Sentences with phrase «lot of agricultural land»

Most of the counties which claim a lot of agricultural land pay very few people to work in agriculture.

Eating less meat will free up a lot of agricultural land which can revert to growing trees and other vegetation, which, in turn, will absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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But if we compare these gains with the permanent loss to those peoples of the services performed by the forests, the damage to the rivers and to the agricultural lands by the erosion of the mountainsides, the loss of fisheries, and so forth, one can hardly judge that the lot of the people has been improved.

«Other agricultural companies report profits and a lot of that is the increase in the value of land.

That is a lot of land, but an artificial leaf with 30 percent efficiency — which Alivisatos thinks is within reach — would bring the requirement down to just 1 percent of all agricultural land.

Environmentalists have also become critical of using corn, sugarcane and other agricultural crops because they typically need lots of fresh water, fossil fuel — rich fertilizer and land to grow.

Of the agricultural land converted to almonds, a lot of it was formerly corn, cotton, winter wheat and tomatoes, which use less water than almondOf the agricultural land converted to almonds, a lot of it was formerly corn, cotton, winter wheat and tomatoes, which use less water than almondof it was formerly corn, cotton, winter wheat and tomatoes, which use less water than almonds.

In Ontario, Canada, they get a lot of sewage sludge out of the treatment plants; 120,000 tonnes are spread on 37,000 acres of agricultural land.

Indeed we spend a lot of time on TreeHugger discussing the degradation of agricultural land, water purification and desalination, and the impact of climate change on our food and water supplies.

Based on the last government tally, only 1 percent of agricultural land in the United States is currently certified organic, so there is a lot of potential for transition to happen and more money to be had by farmers.

Drones are great for sophisticated aerial photography and video, but they're also adept at surveying empty lots of land and crowded real estate, or measuring agricultural yield and helping climate model the Arctic.

We sell farms, farm land, chicken farms, horse farms, poultry farms, building lots, land, agricultural land, waterfront properties, and Commercial real estate in Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties in Maryland, Kent and Sussex Counties in Delaware and Accomack and North Hampton Counties on the eastern shore of Virginia.

84.89 acres of agricultural land located at Honouliuli, district of Ewa, City & County of Honolulu, identified as Lot 283.