Sentences with phrase «fund organic research»

In addition, USDA helps organic stakeholders access programs that support conservation, provide access to loans and grants, fund organic research and education, and mitigate threats from pests and diseases.

Not exact matches

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and food.

Robust and stable funding for federal research on organic production methods and organic ingredients, pest control, and weed management is critical to the survival of organic farms.

Funding must increase for long - term research and for research that addresses the complexity of organic systems, including economic benefits and tradeoffs.

Six months later, Chuck was notified about the institute's newly funded Veteran Farming Training Program and was elated at the potential opportunity to train at a premier organic research and education farm.

He has conducted on - farm research in cooperation with USDA and Land Grant Universities, and work on a national organic research agenda and national legislation to fund on - farm organic systems research.

A research project funded by the European Union found that the diversity of landscape and farming systems was greater in organic farms, regarding land use types, crops, livestock, plantings (hedges, solitary shrubs, trees) and flora.

Supporters of organic farming acknowledge that production methods are currently more expensive, but point to the subsidies paid to conventional agriculture and funding provided for research in contrast to organic farming as making the comparison unfair.

He's also pushed legislation designed to appeal to Hudson Valley residents including increased funding for Lyme Disease research, Superstorm Sandy recovery funds and language in the Farm Bill that will help the region's organic farmers better market their products.

The Farm Bill adds another $ 106 million annually of competitive funding for research into organic farming, biomass, and fruits and vegetables.

Their research was funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovresearch was funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovResearch) within the scope of the POPUP project which is aimed at developing novel materials and device structures suitable for competitive mass production processes and applications in the field of organic photovoltaics.

(The impact of the cuts to EPSRC is also highlighted by a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron in which more than 100 senior chemists, including six Nobel laureates, criticize the council's plans to reduce research funding for synthetic organic chemistry.)

Of the public tax dollars spent on agricultural research, organic receives less than one percent of the funding.1 The first endowed chair went to the University of Wisconsin - Madison and agronomy professor William F. Tracy for his work on organic corn breeding.

Earths in Other Solar Systems is a NASA - funded five year - duration astrobiology research program aiming to understand how and where habitable, earth - like planets with biocritical ingredients (volatiles and organics) form.

In addition to education and research, the Clothworkers are significant supporters of textile conservation and have been major funders of the V&A Clothworkers» Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and the British Museum Organics Conservation Studio.

Six months later, Chuck was notified about the institute's newly funded Veteran Farming Training Program and was elated at the potential opportunity to train at a premier organic research and education farm.

But as I think about it more, I realize that when organic really pays is when this money — the very money we raised the other night — goes to fund new research that then gets into the hands of the people who really need it, such as a mom who learns that feeding their children organic foods can reduce their dietary pesticide exposure by 97 percent, and then makes the immediate switch to organic baby food.