Sentences with phrase «other agricultural products»

Our ethical sourcing program support model extends beyond coffee to other agricultural product growing communities.
Further complicating matters, the prices for wheat, soybeans, hogs and other agricultural products fluctuate.
The government has put price above safety in purchasing foods, and that has «resulted in school lunches becoming a dumping ground for ground beef and other agricultural products of questionable safety,» Roberts said.
China has already imposed new tariffs on American sorghum, a blow to farmers in Kansas, and threatened similar steps against soybeans and other agricultural products that would hit Trump - friendly voters elsewhere in the Midwest.
Cutting the imports of American wheat, soybeans, and other agricultural products will not cause starvation in China because there are alternative producers (Canada, Brazil, and Argentina).
Liffe commodity futures and options cover softs and other agricultural products, with most trading volume concentrated in cocoa, coffee and sugar.
Anyone who had had anything to do with the sale of grains, fruits, or vegetables knows that a bushel loosely filled contains far less produce than one in which the grain or other agricultural products have been pressed down, shaken together, and added to until they run over the edge of the container.
According to the USDA's National Organic Program, food and other agricultural products must meet certain requirements before it can be certified and labeled USDA Organic.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday rolled out a food labeling program for produce and other agricultural products that are made in New York, but sidestepped a debate over whether the criteria should include food produce through genetically modified organisms.
«It fits with ways in which maritime exchange networks were important for global distribution of chicken and other agricultural products.
I am convinced that biotechnology is not just relevant but imperative for helping us meet the rapidly growing demand for food and other agricultural products.
Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce water resources, as meat production requires more water than other agricultural products.
«This study provides a promising approach for detecting the contamination of silver nanoparticles in food crops or other agricultural products,» Lin said.
Organic is a labeling term that indicates that the food or other agricultural product has been produced through approved methods.
But timber should be part of a broader commodities fund or E.T.F. that may also invest in oil, natural gas, metals and other agricultural products.
The entrance to Che Chem Ha is decorated with Mayan art, and its walls are lined with Mayan storage jars, many of which still contain petrified pieces of corn, annatto and other agricultural products.
Above a subterreanan river, the Cave features 10 ledges on which archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of 28 humans, ages from children to adults, food storage and cooking vessels, stone tools, spindles, monuments, ritual offerings of corn and other agricultural products and fire hearths.
With oil prices soaring, biofuels from corn, palm oil, sugar cane and other agricultural products are increasingly seen as a cheap and cleaner alternative to fossil fuels.
USDA spokeswoman Courtney Rowe commented that, «While food safety is a vitally important part of successfully marketing produce and other agricultural products, other federal and state public health agencies are better equipped to perform this function.»
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