Sentences with phrase «growing use of plant»

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But the task force made clear the intention is to foster an industry where small - scale «craft» or «artisanal» producers are able to participate (including individuals who can grow a maximum of four plants for personal use) among larger players.

On its website, the company said its cultivation center «will use sustainable growing techniques to facilitate the best species of the plant.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

There is, for example, a growing group of automobile parts companies that import raw materials from outside the United States, own and operate multiple manufacturing plants that are close to their domestic customers, distribute finished goods through consumer direct channels, selling most of their products upstream for inclusion in final assembly and use excess manufacturing capacity to produce specialty export parts for foreign customers.

The report said Canadians should be able to buy or carry 30 grams of marijuana for personal use, while those who want to grow their own could have four plants at home.

All of the plants for our phytocannabinoid rich (PCR) products are grown in the U.S.A. using organic farming practices, cultivated with naturally developed genetic strains of industrial hemp.

I have witnessed thousands of souls through crusade, using less resources and funds, and churches have been planted where thousands of some of the news converts are growing in Christ.

I think mary jane needs to be legalized not necessarily because of the hypocrisy and that we should have the «freedom» as much as the windfall of cash from growing it, selling it and taxing it, the medicinal properties it can be used for, the huge amount of space available in prisons that would open up and house criminals doing really bad things instead beng caught with a pound of a specific plant.

There's «gee, I hope when I die I go somewhere special,» and then there's the fact of it: you're in a box, buried in the ground, your body breaks down and gets absorbed by the planet eventually, and your nutrients are used to make a plant grow or something to that effect.

Using scissors or a sharp knife, cut the bottle about 4 ″ (10 cm) from the bottom and fill half of it with soil or another growing media (see also Planting the Pepper Garden, Part 2: Growing Seedgrowing media (see also Planting the Pepper Garden, Part 2: Growing SeedGrowing Seedlings).

And because I promote selecting organically grown foods whenever possible you will also be avoiding the pesticides and herbicides used in the conventional growing of plant foods and the hormones and antibiotics found in non-organic meat and poultry.

This is definitely a great way to use up some of the tomatoes that most gardens are growing (I'm still in mourning over my tomato plants which have been obliterated by the deer, thank goodness one survived!)

The problem with any plant - based food that's not organic is there's a strong probability it was grown with the use of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals.

In the U.S., approximately 38.3 million pounds of pesticides were used on approximately 8.6 million acres of cotton planted in 11 states in 2014 (the most recent year for which data are available), amounting to an approximate average of 4.4 pounds of pesticides per acre of cotton grown.

Plants are grown using water systems and are fed minerals, instead of soil.

By far the most common and popular plant protein, soy has a long history of use — with its popularity largely linked to the fact that it's very cheap to grow.

Using acres of land, water, and energy to grow plants that produce minuscule quantities of natural flavors, sweeteners, or phytonutrients?

«We use certain certified organic products for pests and have tried to lift the nutrition of the plants and select varieties that are more resistant to disease and grow well.»

A more effective method of growing coffee, used in Brazil, is to raise seedlings in nurseries that are then planted outside at six to twelve months.

With growing scarcity of agricultural land, there were calls to use more marine - based plants.

A wintery dish, it felt a little out of season, but since I used up the plethora of chiles my sweet banana pepper plant grew these past few weeks, it actually felt quite summery and fresh.

He said dairy industry wastewater is particularly attractive as potential source of valuable resources in Ireland as it is not contaminated with pathogenic material or heavy metals, which makes it possible to use recovered resources to grow protein rich plants.

The family had stopped using herbicides on the farm in the mid-1970s, and in the early 1980s, Albert replaced tilling fields, used to grow silage, with a no - till method of planting, to prevent soil erosion and reduce fuel consumption.

Raising chiles in a sterile growing medium (I use grow rocks) where there are no reserves of nutrient allows me to give plants the precise amount of nutrient to maximize growth or fruiting.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil using an inert medium (sand or gravel) and a water and nutrient solution containing all the elements required by the plant for normal growth.

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In contrast, other farming methods try hard to condition the environment of the plants for optimal growing conditions by using a wide range of inputs.

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Robin Robertson has the professional experience in classic, contemporary, international cuisines to show you how to use plant - based ingredients to make the family favorites you grew up with and learn the secrets of exotic international cuisines, too.

The most common problem when it comes to plant protein powders is whether or not it's been grown with the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.

We're planting «succession style» into 100 - foot rows over three acres, so in the coming months the majority of our produce will be sourced from there — organic, GMO free and grown using all natural heirloom and OG seed strains.

Biodynamic farms often use apple cider vinegar, tobacco sprays, companion planting (Bamford grows passionfruit to keep bugs at bay), or the introduction of predator bugs to keep away pests.

The fast - growing nature of bamboo makes it an eco-friendly choice for flooring and other wood products, but the process used to turn bamboo plants into bamboo fleece is a chemical process.

Sure bamboo grows very fast and «regenerates without planting», but usually chemicals are used in the process of removing the plant from the fiber.

We use natural fibers, such as wool, cotton, and silk, dyed with plants, many of them grown in the Studio's biodynamic dye garden.

The reality is that even the most active kids will gladly plant themselves in front of a video game or TV for hours on end, and the growing use of smartphones and tablets only add to the amount of screen time among children.

I've experimented with different types of squash but I dislike using pesticides and we always have squash bugs come and destroy our plant just when the harvest is about to get good, so I finally ditched growing zucchini and her cousins.

The animals, which have names like Cream Puff, Orca and Nugget, will not only remove the plants immediately but keep them from growing in thicker — and without the use of chemicals, said their owner, Kim Hunter.

And while that might seem logical because the food pyramid advocates a plant - based diet, most of the corn and soybeans grown in the U.S. are used to fatten cows, pigs and chickens, while the pyramid recommends that consumers eat more fish and beans.

Use the opportunities as teachable moments to explain how plants grow or the signs of the changing seasons.

1) Repeal the Triborough Amendment; 2) State pick - up of Medicaid costs from counties; 3) Roll - back of Medicaid entitlements / coverages to median national levels; 4) Major reform of SEQR process which blocks projects Upstate; 5) Repeal NY's participation in RGGI; 6) Cut 50 percent of staff at DOE, DOH, DEC in order to let the other half do their jobs, which means serving the people instead of feeding the bureaucratic monster; 7) Support expansion of nuclear plants at Oswego, construction of new plants elsewhere; 8) Tort reform to allow doctors to practice medicine, instead of fleeing NY; 9) Use the bully pulpit to support natural gas drilling and tell the envirowackos to grow up.

The Green Party supports legalization of marijuana but opposed an Ohio amendment that would have granted a small group of investors exclusive rights to grow plants for commercial use.

This is not the full spectrum of light, which is considered the ideal for growing pants, but it can give windowsill plants a boost during cloudy days or be used for a basic beginner system (experts may prefer full spectrum bulbs).

Active: All of the top grow kits on our list use active hydroponics systems to pump water to your plants.

He is focusing on a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, and in particular imidacloprid, which is used to coat sunflower seeds and then suffuses the plants» tissues as they grow.

Two principal techniques were used to reconstruct past climates over the past 3000 years: at close intervals throughout a vertical column of peat, the researchers investigated the degree of peat decomposition, which is directly related to climate, and also examined the peat matrix to reveal the changing amounts of different plants that previously grew on the bog.

NASA science chief Thomas Zurbuchen learns about a habitat used to grow plants in space during a tour of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Throughout the tropics, families typically cultivate it for their own consumption on small parcels of land, although in Asia and in parts of Latin America the plant is also grown commercially for use in animal feed and starch - based products.

«A couple of our good friends used to work there,» said Anderson, who grew up across from Plant Yates.