Not exact matches
Farmers in Western Canada are once again indirectly the victims in the battle
to build pipelines, just like any business, they depend heavily on the ability
to get their
products to market.
Alberta
farmers have difficulties
getting their
products to market by rail, and now without pipeline construct will continue
to compete with oil and gas companies for rail transportation.
Consumers are regularly visiting the local
farmers»
market because they want
to get connected and know where their
products come from.
As Creative Director, I
get the privilege
to visit our Australian Certified Organic farms in Fiji and Sri Lanka where I work with our
farmers and food chemist
to help produce and
market the most innovative coconut
products in the world.
Donna travels the world
to promote Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy, but she is still happiest eating lunch with Burke County Public School students, out standing in collard fields with organic
farmer Sam Adderson, or planning new ways
to get even more local
products, like grits, onto school lunch trays and
farmers market shopping bags.
They make muffins, cut up things,
get engaged in the math of figuring how
farmers transport their foods
to markets and learn about what
to do with waste
products.
Your best bet, which circumvents the labeling confusion altogether, is
to get in touch with a local
farmer (try finding a
farmer's
market or community - supported agriculture program in your area
to do this) who can verify that the
products are raised on pasture, without antibiotics and pesticides.
I lived in Amsterdam a few years back (pre-Hashimoto's) and I used
to get great produce and fresh
products at the
farmer's
market in Amstelveen (end of tram line 5)-- there were several organic vendors.
Farmers facing volatile
markets for agricultural
products appreciate the stable income they
get from hosting wind turbines among the cornfields, and they aren't going
to give that up.