Sentences with phrase «from local crops»

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Local tech entrepreneurs have pitched their ideas to representatives from the Big Pitch competition in Leederville today, with the pick of the crop to go into the national finals with a chance to win $ 5 million to fund their idea.

That doesn't include the ancillary businesses that supply goods and services to the industry, such as Agrana Fruit, which opened a $ 50 million plant in Lysander in 2014 and sources crops from local fruit farmers.

In our eagerness to draw people into history thus defined, development policies have encouraged the shift from raising food for local consumption to growing cash crops for export.

Just want to share some valuable info (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/california-targets-wrong-water-wasters/Content?oid=4222724) since I'm writing from Los Angeles — almond crops are currently responsible for making the current extreme draught conditions even worse because they are such a water - intensive crop in an area that does not naturally have sufficient water supply, so please consider using other nuts and seeds instead, as CA is currently the only major source of almonds in the world (if you're able to find a small, local / non-CA supplier, wonderful!).

Buying organic food means no pesticides, buying local food also means eating seasonally which can help you avoid foods that come from monoculture crops.

She realized that she could benefit from an ongoing «crop swap» program that the local water district created to combat drought.

GRAIN believes that the solution to reducing GHGs is an industry - wide transition from «factory farming and agribusiness» to small - scale producers and local food systems that provide moderate production level of meat and «do so in a way that regenerates soils, provides livelihoods to rural and urban communities and makes crops and animals resilient to the vagaries of an unpredictable climate.»

Our honey is from hives on our very own farm in Aurora, OR as well as other local farms, and has a well rounded flavor that reflects the diversity of crops grown in the harvest area.

He is a lean and well - washed boy, with all that is open and innocent about the plains of Kansas showing in his face, in his summer - sky eyes and even in the comb - furrowed bangs that are bleached the color of corn from many blazing August days of helping in the hellish, itchy harvest of the celebrated local hay crop.

This crop now includes three local blue - chippers in the trenches, as the Terps scored commitments from four - star offensive guard Evan Gregory and defensive tackle Austin Fontaine before the spring game in April.

From June to October, look for our special Thursday gleaning shifts, where volunteers help us harvest crops at local farms.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

Gillibrand says offering crop insurance would afford additional protection to barley growers and help farmers meet the growing demand from local breweries and distilleries.

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands found that in the two decades since Dutch farmers began using the pesticide on a variety of crops, the birds» population declined by an average of 3.5 percent annually in farmlands where local water levels contained high concentrations of the chemical.

For example, Kenya is suffering from a shortage of maize, in part because a drought has destroyed large swathes of local farmers» crops.

But it's not uncommon for local ranchers to deliver 4 to 6 acre - feet of water, taking twice as much water from the river as their crop needs.

Now, as part of that effort, we invest with lots of research partners, always local, in developing new seeds and new crop varieties that can protect families from the consequences of drought or that have more vitamin A, and some of those projects are testing the use of different transgenic technologies.

He helped rally locals to pressure his neighbor into calling off the crop and gathered signatures from some 200 area farmers who have pledged to avoid transgenic crops as well.

In addition to its mental health consequences, the exceedingly long civil war in Guatemala resulted in displacement of 1 million people from their homes and workplaces, over 200,000 civilian deaths, destruction of hundreds of villages, crops and fields, the elimination of local leaders and authorities and, in the worst cases, torture, rape, and collective extermination of entire families and communities.

If local temperature increases are limited to 1 to 3 °C, some regions, such as Northern Europe and North America, could benefit from a longer growing season, more precipitation, and less frost, depending on the crop.

You can pay $ 50 for mono - crop Manuka honey from Australia, or you can get a $ 5 jar of your own local regional honey from a farmer's market.

* In Australia, GE ingredients in food are derived from four main crops: imported corn (or maize) and soy; and local and imported canola and cottonseed products.

Truth: In Third World countries, soybeans replace traditional crops and transfer the value added of processing from the local population to multinational corporations.

If I could wear an embellished crop top like this one everyday I would be the happiest girl ever lol So when I saw this top from Alice + Olivia at my local Nordstrom it was love at first sight.

I recently found this cute and simple crop top from one of my favorite local boutique called Envy Evasnton and it has been one of my frequently worn items of the season.

Cropped flares are probably my favorite type of bottoms this spring and I was crazy happy to find these frayed edge ones from Lost Ink on a local website with a 75 % discount.

Thanks to one of those unfortunate scheduling snafus that crops up from time to time, the sole press screenings of Clint Eastwood's «The 15:17 To Paris» and «Fifty Shades Freed,» the theoretically long - awaited climax to the «Fifty Shades» trilogy, ended up taking place at the exact same time, obligating local critics to choose between looking at the Clint or looking at the — well, you know.

As we shift into February, moviegoers will be confronted with an even promising crop of releases at their local theater, ranging from Oscar - nominated foreign films to the first of three entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe arriving this year.

Whether it is planting milkweed for an endangered butterfly species or donating excess crops from your edible schoolyard to the local food bank, there are many ways to make impact tangible for children.

Dr. Crowe performs ear crops for local clients as well as many who travel from different parts of the state to get «Dr. Crowe's ears» (Yemassee, Columbia, Beaufort, SC.)

Their tails were cropped or bobbed completely to prove their status — which was particularly important to the farmers who owned them, since the dogs were exempted from local taxes.

As vibrant and full of flavour as the countries they originate from, South American cuisine is often a wonderful representative for the continent's lust for life as well as fairly ecological, utilising local crops and ingredients that have been harvested in this part of the world for generations.

Subsequently the bottom fell out from the local chocolate market, and many farmers turned to other crops such as oranges.

The Crop Over summer festival is Barbados» most popular and colourful traditional harvest festival and party - goers come from near and far to sing, dance and indulge in the local food and drink.

Celebrate the foodie culture year - round through authentic local eats from locally grown crops.

It wasn't long before arcade versions of the point - based phenomenon that broke long standing friendships cropped up, so you'll be pleased to note that both local and online multiplayer will be available from the get go.

So, it was with some trepidation that I approached Farming Simulator For Nintendo Switch, sure that within a few hours of starting up my game the crops would be dying from blight and the cows would be rampaging from their fields and into the local township, spreading chaos and death in their wake.

Save enough money and you can install automated systems to keep your crops watered and animals fed (or, if you prefer, you can snag yourself a husband or wife, who can take some of the burden) allowing you to focus on other hobbies and interests, such as brewing craft beer, beekeeping, crab - catching, playing on the arcade machine in the local bar, or cooking the various recipes you learn from watching the food channel on your TV.

The online aggregate for artist open calls has moved a fresh crop of Maldivian coconuts from a local palm tree to the canals of Venice.

Caolan Woods from Natural World Products said «We employ 40 people locally to help recycle Belfast's food and green waste into a high quality organic soil conditioner, used across a range of applications — from local farmers looking to improve crop yields to local Councils seeking to help our parks and greenways flourish.»

And if the current crop of electric scooter launches is any indication, there's a significant demand for these types of transport, which isn't fully «last mile» transport, necessarily, as most of them are too heavy or too bulky to realistically put into a trunk or bring on transit with you, but rather «local mile» transport for shorter trips from home or work.

Crops don't grow in the frozen ground, so people have a largely carnivorous diet — reindeer meat, raw flesh shaved from frozen fish, and ice cubes of horse blood with macaroni are a few local delicacies.»

I buy enormous quantities of dried beans from a local armer who grows gorgeous organic, heirloom crops.

The Bean and Grain Project has since worked with local farmers to transition help them transition from grass seed cultivation to a more diverse variety of staple crops after prices collapsed.

Farmers are often willing to experiment with new crops, but would benefit from information about local market prices and seasonal climate forecasts, as well as help with inputs — which could be provided by research organisations and development groups working in the field, Thornton told AlertNet from Nairobi.

It comes amid high food prices and complaints from environmentalists and other groups that crop - based biofuels production in contributing to deforestation abroad and exacerbating local environmental problems, including pollution.

Food security and food production systems: On a sentence on impacts of projected climate change without adaptation on the major crops, in response to queries from Tanzania and the UK, a CLA explained that: confidence goes down when restricting projections to certain crops and regions; and the use of local temperatures was consistent with the literature.

Economic Benefits The development of an advanced biofuel industry will help rebuild the local and regional economies devastated as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing: (1) increased value to the feedstock crops which will benefit local farmers and provide more revenue to the local community; (2) increased investments in plants and equipment which will stimulate the local economy by providing construction jobs initially and the chance for full - time employment after the plant is completed; (3) secondary employment as associated industries develop due to plant co-products becoming available at a competitive price; and (4) increased local and state revenues collected from plant operations will stimulate local and state tax revenues and provide funds for improvements to the community and to the region.

She divides her time between her home in Johannesburg and the Earthlife satellite office in the Limpopo province, where pollution from power stations and coal mines has contaminated local communities to such an extent that farmers can no longer safely grow crops.

Based on detailed reports of TCs that were generated in the Southern Ocean and hit Australia since 1970, from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Seo constructed damage estimates «using the reported financial loss, destruction of houses and capital goods, and losses of agricultural crops and livestock after a careful examination of the detailed individual cyclone reports,» which also included «local area income and population density where the storm hit.»