Sentences with phrase «crops grown on»

«pays farmers more money for crops grown on land undergoing transition and helps them choose rotational crops they can sell to supplement their income; [and] General Mills recently signed a deal to help convert about 3,000 acres to organic production of alfalfa and other animal feeds.»

Roundup also destroys valuable organic compounds in soil, so crops grown on that soil are less nutritious.

Building on earlier research showing the carbon payback time of biofuel crops grown on certain types of land, the new study uses «a new, geographically detailed database of crop locations and yields, along with updated vegetation and soil biomass estimates, to provide carbon payback estimates that are more regionally specific than those in previous studies,» write the authors.

Cereal grain crops grown on selenium - deficient soil will contain relatively low levels of selenium.

The classical example is the iodine deficiency that occurs in individuals eating cereal grain crops grown on iodine - deficient soil.

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of world's current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

Farmers already know they will have to let land go fallow because they lack water and will save what supplies they have for crops grown on trees and vines, like walnuts and grapes.

Remember, this is a crop grown on a small plot of land harvested once a year that is probably the main source of income for an entire family.

A sustainable crop grown on the vines of the Peruvian Amazon, the Sacha Inchi plant is harvested from star - shaped pods.

Not exact matches

Today, on those same fields, crops grow.

The Princess Royal told the BBC she intends to grow GM crops on her Gloucestershire farm if regulations are relaxed after Brexit.

A growing crop of businesses is set on helping consumers and companies navigate the maze of threats.

Containing GM crops is also a near impossible task, and there is no telling what could happen if they escape the commercial fields on which they're grown.

On my uncles farm 400 fully grown citrus trees were cut down by the «war vets» because he refused to hand over the years tobacco crop to them.

Today, the company operates an online marketplace that helps farmers lock in fair prices on seeds, fertilizers and other costly «inputs» they use to grow healthy crops, as well as sell their crops to buyers.

Because higher prices for crops means farmers could make more on their land, many are using their growing profits to buy more land.

PeerStreet's view is that by performing its own due diligence on borrowers using a software - based underwriting engine, the company can match high - quality debt with a growing crop of yield - hungry investors.

If it grew Western GMO crops, the country would become reliant on foreign sources of necessary seeds — the opposite of food security.

Most coffee is grown near the equator, but increasing temperatures, new pests, droughts, and intensive rainfall are taking their toll on the crop.

If there is a silver lining, it is that today's high prices should encourage more production, but unlike fast - growing crops like rice, wheat and soybeans, coffee grows on trees that take years to mature.

the last thing canada needs is to grow more monsano gmo corn and soy, that will mean tons and tons of more chemicals sprayed on our land, gmo crops make people sick and that states can keep their poisons

There is a grave environmental crisis in air quality (life expectancy in polluted northern cities is five and a half years lower than in the cleaner south), water and soil (one survey showed that 10 per cent of arable land was unsafe to grow crops on).

It is the providential care of God that sends the rains both on the godly and the ungodly making the seeds to germinate and grow and dew for the growth of the fruit.50 Unfriendly climatic conditions so common in the context of Palestine where rains were scanty and seasonal, each time there was a delay of rain, there was crop failure.

Yet any attempt to grow crops on cleared land will be unproductive because the soil's fertility and ability to absorb water are held in the very trees being cut down.

A very easy to grow chili pepper which produces an insanely huge crop on a compact plant!

Growing up, we spent a couple of weeks every summer on the California's Central Coast, and as we'd pull off the Pacheco Pass on Highway 152, my grandparents would declare it was time to play «Name That Crop.»

Since nutrient - rich quinoa is also drought resistant, and grows well on poor soils without irrigation or fertilizer, it's been designated a «super crop» by the United Nations, for its potential to feed the hungry poor of the world.

Seventy - five percent of all crops grown for human consumption rely on pollinators, predominantly bees, for a successful harvest.

Compost also plays a key role for soil management, but unlike in Biodynamics, Nature Farming typically does not utilize animals, it does not put the same emphasis on crops grown for animal consumption, and avoids the use of animal manure and waste products as soil amendments.

In addition to their abundant organic crops, Hill Top Farms also offers a tour of the 30 acre farm which consists of a trip through the horse barn where participants get a up close, hands on education about equine care including feeding and grooming one or more of the nine resident horses, feeding the chickens and petting the goats and a hayride out to the fields where you get to see and taste organic vegetables in production and learn about how things grow and why organics is important.

Researchers David Crowder and John Reganold from Washington State University conducted a meta - analysis of 44 studies on organic agriculture, which included 55 crops grown in 14 countries across five continents.

UTZ certified crops are grown on more than 2.7 million hectares of land.

Hi, Dave!I got a good crop of habaneros with my first effort growing them this year (and more on the way!).

Cultivation for export, however, would involve less risk, if capsicums were regarded as a secondary or intermediate crop, to be grown on a plantation along with the principal one — as natives plant groundnuts or other beans between the rows of their maize - gardens — in a country with favourable soil and climate.

«Our goal is to find ways to grow quality crops on a budget while also being environmentally friendly.»

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

On top of all that, pulse crops are sustainable, with low water and carbon footprints, and they act as natural fertilizers, enriching whatever soil they grow in.

Specifically, she is working on finding the potential alternative cheap sources of sanitizers for prevention of microbial growth tomato, which is the first most grown vegetable crop in Malawi.

Last year I grew pole beans on a trellis on the duck pen - a crop and shade for my babies!

They are grown on farms selected for their premium organic crops and their sustainable farming methods.

Commercial agriculture industry veteran Jeff Glass brings experience to new role focused on growing crop nutrition company's distribution in the Southeast.

Those who grow zucchini in their gardens know that come summer they'll have a glut of this prolific crop to unload on friends and neighbors, and having no garden of my own I'm one of the willing takers.

After reading new research about the issue of «crop desiccation» done by using glyphosate on wheat and other grains just prior to harvest, Tropical Traditions decided to first test some commercial wheat products with wheat grown in Montana, North Dakota, and Canada.

Grow Ahead invites women from Africa, Asia or Latin America over 18 years of age to apply for scholarships of up to US$ 2,500 for workshops or trainings in their regions focused on agroecology or regenerative organic agriculture, including (but not limited to) agroforestry, biochar, compost, holistic management, conservation tillage, pasture cropping, silvopasture, permaculture, or other practices that build climate resilience.

This research on Golden Rice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impacts.

The variability of contexts in which agroforestry crops are grown around the world is something the latest draft to SAN standard is not ignoring, and the standard proposal is focused on achieving positive impacts also at the landscapes level, not just farm level.

The Southern Hemisphere harvests are now fully underway and the picture is mixed: while Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are each currently on course for good - sized crops with quality looking excellent, Argentina and Chile have for a second - successive year been dogged by unfavourable growing conditions and their crop sizes have been downwardly revised.

Steve Marsh was not growing the same crop (canola) as his neighbour and therefore (despite GM seed found growing on his property) genetic contamination of his cereal crops was highly unlikely.

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