Sentences with phrase «of smaller family farms»

But a growing number of smaller family farms are transitioning toward organic farming and more diversified crops to gain more value from their land, she said.

Snake River Farms American Kurobuta pork are fed on a co-op of small family farms in the mid-west and Idaho and are fed a combination of corn, soybean meal, oats, vitamins and minerals.

Innovative farming practices alone could not solve the plight of small family farms in California.

The owner sources teas from an international network of small family farms, stretching from Hawaii to India.

Lopata was awarded the Prize for creating an ecotourism program that promotes the environmental, economic and health advantages of small family farms over large - scale factory agriculture.

Not exact matches

It takes more than 15,000 Christmas - tree farms to produce that annual harvest, most of them small, family - owned businesses with longstanding ties to their land.

· Trump's plan would replace the estate tax with a capital gains tax on the appreciation of inherited assets of more than $ 5 million of gains per decedent or $ 10 million per married couple, subject to some exemptions for small businesses and family farms

We will be asked to end estate taxes in the name of saving small businesses and family farms, even though the Tax Policy Center estimates that such businesses account for only fifteen hundredths of 1 percent of all estate tax revenue.

This had been a farming family, tilling some 20 acres on which they could sustain themselves with several cows, some food crops and a small amount of coca.

Someone's getting rich at the expense of small traditional family farms, as well as our health, and it seems like the greatest trick ever pulled was convincing these people that big business is looking after their best interests.

Later in life Luther, with his wife, engaged in a good deal of gardening and small farming, and drew on the early experience, of his parents, his grandfather, and of his uncle who had inherited the old family farm.

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

The Small Footprints Wine Club experience is your opportunity to join us as we «tread lightly» on our journey of biodynamic and organic viticulture, sustainable farming and premium winemaking; to become part of the Gemtree family.

We carefully hand select our superfoods from family farms in traditional communities, where small - scale, sustainable practices yield products of superior quality.

Our Premium Maca Powder is grown organically on small family farms in pristine conditions at over 13,000 ft elevation, in the slopes of the Peruvian Andes.

While the majority of organic dairy farms are small - scale family farms, the United States also has large - scale corporate dairy farms as well.

After nearly thirty years of bringing organic dairy from small family farms to the national marketplace — and becoming t...

What began as a small family rice farm using farming techniques ahead of its time, has grown into a mission - driven company which holds itself to a high standard in business, environmental stewardship, and the relationships it has with employees.

In this International Year of Family Farming, farmers» leaders from every arable continent have clearly stated that the focus must be on the vast majority of the worlds farmers, small holder family farms rather than large scale agribusFamily Farming, farmers» leaders from every arable continent have clearly stated that the focus must be on the vast majority of the worlds farmers, small holder family farms rather than large scale agribusfamily farms rather than large scale agribusiness.

He and his family have operated a small grass based dairy farm in northern Wisconsin for over 20 years and have been members of Organic Valley since 2007.

The Straus family farm became the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi River, which led the way for many other small dairy farms in California to follow suit and convert to organic.

Mr. Albert Straus: Founder and CEO of Straus Family Creamery, is an outspoken advocate for organic, non-GMO dairy production, environmental stewardship and small family Family Creamery, is an outspoken advocate for organic, non-GMO dairy production, environmental stewardship and small family family farms.

«In this nation of more than more than 300,000 small, family - run coffee farms, the expansive Gemadro Estate stands as an exception.

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.

Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery (up to 18 guests) Committed to small lot, handcrafted wines from varieties that are grown on small block, sustainably farmed wine vineyards, Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery is one of Temecula Valley Wine Country's most highly regarded, artisanal wine estates.

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.

We are delighted to announce that the next step of succession planning has been completed, and that Louise Luttikholt will join IFOAM - Organics International as our next Executive Director.Raised on a small family farm in the Netherlands, Louise has extensive experience in organic agriculture, fair trade and development cooperation at a strategic... more

«With less competition, big companies commonly underpay independent farmers for their products, undermining the economic viability of small, family - scale farms.»

A: In the 1970s, when I returned home to my family's dairy farm after college, the landscape of small, family dairy farming was shifting.

After participating in a pilot program to test the requirements, 17 wine companies ranging from small family farms to the world's biggest wine producers have earned the certification for some or all of their operations.

Finding this approach short - sighted, Straus spearheaded the movement for inventive farming practices and small - scale artisan dairy production critical to the survival of family farms.

Family farmers, small and especially innovative food distributors and the nation's eaters are best served not by the quasi-monopoly of a grocery market controlled by the supermarket duopoly and its unscrupulous fellow travellers that engage in the alleged slave - like farm labour practices, but by a freed market.

Most of the coffee farms are small, only around 5 acres and are family owned and operated.

By the 1970s, the typical landscape of small family dairy farming in Northern California had shifted dramatically.

Because industrial agriculture was on the rise and milk prices were unrealistically low to sustain family farming, Straus saw an exciting opportunity — Create an organic marketplace; one which reflected the true costs of production and promoted responsible land stewardship, offering a viable, principled, sustainable business model for small dairy farms.

Seghesio Family Vineyards farms a small amount of this Noble varietal on the hillside of our Sisters vineyard on the Home Ranch in Alexander Valley.

As the food supply chain in Australia became steadily more centralised over the decades, the viability of the small - scale, diversified family farming model was increasingly threatened, as Gary explained:

Within the small, terraced gardens of family farms, one can almost always find a few coffee trees.

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

The Straus family legacy started in 1941 with Straus Family Dairy Farm in the small town of Marshall, CA, along the shores of Tomales Bay on the Northern California family legacy started in 1941 with Straus Family Dairy Farm in the small town of Marshall, CA, along the shores of Tomales Bay on the Northern California Family Dairy Farm in the small town of Marshall, CA, along the shores of Tomales Bay on the Northern California Coast.

Pajumäe Talu OÜ (stand H30 - C) is exhibiting its Prasad ghee, made of unsalted organic grass - fed butter by a small family farm in Estonia.

There are Atomic Fireballs, spiced nuts and fiery chocolates; mango lollipops covered in chili powder; and small bags of dehydrated chilies from a family farm.

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.

Coconuts are used fresh (within 24 - 48 hours of harvest) from small family farms on Mt. Banahaw and other rural places in Quezon Province, the coconut capital of the Philippines.

In the end, the future of Masumoto Family Farm may be determined by whether consumers will rally around a smaller, but just - as - tasty peach — a result that is very much in question at this point.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op was named Supplier of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic region for their focus on creating healthy, high - quality foods from highly maintained and enriched soils on small - scale family farms.

Non-certified organic agriculture in developing countries is practised by millions of indigenous people, peasants and small family farms involved in subsistence and local market - oriented production.

He packed up his family, moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts to start a small farm, and left behind the restaurants Diner and Marlow & Sons, and the recently opened butcher shop Marlow & Daughters — all of which were thriving, and all of which he'd co-founded with his buddy and business partner Andrew Tarlow.

These raw, heirloom olives are grown by small family farms and co-ops in Greece who follow the same traditional agricultural methods used in the region for thousands of years.

We have a small farm of our own and my husband has his family's farm AND we help with my mom's farm.