Sentences with phrase «organic farming land»

Alix Heilman, a sales associate at Mercaris, notes that this growth trend is likely to continue, particularly given the organic acreage growth programs that have been launched by companies such as General Mills, which has vowed to add 3,000 acres of organic farming land to its source pool over the next three years.

Not exact matches

A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded in the Torah.

But the whole farm is certified organic and we have some area farmers who do hay and grasses on a portion of the land.

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The next farm bill should facilitate transitioning to organic with improved access to land and capital, investment in distribution systems and infrastructure, and targeted technical assistance.

As part of the CSO panel we advocated for organic agriculture as a means of farming that increases the resilience of soils to both water stress and nutrient loss and which contributes to combating desertification by preventing soil erosion and land degradation.

With only 0.5 percent of crop and pasture land in organic, according to USDA that leaves 99.5 percent of farm acres in the U.S. at risk of -LSB-...]

He has conducted on - farm research in cooperation with USDA and Land Grant Universities, and work on a national organic research agenda and national legislation to fund on - farm organic systems research.

Mulloon Creek Natural Farms is 2500 hectares of certified organic and biodynamic land (1100 hectares grazing pasture).

Keith and Monica Neu farm 1,200 acres of organic land in Saskatchewan's northeast grain belt near the town of Hudson Bay.

Even if 60 % of agriculture would convert to organic farming, concentrated feed were reduced by 50 % and food waste by 50 %, it would result in a food system with significantly decreased environmental impacts, including lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, and only a marginal increase in agricultural land area.

In contrast, the conversion to organic farming should consumption patterns remain unchanged would lead to increased land use change to agriculture.

However, critics argue that organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of organic practices5.

There is much debate over the relative merits of conventional farming, which has a large environmental impact on the land it uses, and organic farming, which may require greater land use for the same yield.

To gain the Certified Transitional logo for its new cereal, Kashi worked with Hesco / Dakota Organic Products, a specialty grain company, to identify and work with two farmers interested in transitioning new land from conventional to organic farming practices.

Additionally, transitioning farm land to organic is costly with limited return on investment since it takes three years to become eligible for organic certification.

We shared blog posts on organic gardening and farming, and facts on organic growing in Australia — did you know Australia has the most certified organic land in the world?

We farm our own land, produce certified organic maple syrup and package our own pure maple products.

The Cootamundra property, comprising 1240 hectares of farming country and 400 hectares of conserved bushland, was already in conversion to organic with Australian Certified Organic when they acquired the land.

Gene and Kathy Davis farm 3,500 acres of organic land in southeast Saskatchewan by North Portal.

Land stewardship and sustainable farming are deeply rooted principles in certified organic farming practices.

For Straus Family Creamery, organic agriculture, as practiced on small to mid-size family farms, starts with sustainable land stewardship.

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.

«The high - quality flavor of our milk starts at the organic family farms, with sustainable land stewardship and good animal welfare practices.

The Business: Featured on Sydney Weekender, and in numerous publications such as: Garlic by Penny Woodward; Transition Farms by Bev Buckley; The Land newspaper; Small Farms and Border Living magazines,» Carrigbyrne» has been a thriving organic garlic business for the past 26 years, with a large customer base of both retail businesses and individuals from Melbourne to Darwin.

More farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified organic, and 170 countries report organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of Organic Agriculture».

Our belief in organic farming is deeply rooted in our commitment to land stewardship that preserves the environment for future generations.

A research project funded by the European Union found that the diversity of landscape and farming systems was greater in organic farms, regarding land use types, crops, livestock, plantings (hedges, solitary shrubs, trees) and flora.

The benefits of organic farming include the guardianship of our natural land resources, native plants, wildlife, insects, and birds, the development and conservation of natural ecosystems and a reduction in the nitrate and agrochemical pollution of our countryside and water courses.

With around 150,000 hectares of ecologically managed land, Berlin - Brandenburg is one of Germany's most important regions for organic farming.

By 2001 the total figure of certified organic farms had reached 290 and 6 469 ha of land, together with 8 certified organic processing companies and 11 other certified organic companies.

However, we work closely with Marin Agricultural Land Trust, which arranges farm events and hosts tours on several organic farms in northern Marin County.

There are, however, some very large scale organic farms e.g. Pavich Family Farms in California with over 1 600 ha of organic land and 200 ha in conversion to orgfarms e.g. Pavich Family Farms in California with over 1 600 ha of organic land and 200 ha in conversion to orgFarms in California with over 1 600 ha of organic land and 200 ha in conversion to organic.

Non-certified organic agriculture occupies virtually all agricultural lands, including Basic Units of Cooperative Production and urban agriculture (e.g. organoponics, intensive gardens), that provide food self - sufficiency to all farms and agricultural workers (see Box 2).

Mr Marsh had alleged GM canola swathes blew onto his property from Mr Baxter's farm in 2010 and caused him to lose organic certification over 70 per cent of his land.

The term «organic farming» was coined by Lord Northbourne, in his 1940 book, «Look to the Land».

«We want to bring food systems, farming and land use closer to organic principles of care, ecology, health and fairness.»

Because organic agriculture produces on average only half the yield of crops per unit of land as conventional farming, any mass conversion to organic would end up using much more land.

A new study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that land use in the watersheds from which this «dissolved organic matter» originates has important implications for Bay water quality, with the organic carbon in runoff from urbanized or heavily farmed landscapes more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing energy to fuel low - oxygen «dead zones» in coastal waters.

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.

In general, the study concludes that while organic farming is more environmentally friendly per unit of land than conventional approaches, it is not better for the environment when assessed in terms of units of output.

Coming from a long line of chefs and foodies, Lee grew up spending her summers working on organic farms on the east coast where she learned how to grow and cook her own food and live off the land.

We farm our own land, produce certified organic maple syrup and package our own pure maple products.

I mean, if you just have an organic farm without pesticides, but you just continue to heat that crop season after season, don't let it rest, don't switch spots, and don't you know, add synergy to the land, right?

Finland About Blog Welcome to my garden blog from south of Finland, where I grow organic vegetables and flower borders, maintain the farm land and follow nature in the country.

Coffee cherries are harvested at Good Land Organics, a farm in Goleta, Calif..

Many farm attractions can cover a variety of topics including diversification, animal husbandry, food production, organic vs conventional farming, selective breeding and land management and are happy to adapt visits to subjects or topic areas you are working towards.

Finland About Blog Welcome to my garden blog from south of Finland, where I grow organic vegetables and flower borders, maintain the farm land and follow nature in the country.

Then, to wrap things up, we stopped in at Hood River Organic near the riverside town of Hood River, an organic orchard and farm run by East Coast ex-pat Dan Thall, who gave us a tour of his land.

His farm, Good Land Organics, nestled in the sloping foothills above Goleta, has created quite a buzz in sustainable agriculture for the unconventional and experimental crops he grows — dragon fruit, caviar limes, cherimoya, passion fruit, and coffee.