Sentences with phrase «for rural farms»

In partnership with the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society and Australia's Newcastle University, a network of 10 trial beehive fence projects are presently being tested to see if they can reduce human - elephant conflict for rural farms in central Sri Lanka.

With funding from UNDP Regional Office, ECOTRUST has established a carbon bank modelled as a revolving fund to reduce unsustainable exploitation of forest resources and the decline of ecosystem quality, while diversifying and increasing incomes for rural farm families.

Not exact matches

The festival in turn funds the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which gives grants to develop leadership roles for women and to support rural communities and working family farms and ranches.

Before moving to Texas this summer to head up the Texas Farm Service Agency, Judy Canales served as the Administrator for Rural Business Development and Cooperative Programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Family farms, restaurants, other food businesses and the rural economy will suffer under federal tax proposals for small businesses,

Sometimes called a «Rural Housing Loan» or a «Section 502» loan, today's USDA financing isn't just for farms.

As far back as Horace deserting ancient Rome for his Sabine farm — and indeed, far further back — there has run through Western literature a contrast between urban corruption and rural innocence.

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

Ministers cast about for responses to displaced farm families, to the deepening misery of the rural and urban poor, to the epidemic use of drugs in every strata of society, to half a million homeless children; they seek techniques for church growth, approaches to spiritual nurture and meaningful worship.

When the House of Representatives passed its version of the farm bill in July, members added funding for rural development, conservation, food stamps and international food aid.

I recall some twenty - three years ago when, as a young seminarian serving a congregation of tenant farm families in rural Virginia, one of my duties was to teach a class for high school students each Sunday morning.

They are rural folks from Oklahoma who lose their farm in the dustbowl years of the «30s and trek to California to look for a new life.

The praise for organic farming practices comes after Spiegel attended Executive Director Jeff Moyer's presentation at the Kansas Rural Center's Farm... Continued

The company's commitment to quality traces back to her family's restaurant at the Tabard Inn, one of the oldest hotels in Washington, D.C.. For years, the Cohen family has operated a farm in rural Virginia where it grew fresh produce for the restauraFor years, the Cohen family has operated a farm in rural Virginia where it grew fresh produce for the restaurafor the restaurant.

Consumers who buy local help support the local habitat buy allowing farmers to keep it rural farm land without ruining the land for the wildlife.

Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka

Last year, the renowned cotton property «Koramba» on the NSW - Queensland border sold for more than $ 100 million to farming operator Australian Food and Fibre while in late 2016, ASX - listed Rural Funds Group bought Queensland cotton farm Lynora Downs for $ 26.5 million.

«This year's World Food Day theme is about family farming, and their significant role in achieving food security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development,» said Cris Panerio, regional coordinator for MASIPAG - Luzon.

What we need to learn is how can farms, how can rural communities, how can underserved communities benefit from supplying top - line ingredients, grown in the United States, and work with some of the greatest brands in the world, natural products industry brands, to do great things and increase the health and wellness outcomes for America.

He says the 4 per cent rise a year in rural property values in Victoria over the last two decades would have cut off in 2008 for dairy farms.

Bringing together all the key players in Canada's organic industry to ensure excellent standards and regulations that stimulate the growth of Canada's organic sector, which is good for the environment, the consumer, family farms and rural communities.

Mr Joyce outlined assistance for farmers including the farm household allowance, concessional loans, and rural financial counsellors.

Overseas investors, such as US and Canadian pension funds, have been buying in and big - name investors, such as Gina Rinehart (a major NAB client), continue to buy rural properties for farm expansion.

Most organic farms are family owned and rely on more rural labour for managing pests, diseases and weeds.

For more information on the range of Australian Government assistance for farmers, farm businesses and rural communities, visit agriculture.gov.au / assistanFor more information on the range of Australian Government assistance for farmers, farm businesses and rural communities, visit agriculture.gov.au / assistanfor farmers, farm businesses and rural communities, visit agriculture.gov.au / assistance.

See Lucy Barbour, «Push by farm lobby groups for «effects test» in competition review leaves economists worried» (ABC Rural, 13 August 2014).

The sale of a cattle grazing farm near Roma for $ 4.575 million, indicates a 20 per cent uplift in rural property values over the past 12 months.

I encourage farmers and ranchers in rural areas throughout the world to learn about the positive impact organic farming can have on protecting the environment, mitigating climate change and improving the health for future generations,» Straus added.

«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.

improving outcomes for our agriculture sector through lower production costs, supporting access to overseas markets and the associated benefits for farm businesses, rural communities and the Australian economy

For media and commentary see, for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 201For media and commentary see, for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 201for example, Michelle Grattan, «Productivity Commission attacks competition «effects test» and farm foreign investment rules» (The Conversation, 21 July 2016), Phillip Coorey, «Productivity Commission takes aim at rural protectionism» (AFR, 20 July 2016), Jacob Greber, «Productivity Commission joins fight against «effects test» (AFR, 21 July 2016) and David Uren, «No logic to red tape hobbling farms: Productivity Commission» (The Australian, 21 July 2016).

For example, in the case of Jonai Farms where there are just 12 sows (so a total herd of around 110 pigs at any given time) on 9ha of paddocks, the 250m buffer zone from rural dwellings recommended by Australia Pork Limited (APL) is actually wider than the pig paddocks in their entirety, and yet at times there are no pigs visible in a one - acre paddock due to low stocking densities.

James Miles - Hobbs has practiced as a farm business consultant for 30 years, starting his own company, JMH Farming & Renewables Ltd, (previously Rural Development Associates Ltd) in 2004.

Farmer - Veteran Coalition The mission of the Farmer - Veteran Coalition (FVC) is to mobilize our food and farming community to create healthy and viable futures for America's veterans by enlisting their help in building our green economy, rebuilding our rural communities, and securing a safe and healthy food supply for all.

Search over 20,000 rural real estate listings online including farms, rural property and acreage for sale.

The Park Board bought the farm near Schoolhouse and LaPorte Roads in 1997 for $ 3.2 million to develop a large community park while preserving part of the farm as an example of the town's rural roots.

Addison Park District, $ 150,000 to develop an 11.7 - acre neighborhood park; Glen Ellyn Park District, $ 98,000 for the rehabilitation and development of a 10 - acre neighborhood park; Salt Creek Rural Park District, $ 200,000 for the initial development of a community park; City of Chicago, $ 100,000 for a 2.6 - acre park in the Rogers Park area; Chicago Park District, $ 600,000 for a swimming pool at Williams Park, a beach and playground at Park No. 459 and a swimming pool at Seward Park; Cook County Forest Preserve District, $ 200,000 for a 3 - mile segment of bicycle trails; Schaumburg Park District, $ 195,000 for the 92 - acre Gray Farm - Prairie Park site.

Sustainable - food advocates have called for schools to serve more local food, a tactic they say would not only improve flavor but also help support small farms and renew rural communities.

Aregbesola said the administration will remain unwavering in its rural - urban integration in the state so as to open up the farms for easy transportation of farm produced.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched a consultation on the future of farming — Health and harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit.

For nearly four decades, in addition to farming, he served as rural postal carrier.

Nathan Berger, the Long Island coordinator for the Justice for Farmworkers Rural Migrant Ministry, says they are seeking an eight - hour day, overtime, and one guaranteed day off per week, as farm workers are exempt from many state labor laws.

But, only about 2 % of the population of the United States is employed in farming, and even if you have a substantial multiplier for people who economically benefit when farmers are doing well, this is still only a modest share of the rural population in the United States.

Rural phone companies and electric utilities, rural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned compaRural phone companies and electric utilities, rural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned comparural financial institutions, rural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned comparural farm product marketing companies, companies that provide irrigation water, and lots of the companies that sell goods to farmers, for example, are all organized as cooperatives of either consumers or producers and run on a much more democratic basis than investor owned companies.

Similar ideas were behind the creation of many rural cooperatives in the United States during the Great Depression for everything from electrical and telephone services, to marketing crops, to purchasing farm supplies.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched a consultation on the future of farming

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, and Congressman Chris Gibson, a Republican, will be at the Sullivan County Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Liberty to talk about a provision of the Farm Bill that includes an extension of the Rural Economic Area Partnership, or REAP, Zone designation for Sullivan County and Town of Wawarsing in Ulster County.

The new Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan creates innovative strategies to guide the County to identify and protect agricultural land with development pressure, support new farms and attract new farmers to Erie County, identify strategies to increase the financial viability of agriculture in the County, connect rural and urban farmers with consumers and new markets, and increase accessibility of healthy, local food for consumers.

WHEREAS, An emerging interest in local farms and local foods has boosted agriculture's visibility as an economic driver creating new opportunities for farmers in both rural and urban areas of Erie County;

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms