Sentences with phrase «farmer is a citizen»

The farmer is a citizen, a development partner.

Not exact matches

While every drop of urban citizens» water is measured and most residential lawns are nearly grassless and brown, farmers — including non-U.S. farmers — can essentially divert river water or other natural water sources as much as they like to grow their crops, even if these crops are then exported to feed foreign cows.

Every citizen, ideally, would be a «participator in government» and farmers were best suited to that role.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

Responding to the Davos announcement, he said: «It is immensely satisfying that the global outcry against food waste, echoing throughout the supply chain, from farmers down to citizens, has now been amplified and crystallised by the United Nations in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.

We make it our duty to inform you of the most up - to - date agricultural and rural policy decisions being made in Washington D.C. and examine how they will affect you — the farmer, the lobbyist, the government employee, the educator, the consultant and the concerned citizen.

With the effect of climate change, the irrigation dam comes in handy to enable citizens who are predominantly farmers to cultivate crops all year round without depending on the unregularly rain pattern.

In his final ad release, Faso is driving home his pro-growth message of fighting for lower taxes, creating jobs and standing up for senior citizens, farmers and veterans.

In addition to considering the recommendations of that committee, which was appointed by the town board and is largely made up of farmers, she said the board should seek the opinions of its various citizens advisory committees on farmland preservation.

«The unfortunate thing is that with more and more extreme events, we are being requested with increasing frequency by emergency managers, by citizens, by the business community, by farmers... for more information on climate - scale events, which we define as anything beyond 14 days,» Lubchenco said.

Over twelve hundred health and nutrition professionals, family farmers and wellness - oriented citizens from around the world are expected to attend.

Zachary Herrnstadt is government relations associate for the Wisconsin Farmers Union, a member - driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of life for family farmers, rural communities and all citizens through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors and civic engaFarmers Union, a member - driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of life for family farmers, rural communities and all citizens through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors and civic engafarmers, rural communities and all citizens through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors and civic engagement.

Most Americans made their living from agriculture in 1845 and Congress felt that November was the most convenient month for farmers and citizens living in rural areas to get to the polls.

Drew Edmondson, who served four terms as Oklahoma's attorney general, is co-chair of the Oklahoma Stewardship Council, a coalition of family farmers, community leaders and concerned citizens opposing State Question 777.

The Humane Society of the United States is joining forces with Missouri's Food for America and other family farmers and concerned citizens in urging Missouri voters to oppose Constitutional Amendment 1, misleadingly named the «Right to Farm» measure.

She was also instrumental in getting farmers, restaurant owners, farmers markets, consumers and citizens together to talk about and take action around creating more local, sustainable food options in Jefferson County during a Menu for the Future community organizing push a few years ago, which served as an example for other groups in the US, with Cleveland, Ohio and Vermont replicating her efforts.

Here's to the legislators, farmers and other citizens who are beginning to recognize that the water - wasting norms of the anomalously verdant 20th century can't be sustained.

Liver cancer is more than three times as likely to kill a Chinese farmer as the average global citizen; for stomach cancer, rural Chinese have double the world death rate.

Our mission — to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods — is achieved by working with partners and stakeholders of all kinds and around the world, including farmers, foresters, businesses and citizens, to transform land use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.

Municipal authorities increasingly understand the role (intra - and peri --RRB- urban farmers can play in environmental management (like the recycling of urban wastes, urban stormwater management, lowering urban temperatures and dust, maintaining urban biodiversity) while innovative farmers in and around cities are offering nowadays a variety of recreational services (staying on farm, horse riding, etcetera), playing a role in maintaining the cultural landscape and other services (e.g., on farm care for elderly people or with people with a psychological, eco-education,...) in response to the demands of citizens and city region managers.

Yet, we have governments, government departments and disconnected citizens telling people rooted in physical reality, ie farmers and owners of lifestyle properties, that there are no discernible impacts.

Yesterday's vote was nonetheless met with a harsh reaction from environmental groups, farmers» associations, and concerned citizens across the nation.

Building wind farms before they are economically justifiable requires subsidies that only enrich wind farmers and make citizens poorer.

New Jersey and France want to ban it; farmers and concerned citizens in Pennsylvania and New York are up in arms about it; documentaries about it were up for Oscars and put the industry in a tizzy; increasing numbers of studies say it's far more environmentally damaging than we've been told and the Secretary of Energy has just appointed a panel to study it.

While this move, the result of back room dealing between the GOP and Big Oil, has alarmed farmers, environmentalists and concerned citizens who have spent the last six months publicly organizing and peacefully fighting against the proposed project, there's reason to believe it could be a blessing in disguise.

I would say that making the food, fuel and energy more expensive, that the subsistence farmer in Nepal uses, in exchange for slowing the rate of growth of global warming by.01 C per century (just an example) and slowing the Nepal government from slowly providing electricity to their citizens would not be good idea (on a cost benefit analysis).

Sidhu, a 50 - year - old Indian citizen who had been a farmer and farm manager in India for 25 years, was a prospective immigrant to Canada in the self - employed persons class (under s. 12 (2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and ss.

GEICO, USAA, State Farm, Shelter, and Oklahoma Farmers Bureau had the five best rates for our senior citizen, with rates that were 17 % better compared to the mean for that age group.

For our married senior citizens, the insurers with the most affordable car insurance quotes are Norfolk & Dedham, National General, Tower Group, Farmers, and CSAA.