Sentences with phrase «much bigger crops»

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The world's exploding population has made it profitable for big business to raze forests so it can plant mega crops like soy and oil palm; meanwhile, on a much, much smaller scale, subsistence farmers often clear trees so they can plant crops to feed their families and bring in small amounts of cash.

Here's my latest garden update (http://takewithfoodblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/garden-update-june/)... that was only two weeks ago, but the plants are already sooo much bigger than they were and I estimate that I'm around 75 cherry tomatoes and well over a dozen on the other plants A pretty healthy crop for container plants, I think!

It is a stinging irony that by far the biggest donor to BORA is the Sime Darby Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Sime Darby Group, based in Kuala Lumpur, one of the world's biggest producers of palm oil, the crop that led to the destruction of much of the rhino's rainforest home.

The jumper too long and it doesn't sit right on the puffy skirt, a shorter cropped top would look so much better and as for the shoes, not a big fun of the ones she is wearing, I would style it a bit more rock — edgy, maybe a nice pair of ankle boots or brogue style men shoes to create the masculine - feminine touch that I love!

Oscar - nominated films hoping to bring home major trophies at the March 4 ceremony have not broken out with as much commercial force as past years» crops, a reality that is starting to sink in as the big night approaches.

Thompson also crops up in Ava DuVernay's Oscar - contender «Selma,» and while she doesn't have a huge part and is essentially a small cog in much bigger wheel, she makes her mark in every scene she has.

Also, I'm a much bigger fan of the closely - cropped hair than I ever was of Thor's longer, shaggier do.

Much of the crop is then funneled through the Big Creek Port to be loaded onto ships bound for faraway destinations like Europe.

Nina Fedoroff: «One of the biggest challenges is how to raise the grain crops, the soybeans, the corn, the wheat that will thrive in a much harsher climate.»

MattyB; we DO N'T know the human emissions; we don't know how much is coming from land clearing; I've seen no studies which compare the CO2 uptake of new crops compared to established forest, or anything conclusive about cyanobacteria which are potentially one of the biggest and most living fluctuating sinks and which extent seems to be correlated with ACO2 emissions; and as Louis Hissinck noted, perhaps the biggest sink, ocean / mantle recycling is not considered in any discussion on CO2 / ACO2 flux.