Sentences with phrase «on vegetable production»

David Robb, a graduate student in plant and environmental sciences at Clemson University, has been conducting a two - year study on vegetable production at the Clemson Student Organic Farm.

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After a brief walk through the vegetable production fields the group was given a presentation on compost science and utilization.

On our certified organic farm, we have a diverse operation including compost, livestock, vegetables production, compost, greenhouses, small grains, gardens and 1100 certified organic apple trees.

In addition to their abundant organic crops, Hill Top Farms also offers a tour of the 30 acre farm which consists of a trip through the horse barn where participants get a up close, hands on education about equine care including feeding and grooming one or more of the nine resident horses, feeding the chickens and petting the goats and a hayride out to the fields where you get to see and taste organic vegetables in production and learn about how things grow and why organics is important.

U.S. fruit and vegetable production is a major business enterprise, and mostly focuses on processed fruits and vegetables.

We also farm organic fruits and vegetables, keep honeybees, and maintain an egg - laying poultry flock on the Rutherford Estate, which is the site of our future state - of - the - art white wine production facility.

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.

The one - year curriculum will combine classroom courses on animal science, marketing, vegetable production, organic crop science, entomology,... Continued

On to the fruits and vegetables: they're actually not as costly as you might think if you are tracking your ingredient production and procurement.

Vegetable production intensification will see increased plant pest and disease pressure and significant on - farm losses for the majority of subsistence and small - holder cooperative farmers if the goal to meet WTO / SPS requirements for exports to the ASEAN economic community and international markets is to be met.

«I intend to identify which varieties of vegetables are working well using organic production methods on an international scale.

Anuga FoodTec 2018 will focus on the theme «Resource Efficiency» this year covering all aspects of food production from the dairy and bakery industries, beverages and pasta, fruit & vegetables, to oils & fats.

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

A 1961 report on vegetable variety trials at the Northeastern Branch Station, in Tucumcari, mentioned green chile for commercial processing as a promising crop, although hail in late spring may be a production hazard.

However, higher labour requirements may be expected on organic farms under European conditions14 due to a higher share in the production of labour intensive crops (e.g. vegetables) and on - farm marketing and processing activities.

Vegetable growers saw a decline in production costs (decrease of 10 per cent), particularly labour, which is the largest production cost on average for Australian growers, which decreased by 6 per cent during the period 2013 - 14 to 2014 - 15.

In terms of inroads into conventional production, the most significant crops are spelt (37 percent of the conventional area), buckwheat (30 percent), herbs (37 percent) and mixed vegetables on plots of less than 2 ha (37 percent).

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.

This research finds that if we continue down the path we're on, Sydney stands to lose over 90 % of its current fresh vegetable production.

On to the fruits and vegetables: they're actually not as costly as you might think if you are tracking your ingredient production and procurement.

Walla Walla, June 2013 Food services staff from school districts in SE Washington came together on a rare rainy day in Walla Walla to visit Blue Mountain Seed to learn about chickpea production and processing, tour Welcome Table Farm to see vegetable production and visit the farm animals.

You just eat everything in proper balance, a variety of colors and focus on fruits and vegetables,» said Muir, whose state leads the nation in potato production.

He said Ghana was working in partnership with Agritop on greenhouse technology, so that when the students returned from Israel, they would be allocated some hectares of already prepared lands for them to enter into vegetable production.

Furthermore, consuming more vegetable - based protein from beans and peas, and less protein from meats such as pork, veal and beef, is recommended because meat production is a far greater burden on our climate than vegetable cultivation.

Each year, leafy green vegetables — such as spinach — produce the sugar on an enormous scale globally, comparable to the world's total annual iron ore production.

A. Ester and his colleagues at the Research Station for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables in Lelystad, the Netherlands, devised experiments to determine the effect of (E)- beta - farnesene on aphids.

Recent advancements in the use of LED lighting in plant and vegetable production systems has researchers looking for insights into the effects of these artificial lights on the growth and yield of crops.

Concentrations of greater than 2 ppm had severe effects on vegetables, damaging the plants and decreasing production, wrote the scientists in a 2004 paper published in Environmental Geology.

«Canada relies heavily on greenhouses for vegetable production, and their use is growing in China, too.»

Excess consumption of vegetable oils also causes problems with hormone production, since hormones are dependent on certain fats for their manufacture.

It took mechanization and cheap energy to make vegetable oils viable for mass production and distribution on a large scale.

There are tons of different types of digestive enzymes on the market, from all - purpose types to ones that are for specific foods (such as meat, dairy, or vegetables) or issues (such as low stomach acid production).

Some marketplace statistics on bok choy combine production of this vegetable together with overall cabbage production.

Another hint is that another member of the audience had to ask him afterwards what vegetable was raining down on the stage during the big finale, despite the fact that the name of the production was «The Onion Dance.»

Barber is an outspoken critic of the current food production system and a strong believer in the power of cooking to counteract rampant food waste; but he also insists on the need for people to think about their overall diets in terms of waste, primarily by reducing meat consumption and prioritizing vegetables and grains.

We are, for example, working with farmers in the mid-hills on diversification of crop production to show them that instead of making 5,000 rupees from a half hectare of maize in monsoon season they can generate 130,000 rupees from best - practice irrigated vegetable farming during the same period.

Research on specific cities and products yield data like the following: in Hanoi, 80 % of fresh vegetables, 50 % of pork, poultry and fresh water fish, as well as 40 % of eggs, originate from urban and peri-urban areas (Nguyen Tien Dinh, 2000); in the urban and peri-urban area of Shanghai, 60 % of the city's vegetables, 100 % of the milk, 90 % of the eggs, and 50 % of the pork and poultry meat is produced (Cai Yi - Zhang and Zhang Zhangen in Bakker et al. 2000); in Java, home gardens provide for 18 % of caloric consumption and 14 % of proteins of the urban population (Ning Purnomohadi 2000); Dakar produces 60 % of the national vegetable consumption whilst urban poultry production amounts to 65 % of the national demand (Mbaye and Moustier 1999).

The Accra working group on urban agriculture, with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly as a member, has drafted revised by laws on the use of waste water and support an awareness campaign on health risk minimisation strategies in production and marketing (Farm to Fork) of urban vegetables.

Rooftop agriculture is the production of fresh vegetables, herbs, fruits, edible flowers and possibly some small animals on rooftops for local consumption.

Furthermore, although it would be impressive to see an allotment produce 876 kg of food, even at 31.28 tonnes per hectare, given the average yields for UK production in the FAO database are 20 tonnes for vegetables, 13 tonnes for fruit, 40 tonnes for roots & tubers, the allotment holder seems not to compete with his industrial farming counterpart on productivity or cost.

The one - year curriculum will combine classroom courses on animal science, marketing, vegetable production, organic crop science, entomology,... Continued

«Green roofs with vegetable gardening spaces and the greenway on the site were designed to support social equity and local food production.

Rather than concentrate on any one feedstock the facility has been designed to handle a wide variety on inputs: From inedible animal fats (yes, the byproducts of meat production) to used cooking oil to the usual array of virgin vegetable oils.

One way to get around many of the problems attributed to biofuel production (land use changes, effect on food prices, etc) is by using waste vegetable oil to produce biodiesel.

An avid vegetable grower for 38 years, I have been farming as a member of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia for over 20 years, where I lead the growing of food for around 100 people on three and a half acres and provide training for members in sustainable vegetable production.