, we aim to at least double family income and create real and lasting social change for Thai hill tribe communities throughout the world.

Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.

Six MASIPAG farmers shared their experiences and practices on organic and sustainable farming, which were widely lauded by the other participants in the congress.

By guest blogger Lindsay Fernandez - Salvador, OMRI Technical Director Twice a year, organic certifiers, materials enthusiasts, and various farmer, processor and consumer representatives meet with government agents and a volunteer advisory board to participate in the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)... Continued

For the past few years, Tropical Traditions offered an open - pollinated organic heirloom corn and corn meal to its customers, grown by small - scale family farmers in Wisconsin.

(First published in 2012 by Australian Organic in Australian Organic Producer) Legal proceedings have started in Western Australia by a farmer who had achieved organic certification in 2004 but subsequently lost it in late 2010 when genetically modified canola was discovered on his property.

In doing so, she has taken on the challenges of helping long - time conventional farmers transition, creating a market for their organic grains, and compressing costs of businesses by helping farmers sell directly to processors.

It was lead by agriculturist turned organic farmer and chef and resulted in the most incredible farm to table meal: chiles rellenos, chicken mole, vegetables roasted in «magic» oil, and herbed rice.

Don is very active and generous in both regional communities where his farms are situated and his long term vision for successful, competitive Australian organic farming is clearly evident by his nurturing of the next generation of farmers, his son Brendan.

They work on much smaller margins and the price the consumer pays is in line with the added premiums provided to the farmer (often for quality in addition to organic certification), their own costs involved with organic certification, and the value added by actually roasting high quality beans that taste better.

We use only certified organic Muscabado whole cane sugar in the fermentation of our vinegar, grown by a cooperative of small scale family farmers in the Philippines.

Please join with us this coming month, in continuing the celebrations right through the Christmas period, by supporting our hard working, capital risking, organic entrepreneurs, be they farmers or food and beverage makers.

Organic Valley fills the gap by paying farmers in transition for the price difference between conventional and organic milk.

If Batian helps reduce that fear, I consider it much more likely that farmers will start to plant shade again, particularly if organic agriculture in Kenya is supported by roasters.

In the UK there are several organisations which are approved by the government to provide organic certification including Sustain members: Organic Farmers and Growers, The Soil Association, and the Biodynamic Association.

Innovations addressing health and environmental concerns, the needs of farmers and consumers, combined with the facilitation of their uptake by more farmers in more regions will contribute to the development of organic agriculture.

The new organic milk spray drying plant will be built at North Geelong in Victoria on land adjacent to an existing processing operation built in 2016 by the Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia, which operates at a site close to the former Ford engine plant.

They describe organic approaches like those used by cocoa farmers in Sulawesi, and GM approaches like those being developed by Florida citrus farmers.

Commonly used by farmers to control weeds, and Landcare groups to kill grass and weeds before tree planting, many don't have any qualms about using glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup ® — but not the Storti's and thousands of other organic farmers.

Legal proceedings have started in Western Australia by a farmer who had achieved organic certification in 2004 but subsequently lost it in late 2010 when genetically modified canola was discovered on his property.

Additionally, all 140 Dutch Campina Organic farmers are annually checked by inspectors of Skal, an independent organisation supervising the organic production in the Netherlands.

July 26, 2017 (Petaluma, Calif.) Tesla, mooo - ve over: California dairy farmer Albert Straus, a pioneer in organic dairy and sustainable agriculture, announces the launch of the first full - scale electric truck — powered by cow poop.

Since organic farmers can not compensate for a loss in soil fertility by inputs of synthetic nutrients, the building and maintenance of soil fertility is a central objective of organic agriculture2.

Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) promotes the well - being of the UK organic food sector, by protecting the integrity of organic standards for the benefit of producers and consumers of organic food, by assisting the activities of other stakeholders in the sector and by acting as an advocate for the sector's development, and by supporting the development of sustainable agriculture.

At La Marea, Viceroy Zihuatanejo's signature restaurant, he will be orchestrating a new «Sea - to - Table» dining experience that takes full advantage of the tremendous bounty of the highest - quality seafood brought in fresh daily by the town's fishing fleet, with fruits, vegetables and herbs sourced from local farmers and organic when available.

The conference, which is supported in part by Clif Bar & Company, Full Belly Farm, and Veritable Vegetable, hosts artisan cheese, beer, and wine tastings; live entertainment; an Exhibitor Marketplace showcasing over fifty organic and ecologically - based businesses and organizations; a mixer linking current and future farmers; a seed swap; and new this year, a series of Farmer Discussion Groups.

Supporting the Organic Trade Association in the suit, as groups harmed by this protracted government inaction, are organizations representing organic livestock farmers, organic certification agencies, and organic retailers and consumers.

These organic, fairly traded candy bars are made with delicious ingredients grown by small farmers in co-ops in Peru and Paraguay.

The Soil Association, which has long been at the head of the British organic movement, was founded in 1946, by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who posited direct connections between farming practice and plant, animal, human and environmental health.

A group at the Open University, led by Professor Andy Lane, has taken the first systematic look at what large - scale, commodity farmers - not those mainly involved in organic growing - think about genetically - modified crops.

The roses grown by the farmers supplying Alteya Organics are, in fact, organic.

In the Huangnihe conservation district, a patchwork of old growth forest and reforested former logging areas adjacent to Jilin's two main tiger habitat reserves, Huangnihe forest reserve director Li Cheng is working with scientists and conservation groups to find alternative jobs for locals, for example by training loggers and poachers as organic honey farmers.

In early June, a farmer in southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic cropIn early June, a farmer in southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic cropin southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic crops.

They describe organic approaches like those used by cocoa farmers in Sulawesi, and GM approaches like those being developed by Florida citrus farmers.

Nayakrishi Andolon is a community - based system of organic farming being promoted by UBINIG and being practiced by more than 60,000 families in Bangladesh.25 Many of these farmers, especially women, are aware of the nutritional importance of green leafy vegetables including wild species, and are strongly campaigning against the indiscriminate spraying of pesticides.