Sentences with phrase «of small growers»

Mr. Morhan said that while the mandatory sentence remains in force, it sets the bar higher for punishment of small growers.

Getting the organic certification can be highly cost prohibitive for many of the small growers we work with.

Our chips come from Colombia where they provide income for some of the smaller growers and employment for local people - including a number of widowed women who have to support their families.

Not exact matches

«It is severely impacting B.C. winery and grape growers, and many of them are small, family - owned operators,» Miles Prodan, president of the institute, said in an interview Wednesday.

We take pride in our work and continually adapt our process and selection to meet the diverse needs of growers large and small.

The Sinaloa cartel farms out most production of opium paste to smaller traffickers, according to growers, law enforcement and drug - trafficking experts interviewed by the AP.

Of the nearly 4,000 California Avocado growers, most run small, family farms.

We've been thinking about bringing very small groups of guests to stay in places like Sulmona, Pacentro and Santo Stefano di Sessanio, to forage wild herbs, asparagus and mushrooms, to hunt for truffles with truffle growers and to harvest saffron.

Heirloom Coffee is a small company that ensures all their coffee is responsible grown and all the profits go straight to the coffee growers instead of middlemen.

I think there are a small number of growers in Colorado.

Verity Wine Partners is committed to providing a balanced portfolio of wines from small to large growers and producers that express terroir, varietal and appellation, the company says.

But chief executive Darren De Bortoli said the biggest threat to his business - as well as other winemakers - was not the rising dollar, which was making exports uncompetitive, nor the power of the two leading supermarket chains, but the «rorting» of the WET tax rebate by small uneconomic growers who are flooding the market with cheap loss - making wine.

Napa Valley wine grape growers say extended drought will yield smaller 2014 crop With California in the grips of severe drought, Napa Valley wine grape growers on Tuesday said some vines are ripening early and that farmers are planning fewer crops to save water...

We partner with wineries and growers, both big and small, and now have suppliers representing all of the growing regions of Chile.

Compassion has driven a push to legalise the medicinal use of cannabis but debate is raging about whether big pharmaceutical companies, small start - ups or backyard growers will win the lucrative right to supply what could be a big market.

This kind of initiative will be positive for our organic industry in Australia as we have a smaller grower base.

With certified sustainable vineyards and winery under the strict standards of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance program created by the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers, Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery is committed to small lot, handcrafted wines from varieties that are grown on small block, sustainably farmed vineyards.

It also owns the Organic Growers of Australia, or OGA, sunflower logo, a certifying trademark for small gGrowers of Australia, or OGA, sunflower logo, a certifying trademark for small growersgrowers.

I am currently working with small scale farmers in the Ecuadorian highlands and we have recently become interested in the idea of growing shade - grown coffee as a way of sustaining the local growers and preserving some of the native forests in the region.

Since more than 40 percent of Sonoma's vineyards are fewer than 20 acres, the commission has established a $ 100,000 budget for grants to offset certification costs, which can be $ 1,500 for a single site — a cost that smaller growers could find prohibitive.

They're not only made of love but from love — hand - grown on approximately 5,000 small, family farms throughout Central and Southern California, by growers who nurture the fruit in the tree for over a year.

The three work can together to protect the environment, biodiversity, and the economies of small farm cooperatives and coffee growers.

On Monday 18 July 2016, dozens of London's small - scale food growers, producers, retailers and restaurateurs gathered on a garden rooftop in Shoreditch to make plans for the upcoming Urban Food Fortnight and taste delicious foods created in the city.

This ranges from small amounts of produce lovingly grown in members» back yards to large quantities grown by certified organic growers.

In 2017, FamilyFarmed expanded the program to include Direct Market Success, a farmer's guide to selling at farmers markets, farmstands, through CSAs or online marketplaces and to restaurants, and a series of Food Safety Training workshops designed to give small to mid-scale produce growers the tools to comply with best practices in food safety and to introduce writing on - farm food safety plans.

They are concerned that the lack of labeling of genetically modified foods leaves consumers who wish to avoid them unprotected, and that small growers could face possible patent infringement lawsuits if their crops become inadvertently cross-contaminated with a genetically engineered variety.

«The fragmentation of the industry, with many smaller uneconomic grape growers and wine producers, is problematic for pricing growth.

Organic Growers of Australia (OGA) started as the Northern Rivers Herb Growers Association in 1987 in the Northern Rivers region of NSW when a small group of enthusiastic farmers came together to discuss herb growing at a time when it was practically non-existent in Australia.

Responding to globalization: impacts of certification on Colombian small - scale coffee growers.

Even commercial growers tend to be so small that the Florida Department of Agriculture has no statistics on them.

The grower can control the spread of water in sloping gardens with small dams made from soil or sections of two - by - fours.

Production costs (especially labour) continued to be an issue for growers, especially smaller growers who do not benefit from economies of scale.

The New Wine Society and Cracka Wines with My Wine Guy and Wine Growers Direct have merged with the same goal in mind - the best wine experience from small boutique vineyards Australia wide and including a full array of Internationals.

We have nearly 4,000 growers and most of them run small, family farms.

«As smaller farmers got out of the business, we took 15 to 20 of the largest growers and began packing and marketing for them out of our packinghouse and acting as a sales agent.»

AFSA provided some feedback to the plan to ensure the plight of small - scale, regenerative grain growers are heard.

AFSA met with Agriculture Victoria prior to the public release and conducted a survey of small - scale livestock growers, sharing the 80 responses with the Department that showed how out of touch the stocking rates for streamlined applications were.

According to an industry source, about 80 percent of organic production currently comes from family farms, and organic growers (especially in the case of vegetables) produce on smaller areas than conventional farmers.

2017 marks an exciting year for Buderim Ginger, we celebrate how far we have come in the last 75 years from a small farming community and ginger growers cooperative to one of the world's largest suppliers of ginger.

Friend's Ranches - a small, family operated grower for five generations - specializes in a wide variety of avocados, honey and citrus fruits — including Pixie Tangerines.

Today, To'ak works hand - in - hand with a small group of cacao growers in Piedra de Plata to help save Ecuador's historic cacao from being on the drink of extinction.

It probably also shows the brand of the Premier League that the biggest growers (bar Manchester United) were smaller clubs, lower down the table.

New Yorkers for Economic Growth, a coalition of small businesses, grape growers, liquor store owners, wineries, consumers, and grocers, unveiled a new 30 - second TV ad that urges New Yorkers to pressure lawmakers to support legalizing the sale of wine in grocery stores — a proposal that so far has failed to catch fire in Albany.

She organized a super-summit of small - scale growers, home gardeners and pepper gardeners — all free last week.

A lifelong farmer himself, he admires the «small yet energetic» group of growers who work in a way that respects the earth beneath their feet.

Small organic growers would no longer have to struggle alone but would have the support of a coordinated, nationwide organization with their best interests in mind.

(Importantly, small growers would be able to opt out of the program if it were not in their financial best interests.)

My heart truly went out to many small growers I spoke with who struggle to make a living to supply us with one of the most precious commodities known to mankind: ancient grains.

The middle ground of small farms, community gardens, cooperatives, and CSAs represents the growers where there is potential for progress in providing quality foods for larger populations.

Energetic gouache, acrylic, and pencil artwork illustrates this story of three food providers — a vegetable farmer, a small cheese - factory owner, and a mushroom grower — and how they prepare, transport, and sell their goods at a local farmers» market.