Sentences with phrase «produced by the livestock»

Paul McCartney's visit to the European Parliament last Thursday was a resounding success, with a raft of experts agreeing that adopting a Meat Free Monday is one of the best and most efficient ways to begin reducing the harmful emissions produced by the livestock industry.

It's more than the total global transportation sector that's produced by the livestock industry.

A new NASA - sponsored study shows that global methane emissions produced by livestock are 11 percent higher than estimates made last decade.

Not exact matches

Under the Equivalency Agreement, the CFIA will recognize imported organic food, livestock and crops produced according to U.S. organic standards by USDA - accredited certifying bodies under the NOP.

As one of the group's leaders, Hsu Jen - hsiu, rightly says eating less or no meat is a way to love our planet because livestock emit large volumes of methane into the atmosphere, which contribute more to global warming than the emissions produced by all the vehicles around the world.

By 2007, just three percent of U.S. hog farms, which produced a mere 0.12 percent of the swine brought to market, fed excess human food to their livestock.

Celebrate autumn in New England at the Fruitland Museum's Harvest Festival and learn about Native American winter preparations from seasons long ago, visit with local livestock, taste local produce, have your silhouette created by a local artist, and create your very own Farmer Hat or Shaker Bonnet (Harvard)

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The findings also call into question other suggestions for using titanium dioxide for environmental remediation — for example, to remove odor - causing organic compounds from emissions produced by confined livestock feeding operations.

Overall, closing yield gaps by 50 % for crops and 25 % for livestock would lead to a 12 % savings in greenhouse gas emission per calorie produced.

Methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide, is produced by cows and other livestock.

Accredited practising dietitian Melanie McGrice, who also worked on the plan produced by Meat and Livestock Australia with the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) and other leading organisations, says the plan encourages the body to regulate its own intake by removing common triggers for mid-arvo doughnuts and uber - sized curries.

Enzymes are produced by plants and microbes in order to increase the uptake of elements as well as assist in the synthesis, within the crop, of raw materials that are necessary to produce completely nutrient - dense foods suitable for consumption by livestock and humans.

In realistic terms, any major effort to supply additional plant protein for human consumption in the U.S. would require dismantling the nation's agricultural system, since most of American agriculture is directly or indirectly involved in producing livestock either through direct grazing on grasslands or by growing feed on cultivated land.

Owned by BASF before being acquired by Nutreco in 2007, the Neosho facility has enjoyed more than $ 3 million in upgrades since then, offering a flex facility for Trouw Nutrition USA, meaning that while it primarily produces companion animal mixes, it is also capable of producing product for the livestock division when needed.

Raising livestock contributes to climate change and environmental degradation in other ways as well: it takes far more grain and land to produce a calorie of food for humans by feeding grains to animals than directly to people.

I understand the point that livestock produce lots of greenhouse gases, but aren't the lab produced proteins going to require a lot of energy and expense, and have by - products of their own?

Land freed up by reducing how much livestock we need is partially used to produce fuel and energy.

Methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide, is produced by cows and other livestock.

The nation's leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock.

In the nation's largest milk - producing state, the new law aims to reduce methane emissions from dairies and livestock operations to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030, McCarthy said.

But livestock manure also produces methane as it decomposes in closed - air containers known as lagoons, which factory farming operations often use to store the massive amounts of manure produced by their farms.

«Several of these differences stem from organic livestock production and are brought about by differences in production intensity, with outdoor - reared, grass - fed animals producing milk and meat that is consistently higher in desirable fatty acids such as the omega - 3s, and lower in fatty acids that can promote heart disease and other chronic diseases.»