"Local agriculture" refers to the process of growing and producing food within a specific region or community, usually for consumption by the people living in that area. It promotes a direct connection between farmers and consumers, often emphasizing the use of sustainable practices and reducing the dependence on long-distance transportation.
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We then start descending or continue with the hike to a nearby village to and pass thru all the vegetable plantation and see beautiful terraces
of local agriculture.
To increase knowledge and understanding of the benefits of buying fresh, local, farm products and increase knowledge of
sustainable local agriculture and access to nutritious food.
This conference has enabled me to make connections that will help me achieve my goal to work in international agriculture development, as well
as local agriculture, to improve global food security.
Our mission is to support, promote and
expand local agriculture, making fresh products accessible to our community and strengthening relationships between local food producers and food consumers.
You know, good soil is precisely what low - impact, low -
input local agriculture builds and it's precisely what industrial agriculture destroys.
-- McCormick Canada continues to invest
in local agriculture by donating to initiatives such as bee research.
He then continues with his prescription and prediction: «we had better prepare to make other arrangements for living in this country, by which I mean specifically re-localizing, de-globalizing, with an emphasis
on local agriculture wherever possible, the emergency restoration of passenger railroad service and related modes of public transit, the rebuilding of local commercial infrastructures, and a radical rethinking of how we inhabit the landscape.»
Califia Farms is as Californian as it gets — over 95 % of the ingredients included in its beverages are sourced in California — and the company works closely
with local agriculture to support local farmers and growers.
The project is expected to lower shipping costs by $ 500 per container,
boosting local agriculture and other sectors, the DOT report said.
Cuomo has sought to make New York's breweries and wine - making operations a draw for tourists and a boon
for local agriculture.
Müller's work, which is also situated on the north end of the Bard College campus, was initially installed in 2003 and is composed of six different planting zones,
using local agriculture, that represent six Hudson Valley counties — Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, and Ulster.
Sustainable Food Advocates Chef Leah di Bernardo and Don Webber to Present on Value of
Local Agriculture at Upcoming Conference
Australian farmers would «hate» to see the new Trans - Pacific Partnership renegotiated to allow the US to enter, and say America's absence
benefits local agriculture.
WSDA Farm to School Program History In 2008, Washington advocates for children's health, agricultural vitality, farmland preservation, environmental protection, and poverty alleviation
identified local agriculture and child nutrition programs as a key intersection of these issues and a leverage point for change.
While the association has been able to leverage
more local agriculture in school food, programs that want to go even more local, and purchase directly from small farms in their towns, are free to put out their own bids as well.
Similarly, I've gotten so fed up with strangers feeding my children in their school classrooms that I recently pounded out a «manifesto» in protest, whereas when Le Billon sets up a table at her child's school to
honor local agriculture, replete with fresh strawberries, crème frâiche, and homemade bread and jam, the other parents actually snap at her for daring to feed their children between meals.
At 11:30 a.m., Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and
local agriculture producers discuss their work to stop the allium leafminer, an invasive species of insect found in Orange County, Minkus Family Farms Inc., 317 Maple Ave., New Hampton.
The Avocado Festival, arguably Carpinteria's most popular event, celebrates
local agriculture through delicious food and live music.
This seasonally ever - changing menu ensures the highest quality ingredients that honor the
rich local agriculture, as well as the freshest, sustainably sourced seafood, to produce an exceptional array of local and global flavors that set La Cosecha apart as a visionary concept in Modern Mexican food.
While excessive precipitation can
harm local agriculture, the region is also experiencing longer growing seasons and the US Department of Agriculture shifted the overall plant hardiness zones north by half a zone in Maine in 2012.
Pre-Emption of
Local Agriculture Laws Act: This bill would prevent governments under the state level (cities, towns, counties) from creating new laws or enforcing existing laws that have to do with the regulation of seeds and seed products — ie crops, flowers, and pretty much all food products grown in a state.
Unlike veganism or the Atkins diet, which exclude certain food groups, locavores are concerned with
supporting local agriculture and reducing their carbon footprint by purchasing goods produced within a certain square mileage.
This year, FFA members from Cedarcrest High School (CHS) worked to
promote local agriculture and offer samples of the locally grown produce to students — including Asian Pears, roasted red and gold beets, radishes, mini sweet peppers, kale, banana peppers, etc..
A lack of foreign exchange means companies are struggling to pay for imported goods, increasing the burden
on local agriculture to meet demand for food from Nigeria's population of more than 180 million, Devakumar said.
Urine is collected and stored on - site in under - ground brick and cement tanks made with local materials and subsequently used
in local agriculture.
On Taste Washington Day, the FFA students from the high school visit all of the schools and talk
about local agriculture and serve samples to all of the students in the lunch room so everyone has the opportunity to sample the fresh, local products.»
The project is expected to lower shipping costs by up to $ 500 per container,
boosting local agriculture and other sectors, the DOT report said.
(MCT)-- It's farmers market time again, a time of rebirth and renewal
for local agriculture but also resolutions for smarter shopping and cooking.
KBR is always proud to demonstrate our support
of local agriculture (and even better if there are «ono samples involved!)
Jeff Brooks, a spokesman for the company, contends water quality near the coal - burning plant is good and
local agriculture and wildlife weren't affected by the spill.
The country has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with fledgling cryptocurrency startup Cardano that will see developers use its blockchain in
the local agriculture industry.
Working at restaurants throughout Hawaii, Chicago, Beverly Hills — and as executive chef of Sensi in Bellagio — he has become a staunch advocate of
local agriculture and sustainably produced proteins.