Sentences with phrase «organic model farm»
Other components of the project include the establishment of an organic model farm, institutional capacity building of PIINTEC the local partner organization and nutrition education.
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Founder and owner Craig Howard, who also runs a small Kansas City organics catering company, says he was inspired by the self - serve and honor - based model used by many traditional farm stands.
I thought our biggest problem was generating good economic models for sustainable organic farming... but I wasn't even close.
The organic pricing model will be based on a «weighted average» of the price of farm milk in a number of European countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
FEV is certified organic, and is being actively courted by Rainforest Alliance for certification and use as a model farm.
«The USDA is always trying to evolve its standards, but, as an organic dairy farmer, I know this model represents an integrated sustainable organic farming system.
«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.
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 USDA is always trying to evolve its standards, but, we know this model represents an integrated sustainable organic farming system.
While briefing the Governor on the project, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agric, Dr Shakirudeen Olayiwola said the farm started in 2012 and it was copied from the Songhai model of farming which mainly are organic agriculture, zero waste agriculture and training.
Once a dairy farm transitions from a confinement model to a pasture - based feeding system, a smaller further step (Heckman, 2015) is to convert the farm to organic following the required 3 - yr period for transition.
«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities.»
Recognizing that even within more stringent animal welfare conditions imposed by organic certification schemes cows are stilled killed when they stop producing milk and young bulls have no better a fate than in industrial farming, the residents of the Manor (given to the community by George Harrison in the early 1970s) have created a model for compassionate, environmentally sustainable and low - carbon dairy farming for the 21st century.
And while we're seeing a resurgence of interest in so - called «real food» or slow food and local food, it's going to take a lot more than a few urban rooftop farms in big cities, or the expansion of certified organic shipping container farms, or an explosion in countertop gardening units to go from our current wasteful food and agriculture system to a model that is ultimately sustainable and future - focused.