Sentences with phrase «farming systems around»

But behind the scenes, we also actively support and work with social movements that are fighting for food sovereignty and creating more diverse food and farming systems around the world.

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... We have to figure out if a kid feels like at 16 or 17, he doesn't feel like the NCAA is for him or whatever the case may be, we have a system in place where we have a farm league where they can learn and be around the professionals, but not actually become a professional at that point in time.

In view of the variability of agroforestry systems around the world, the third draft of the new SAN standard seeks to ensure that all farms contribute meaningfully to biodiversity conservation, while providing some flexibility in how this is done.

The new project focuses on the broader dissemination of knowledge and is build around an intensive training course for agents of the agriculture knowledge dissemination system (e.g. technical advisors, farm managers, government representatives etc.) Materials and teaching methodology will be developed and passed on to the trainees as part of the course and a first round of replication will be carried out and technically supported in the framework of the project.

Analysis using on — farm research indicated that certain oil and fat supplements can reduce emissions by around 10 per cent in Victorian dairy systems.

Around the same time Richmond began implementing salad bars (called garden patches in their schools) they also received a USDA Farm to School Planning Grant that allowed them to explore the readiness and eagerness of students, staff and community for fresh local food incorporated into the school system.

Gillespie said he's hoping his company, which has hired five people, can begin to sell the system soon to places like poultry farms and distilleries around the country.

So he started out by replanting the land according to a system of natural succession — eventually reforesting the entire area and turning it into an incredibly biodiverse yet productive working farm which, it's claimed, has actually altered the microclimate around it in the form of increased rainfall and lower temperatures.

Global About Blog The Urban Farming ™ mission is to create an abundance of food for people in need by planting, supporting and encouraging the establishment of gardens on unused land and space while increasing diversity, raising awareness for health and wellness, inspiring and educating youth, adults and seniors to create an economically sustainable system to uplift communities around the globe.

Between the dream team of Richard and school business manager Ceri Stammers, they have managed to turn around a poorly managed heating system and a heat - leaking building to make Home Farm virtually self - sufficient in energy.

Global About Blog The Urban Farming ™ mission is to create an abundance of food for people in need by planting, supporting and encouraging the establishment of gardens on unused land and space while increasing diversity, raising awareness for health and wellness, inspiring and educating youth, adults and seniors to create an economically sustainable system to uplift communities around the globe.

Using the Menu for the Future discussion course books, the groups are exploring the confusing number of food choices and contradicting information around health, fair trade, industrial agriculture, organics, family farms, sustainable food systems, GMOs and more.

Using the Menu for the Future discussion course book (created by the Northwest Earth Institute), these groups of diverse citizens explored the confusing number of food choices and contradicting information around health, fair trade, industrial agriculture, organics, family farms, sustainable food systems, GMOs and other juicy topics related to the food system.

Projects by the Copenhagen - based CGIAR Research Program are focused around boosting the productivity of farmers, improving small farmers» resiliency in the developing world and reducing greenhouse gas emission from farming systems.

Tarleigh Park Solar Farm would be a 90MW utility - scale solar PV park, the development of which is currently being investigated by UK - headquartered developer RES (Renewable Energy Systems), in Blighty, a small development 23 km southeast of the nearest «big» town, Delinquin (population: around 8,000).

Placed alongside a wind farm, Tesla's 100MW / 129MWh battery system is able to power about 30,000 homes for around an hour.

There are many factory farms around here who got in early and are on the 44c FIT with huge racks of systems making a fortune.

Using examples from around the world this lively book is a great introduction into how our food gets from farm to fork and what we can do to improve that system.

Essentially, the business is built around legal outsourcing — finding ways of reducing the reducible tasks of the legal business by farming it out to cheaper labor and automated systems.

Global About Blog The Urban Farming ™ mission is to create an abundance of food for people in need by planting, supporting and encouraging the establishment of gardens on unused land and space while increasing diversity, raising awareness for health and wellness, inspiring and educating youth, adults and seniors to create an economically sustainable system to uplift communities around the globe.

Global About Blog The Urban Farming ™ mission is to create an abundance of food for people in need by planting, supporting and encouraging the establishment of gardens on unused land and space while increasing diversity, raising awareness for health and wellness, inspiring and educating youth, adults and seniors to create an economically sustainable system to uplift communities around the globe.