Sentences with phrase «on soil quality»

As you suspected, it can depend on the soil quality.

The repeated fires modify ecosystem structure, penetrate ever deeper into forest margins, affect large areas of understory vegetation (which is not detected by remote sensing), and take an ever greater cumulative toil on soil quality and its ability to sequester carbon.

The researchers assessed land around the world based on its soil quality, slope, and regional climate.

Knowing the prevalence of mineral deficiency in our country due to modern farming practices impact on soil quality, this nutritive aspect is just one more reason to make yellow dock your herbal companion.

A handful (depending on soil quality) contains anywhere from 200 — 550 mcg.

Own - growing makes an important contribution to food security in urban areas globally, but its effects on soil qualities that underpin ecosystem service provision are currently unknown.

Not exact matches

While most winemakers focus on the quality of the grapes and the effect that soil and weather conditions have had on each year's harvest, Lee and his partners — Mardonn Chua (who like Lee has a biotech background) and Josh Decolongon (a sommelier)-- view the creation of wine as a chemistry experiment, bonding a combination of amino acids, sugars, ethanol and other elements together.

Speaking at the Soil Association conference in Manchester on Wednesday (9 February), Mr Kendall said organic producers needed to convince consumers about the quality of their produce rather than making claims which might not stand up.

There is a grave environmental crisis in air quality (life expectancy in polluted northern cities is five and a half years lower than in the cleaner south), water and soil (one survey showed that 10 per cent of arable land was unsafe to grow crops on).

Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important with the advent of climate change.

Future studies on organic agriculture and other sustainable farming techniques should examine not just economics, but soil quality, biodiversity impacts and other aspects of food production in order to make better comparisons between different forms of agriculture, said Crowder.

Then, depending on where you live, a lot of land can't be used for vegetable production because it may be rocky or have poor quality soil.

Farmers using climate - smart practices understand that trees do a lot on farms: they can act as windbreaks, reducing soil erosion; they can enrich soil; they can filter water, resulting in higher water quality; they provide shade for workers and shade - loving plants; they create habitat for wildlife and wildlife corridors; they suck up and store greenhouse gasses — the list goes on.

In addition to the lipid research, Cyndi has been working to develop sustainable feeding strategies by enhancing forage quality through soil amendments and recently completed research on the effects of fodder feeding on rumen function.

Today Rodale Institute, the global leader of regenerative organic agriculture, announced it has received a grant for $ 5,995,000 from the William Penn Foundation to partner with Stroud Water Research Center, the global leader in the advancement of knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems, on a groundbreaking project to improve soil health and water quality.

Our mission is to improve the quality of people's lives by offering the freshest, most nutrient - dense foods grown with integrity in healthy soils on sustainable, organic farms.

On behalf of the Rainforest Alliance, they are training tea estate workers and smallholder farmers to adopt simple, time - tested methods that safeguard soil health and water quality and protect workers from dangerous chemical exposure.

The SDAS is designed to track, measure and improve on - farm practices including minimizing carbon footprint, improving soil and water quality, maintaining biodiversity and supporting animal welfare.

Different soil types have a significant influence on the quality of wines.

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.

Wolves to win: Wolves have proven quality this season and have enough on home soil to take a win in this derby match.

Blackpool will eye this as the perfect opportunity to finally end their drought at home and register their very first Premier League win at Bloomfield Road, with three previous failed attempts, but West Brom have enough resilient qualities in them to ensure the Tangerines don't have matters all their own way on home soil.

The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are the former's extensive restriction of the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; its hostility to the agricultural application of biotechnology; its rejection of the routine use of pharmaceuticals on livestock; its attention to animal welfare; and its focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological diversity as alternatives to chemicals.

In 2012 the Rockland County Soil and Water Conservation District produced a report card on water quality in Sparkill Creek according to biomonitoring data.

The study was designed to determine the impact of two organically approved liquid fertilizer sources applied through fertigation on plant growth, yield, fruit quality, and soil and plant tissue nutrient status of «Marion» and «Black Diamond» blackberry grown in an organic production system.

The water — retailer relationship The quantity and quality of crop yields rely on a number of conditions including water access, soil fertility, adequate climate, seeds access, land availability and healthy terrestrial fauna and flora.

What's been lacking is a side - by - side analysis that isolates the effect of soil quality on yield.

«One of the reasons for interest in these second - generation cellulosic feedstocks is that if they can be grown on low - quality soil, they wouldn't compete for land with food crops, such as corn.

This research could have important implications for developing countries whose populations rely on rice as a staple of their diets and are in need of cheap, readily available material to improve soil quality and decrease arsenic levels that threaten human health.

Since at least the 1700s, scholars have argued that geographic differences such as rainfall, air temperature, and soil quality can have a major impact on economic development.

Although the research was conducted from different perspectives, head of research Esperanza Huerta Lwanga focused on the study of soil invertebrates because they are indicators of its quality.

To understand weathering, water quality, and soil formation on Earth and Mars, look no further than associate professor of geoscience Elisabeth «Libby» Hausrath, who investigates chemical interactions between water and rocks as well as the plant and microbial influences on those reactions.

Even if we consider the impact of environmental degradation on humanity, deforestation has a more significant and immediate impact on local weather, water availability, water quality, and soil erosion than does global climate change from greenhouse gases.

While paying for dirt may seem counterintuitive, genuine top - quality garden soil is the key to garden growth as well as to cutting down on fertilizers and pesticides.

Organic farmers rely on crop rotation, companion planting, and animal manure in place of synthetic fertilizers, weed killers, and pesticides to control pests and maintain the quality and integrity of the soil.

As for Mercola and his marketing, I think that if his clinical outcomes supported the idea that everyone should be on a raw, vegan diet, he would simply sell blenders, dehydrators, ceramic knives and advertise for CSA's and import the best of the best superfoods like David Wolfe and others, and convince ranchers to raise livestock for the purpose of selling high quality manure and ecofriendly - harvested seaweeds so we can all grow our own food in healthy soil.

The mineral content in food is heavily dependent on the quality of the soil, another reason to shop organic and local.

Just as we seek to drink milk from cows grazing on pasture grown on rich soil because it is more nutritious, so should we seek to provide nursing mothers with the education and resources needed to nurture their children with the same type of high - quality milk.

Human Health is dependent on: • the Energetics underlying material manifestation • the quality of the Earth's Elements • Non-industrialized, Sustainable Agricultural practices • Food Sovereignty to choose the most nutrient dense, uncontaminated foods • the Health of the Soil in which our food is grown • the Health of the Plant based foods we -LSB-...]

After all, USDA organic certification depends on how crops are grown, not necessarily on the quality of its soil.

No matter if you follow a Traditional diet, Paleo, Primal, Vegetarian, Vegan, or GAPS diet, this «Real Food» guide assesses food quality on proven nutrition principles including plants and animals raised in healthy ways on mineral - rich soil; and grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables that are packaged in ways that preserve and enhance their naturally occurring nutrients.

Food quality is assessed based on proven nutrition principles including plants and animals raised in healthy ways on mineral - rich soil; and grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables that are packaged in ways that preserve and enhance their naturally occurring nutrients.

Unfortunately, the amount of chromium in the food greatly depends on the quality of soil which in most cases is very poor.

George Burr had conducted his doctoral research in the deserts of Arizona and Utah, studying the effects of soil chemistry and climate on the distribution of plants and the quality of their sap.

The planned renovation and expansion of Audubon's Broadway campus was postponed «until further notice» Wednesday, the Orleans Parish School Board said after failing to reach an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Quality on how to to make a temporary campus proposed for Annuniciation Street safe from the high levels of lead in the soil there.

Despite this, we still reserve our final judgment on ride quality until we drive the cars on our soil next year.

And I'll tell you what: the insanely improved ride quality is a godsend, though my feeling on this is no doubt enhanced by the winter cold, snow and ice that have resulted in large chunks of Michigan's roads being ripped away from their underlying soil.

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The level of activities carried out in each constituency is dependent on how long Green Belt Movement has been engaged on the ground, the degree of community commitment and involvement, availability of water, quality of soils, climate and availability of financial resources.

Littering doesn't just take a toll on things like water and soil quality; there's also an economic cost.