Sentences with phrase «fourth generation farmer»
Matthew Moore is a fourth generation farmer whose land and life is quickly being overcome by suburban sprawl.
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A fourth generation farmer, John grew up on the West Australian wheat belt and began his career growing commodity products.
Our renewed focus on food waste diversion began when I came into the role of sustainability manager in 2007; as a fourth generation farmer, I, personally, am really passionate about not letting this resource go to waste by putting it to better use.
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The fourth - generation farmer grows corn and wheat on his 10,000 acres and says tracking progress is extremely important to the farming community, and tech solutions are simplifying the job.
David Schwabauer, a fourth - generation farmer in the county, said overtures by companies that want to drill new wells amid his avocado and lemon groves are prompting difficult conversations about how to manage the family farm.
Along Colorado's Front Range, fourth - generation farmer Kent Peppler said he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he can't afford to irrigate the land for the full growing season, in part because deep - pocketed energy companies have driven up the price of water.
... In the long run, we want to see the free movement of goods,» said Austin Rincker, a fourth - generation farmer of corn and soybeans in Moweaqua, a central Illinois village just south of Decatur.
The fourth - generation Crookston, Minn., farmer expects to plant...
King is a fourth - generation American farmer who holds two doctorates in naturopathic medicine and chiropractic medicine.
«My vision was to bring back that local presence in the facility, which we have done, and we have so many people who are third -, fourth -, fifth - and even sixth - generation farmers and sugar refinery employees,» General Manager and CEO Larry Faucheux says.
It's grown on a fourth - generation, family - owned farm in India, and farmers are paid 6X the standard commodity prices to ensure truly fair wages.
The Democratic primary pits law school professor (and occasional Observer contributor) Zephyr Teachout vs. fourth generation local farmer Will Yandik.
Albert Krupski Jr. is the only farmer on the Suffolk County Legislature and is the fourth generation of his family to work the land on the North Fork.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief spoke with Yandik, a fourth - generation farmer from Columbia County, about what he brings to the table in terms of experience and policy approach.
«In the process, we have created a county that works for all of its residents, from a newborn born to immigrant parents on the West Side of Buffalo to the fourth generation of family farmer nearing retirement in Marilla.»
About him: Mr. Krupski, 53, is a fourth - generation farmer who was born and raised in Cutchogue.
But now she is the one facing an insurgent rival: Will Yandik, a fourth - generation farmer who hails from the region.
Here is a question you will not find on a dating website profile: This season's Bachelor stars Chris Soules, a fourth - generation farmer from Iowa who, when he isn't shooting a reality show, works a 6,000 - acre field of corn and other crops.
Moore is a fourth generation family farmer, working artist and food activist.
«In recent years there has been strong growth in demand for hemp in the U.S., but the American farmer is being left out while Canadian, European and Chinese farmers fill the void created by outdated federal policy,» said fourth - generation farmer Hauge.
He has decided to denigrate very good people, fourth and fifth generation farmers, who suddenly find themselves in the middle of an industrial electricity generating complex, which will severely impede their farming operations, not to mention the hundreds of seaside property owners who are finding that the value of their properties will drop.
They make a big thing of being «fourth and fifth generation farmers», yet their action will damage farming world - wide in future years.