Sentences with phrase «organic producers provide»

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This organization provides organic certification to their producers and is committed to reducing the environmental impact of coffee farming.

He provides staff support to OTA's Farmer Advisory Council, on - the - ground outreach to OTA's organic farmer membership community and analysis of policy issues that affect organic crop and livestock producers.

A landmark study on the trade flow of organic food products across the borders of the United States reveals that a robust global appetite for organic food has created new lucrative markets from Mexico City all the way to Hong Kong for U.S. organic producers — but also provides strong evidence that American farmers are losing out on some valuable opportunities by not growing more organic.

Many organic producers still have dry fertilizer hoppers on their planters, and these dry fertilizer hoppers can be utilized to provide starter fertilizer.

The program provides opportunities for U.S. producers of all sizes to connect with qualified global buyers — online and in - person — who are seeking to meet their customers» growing demand for USDA organic products.

Interest in organic certification has increased since the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council, which sets the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce in Australia, approved a proposal allowing producers to be fully certified organic after one year of inspections, providing they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.

We want to provide the best ingredients possible so our ingredients are sourced locally from independent growers and producers, completely unprocessed, and all organic (which includes non-GMO).

It noted that «differentiated Peaberry segments», in which certified such as Kona organic and Kona fair trade are included, «can provide producers with competitive advantages and added value.»

For a producer operation it can take up to 3 years of organic management practices to become fully certified organic, depending on the information you can provide (if you can prove the operation has been organically managed for a certain period of time, the duration can be shorter).

Although requirements for organic labeling are usually established by national governments, independent agencies are licensed to provide inspection and certification services to producers.

Certified organic producers are required to provide healthy and fair working conditions and pay to their employees.

QAI can now certify organic food producers, traders, processors, manufacturers, distributors and retailers, providing them with a secure, dependable way to enter the organic supply chain serving Mexican consumers.

As livestock generally provides a lower return per hectare than crops, organic cereal / livestock producers are doubly disadvantaged as they have lower yields, especially during conversion, and a less favourable output mix.

At Clif Bar, the company is tackling the yield gap by investing in plant breeding, contributing to an agriculture fund that helps provide technical assistance to educate growers and investing in infrastructure that will help reduce the distance that organic producers must transport their crops from the farm gate to the aggregator or processor, which is a significantly longer distance than for most conventional producers, Dillion said.

The new program provides certification and oversight to producers who are in transition to organic.

«The transitional certification program developed by OTA reflects perspectives from across the supply chain, and will provide an on - ramp to producers while safeguarding organic as the gold standard of food label claims,» said Nate Lewis, Farm Policy Director for OTA.

These have provided insight into the roles that marine bacteria, archaea, viruses and eukaryotic microbes have as global primary producers that provide nutrition at the base of the food chain; remineralization (the transformation of organic molecules into inorganic forms); and the deposition of carbon on the sea floor.

I wondered if the lessons Ms. Zimmerman evoked from the garlic, diaper bag and organic - nut - butter entrepreneurs — all indie producers — would provide any information for indie authors and self - publishers.

Developing urban farms in and around Istanbul, operating soup & salad bars that use locally grown organic produce, and providing workshops on permaculture and sustainability, EK BİÇ YE İÇ seeks to build a community of people who are committed to becoming net producers rather than living on as typical urban consumers of world's resources.

Thus, there is high demand and motivation to provide high - quality organic forage for organic dairy and meat production which may drive producers to increase management intensity in these systems.