Sentences with phrase «growing food crops»

Critics believe that the grass would require water that could more effectively be used for growing food crops.

It allowed them to feed 100s of thousands of people 1000s of years ago, growing food crops in a place which does not readily grow food crops well (it only grows jungles slowly).

They need to grow quickly and have to be successful on marginal land that's less suited to growing food crops.

Growing food crops at Cabbage Hill takes place in long, shallow tubs on the south side of the greenhouse, which are filled with newly nutritious water from the bioreactor.

For instance, she finds that both certified and non-certified farmers do grow food crops for local markets, and that their organic farming methods are also very similar.

According to analyses that have been published in Science and carried out by the California Air Resources Board, corn - based ethanol is actually worse than gasoline, mainly because growing more corn for ethanol forces farmers to clear additional grasslands and forests to grow food crops.

CA is in the middle of a great drought and may soon not be able to grow food crops for the rest of the country / world!

A few barley seeds found in a midden does not demonstate the Vikings ever grew food crops on large scale.

One of switchgrass» many benefits, Vogel explains, is that it need not take up valuable space that would otherwise be used to grow food crops; it is perfectly happy being grown on marginal cropland.

Not exact matches

If it grew Western GMO crops, the country would become reliant on foreign sources of necessary seeds — the opposite of food security.

Canada does well growing crops and raising livestock, but it's missed the boat in developing its own popular food brands.

The time has come for Canada to go beyond growing crops and raising livestock; it's time to expand its agri - food sector and create its own beloved food products.

Growing crops to feed them to farm animals is vastly inefficient, driving up the price of grains and legumes, and entrenching global poverty; to produce enough food for 9 billion people by 2050, we will need a more efficient system.

In the months they aren't working in the fields to grow crops, they are able to run small businesses to buy food.

--- «Growing more yields of plant foods thru non-organic means lowers the nutritional value of food crops.»

Growing more yields of plant foods thru non-organic means lowers the nutritional value of food crops.

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.

This is mostly due to the languages they speak, kind of food they eat, kind of crops that grow there, how is the water availability, what is the kind of weather — hot, cold, etc. and other factors.

In the past he allowed each nation to go its own way; but even then he did not leave you without evidence of himself in the good things he does for you: he sends you rain from heaven, he makes your crops grow when they should, he gives you food and makes you happy.»

As our ancestors went from nomads to settling in, discovering fire, growing crops and mixing with other cultures and their food ways, the repertoire of food and its preparation evolved.

A cereal crop primarily grown for its edible seeds, quinoa is a highly popular food source in America, Canada, China, and Europe.

«If we grow regeneratively, using hemp as part of the rotations and other crops in that rotation, we are able not only to reduce and potentially mitigate climate change, we are able to boost soil health, boost the nutrients within our food, and to help really sustain our fields so that we can be growing food for a very long time for our people,» said Elizabeth Kucinich, Hemp History Week endorser and Rodale Institute board member.

Over the years, Bobby Ham has led the company into processed goods, utilizing off grade produce to create value added products while reducing food waste by using nearly 100 percent of the crops it grows.

When you buy fruits and vegetables through our Markon First Crop (MFC) and Ready - Set - Serve (RSS) brands, you get the confidence that they have been planted, grown, harvested, and processed under the strict requirements of our 5 - Star Food Safety ® Program.

And it means selecting crop foods which are nutrient dense, grown with regenerative practices that are natural, and chemical - free.

«It's important to incorporate C4 in rice because rice grows in places where other crops such as maize do not grow and because rice is the staple food of more than half the world, including many people who live in poverty.»

Our organics are perfectly suited for consumers who prefer foods grown naturally without the assistance of crop protection products.

«Consumer interest in bioengineered food reflects their questions about how a crop or ingredient was grown,» continued Bailey.

With this in mind, Chloé Rutzerveld explored the process of growing — or to be more precise, designing — crops, based on scientific facts, to model the outcome into an interactive installation: Future Food Formula.

Cocoa trees are most commonly grown in Latin America where they are cultivated alongside papayas, mangos and other food crops.

A common herbicide is ending up in our food, thanks to the growing practice of using it to dry crops in preparation for harvest.

This lineup is being supplemented with new, developing programs that include Good Food Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysFood Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysfood and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming system.

These land degradation impacts can also jeopardize food security, because smallholder farmers combine growing tea and subsistence crops on their plots.

The first points have been disproved over the past two decades, which is why food and environment safety agencies around the world have declared them as safe as conventionally grown crops.

In order to maintain the nutrition of his soils and continually grow high - quality food, Gerard rotates numerous crops through his fields, including barley, oats, yellow mustard, food peas for splitting, French green lentils, and alfalfa for fixing nitrogen and providing organic matter to the soil.

That's why the Rainforest Alliance works with farmers to advance a variety of strategies, such as crop intensification (growing more food on less land), and with traditional forest - dwellers to develop livelihoods that don't hurt forests or ecosystems.

We will meet this ambitious goal by attacking the problem at every point of entry, from farm to table to trash: tackling everything from how smallholder farmers grow and store their crops, to how corporations account for food loss and waste, to consumer tolerance for throwing away food.

In other words, less subsidised over-production of corn in the US, and more food crops grown by small farmers in the developing world.

Nature Pacific, based on the Gold Coast, are currently looking for Australian Certified Organic farmers who are growing or developing unique foods or crops that are in keeping with their philosophy.

In «origin» countries, where food is grown, the very first step is ensuring that farmers are equipped with the knowledge, resources and skills to grow, harvest and store crops so that food loss, contamination and deterioration are reduced.

Our mission is to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.

We conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.

As gluten allergies reach a global high caused by the biggest crop grown in the world (wheat) and GMO infestation puts a dent in the usage of the world's second crop, corn, food companies are scrambling to utilize the world's third largest crop: rice.

They earn a steady income from selling cocoa from the farm, whilst also using the same land to grow various other food crops for their families.

Imagine if our farmers decided to use countless chemicals and not tend the crops for adequate time, then sent us food half grown.

I suppose I'm not exactly fulfilling the land rental part now quite properly either, since the land isn't in an area where human food crops are grown... mostly corn and soybeans.

Slammed by soaring costs for food, labor and rent, New York's bars, restaurants and nightclubs are using a growing crop of third - party apps and services to rent out their dining rooms, coat - check areas and even their bathrooms to make extra cash.

Through the 20th century, farming in the region shifted dramatically away from growing fruits and vegetables and towards producing commodity crops, which are primarily used in processed foods and for animal feed.

Just three corporations — Monsanto, Syngenta, and Bayer — are responsible for virtually all commercially released GM crops in the world (almost all the GM food crops are still just being grown in Canada, the USA, Argentina and Brazil, and almost all used for animal feed).

Due to scientific and public fears about food safety and concern about export markets, China has decided not to grow GM food crops on a commercial scale, even though China is the world's biggest producer of GM cotton.