Sentences with phrase «raising livestock»

For some, there is no compromise when it comes to rural living, whether you're raising livestock or simply putting a high value on peace and quiet.

My Time at Portia is a charming game that tasks players with growing crops, raising livestock, and befriending the other villagers of Portia.

Edward Loure grew up in the Simanjiro plains, where his family and others in the Maasai community led a peaceful seminomadic life raising their livestock in harmony with the surrounding wildlife.

And raising livestock, particularly methane - producing cattle, contribute the third most.

Global research going back to 1824 in fields ranging through physics, oceanography, biology and geology have confirmed human activity — mainly burning fossil fuels, raising livestock and destroying carbon sinks like forests and wetlands — is increasing greenhouse gas emissions and causing global temperatures to rise rapidly, putting humanity at risk.

Methane concentrations have increased mainly as a result of agriculture, raising livestock (which produce methane in their digestive tracts), mining, transportation, and use of certain fossil fuels, and decomposing garbage in landfills.

Since entering» semi-retirement» in 2001, my research has concentrated on the climatic role farmers played during the last several thousand years by clearing land, raising livestock, and irrigating rice paddies, all of which put increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Birhane is a model farmer who participated in a 4 - day training from LEM and the government and is now earning a good income from horticulture, agriculture and raising livestock.

Americans are eating more meat now, as well as the hormones and antibiotics that are used in raising livestock — the study authors say this could be changing gut bacteria slowly at first, but with a cumulative effect.

One motivation for the younger son came working at Glynwood Center, a farm growing produce and raising livestock while fostering sustainable agriculture in the region.

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.

All the usual Harvest Moon staples are present, from tilling land to plant crops, which must then be watered and eventually harvested, to raising livestock for profit.

Farmville and its sequel Farmville 2, are both social network farming simulation games that involves a wide range of farm management activities which includes planting, growing, harvesting crops and even raising livestock.

Herrmann lives a simple quiet life tending to his farm and raising his livestock...

Somehow, though, Agricola makes plowing fields, sowing crops and raising livestock interesting.

Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa were awarded as Mexican land grants with the intent of raising livestock.

Many commercial breeders liken raising dogs to raising livestock.

I spent most of my life in southern California raising livestock for show.

And quit demonizing livestock breeders unless you've first hand long term experience with raising livestock.

The USDA standards are livestock standards, based on what's best for raising livestock for human consumption.

Eating Animals is not a preachy militant vegan documentary, but rather an affectionate and thoughtful examination of traditions that helped build this country in the early days: actual farms with actual farmers raising livestock naturally,...

Your job is to turn the dilapidated farm into one of prosperity by growing crops, raising livestock, and befriending the locals in Pelican Town.

Along with clearing the land, planting crops, and raising livestock, players can also develop relationships with NPC townsfolk, potentially leading to an in - game marriage.

Domestic arguments, frank sexual talk, profanity, and some of the realities of raising livestock are included.

Farmville and its sequel Farmville 2, are both social network farming simulation games that involves a wide range of farm management activities which includes planting, growing, harvesting crops and even raising livestock.

According to The Vegan Society, environmental concerns, such as the release of greenhouse gases produced from raising livestock, motivates others to adopt a vegetarian diet.

By at least 5,000 years ago, this location near the Atlantic coast served as an important trade center for locals who specialized in salt production and raising livestock.

Methane concentrations have increased mainly as a result of agriculture, raising livestock (which produce methane in their digestive tracts), mining, transportation, and use of certain fossil fuels, and decomposing garbage in landfills.

«In the early days of raising livestock, masks weren't available, and in developing countries, availability is still an issue.

The moist climate could have boosted the region's grasslands, giving Khan and his people more food for raising livestock and horses and a better ability to focus on building political and military power, researchers suggest March 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Growing meat from single cells could reduce the opportunity for disease and contaminants to enter the food supply and eliminate the environmental impact (such as clearing Amazon rain forest to create grazing land) of raising livestock.

The destruction of healthy soil by compaction, overgrazing and toxic levels of manure that poison the earth and emit climate - warming methane are some of the reasons raising livestock has traditionally been discouraged as an environmentally conscious farming technique.

They analyzed nutrients needed for a vegetarian diet, because growing vegetables, grains and nuts usually requires less land than raising livestock for meat.

«We have a limited amount of water in this country to use for everything from drinking water to raising livestock, and global population and demand is growing,» said Sandia geochemist Pat Brady.

But there were also more than 20 communities outside the park's boundaries that spent most of the year cultivating crops and raising livestock at lower elevations.

Gracer wants people to move away from getting their protein from traditional livestock such as cows, pigs, and chickens because raising livestock has a huge negative impact on the environment, regardless of whether the animals belong to subsistence farmers in developing countries or a Western industrial conglomerate.

Caring for the environment — Ontario farmers are committed to growing crops and raising livestock in an environmentally sustainable manner which leaves our farms in better shape for generations to come.

Conscientious Inventory Consumers continue to demand transparency about the source of their food, whether it is to ensure humane treatment of animals or organic practices in raising livestock.

A classic protein - heavy hunk of meat or fillet of fish means a lot of the animal is wasted, and raising livestock and over-fishing puts a stress on our natural resources.

Raising livestock is immensely resource intensive; with more than ten billion animals raised for food annually (not including fish), the required amount of fresh water, grains, grasses — and medically important antibiotics — is simply staggering.

The time has come for Canada to go beyond growing crops and raising livestock; it's time to expand its agri - food sector and create its own beloved food products.

Canada does well growing crops and raising livestock, but it's missed the boat in developing its own popular food brands.

More than 25 percent of Earth's available landmass and fresh water is used for raising livestock.

Comprehensive studies that account for both direct and indirect emissions estimate that over 50 % of global GHG emissions come from raising livestock.

Consider that according to the United Nations, some 30 % of the planet's surface is used to raise livestock.

Since Lance himself doesn't raise livestock, he turned to his alma mater, California State University Chico, which runs an organic dairy nearby.

Farmers raised livestock, and the animals produced fertilizer for the crops.

If farmers raise livestock for food production, for example, they could add animals — such as sheep, ducks and rabbits — to their land and create a petting zoo to attract tourists.

On our visit, we met with Alejandro Molina, the farm's administrator, who explained that CATIE only raises livestock breeds adapted to the tropical weather conditions; as a result, they enjoy longer, healthier, and more productive lives.

The reason these egg yolks are so vibrant has everything to do with how P.A. Bown Farm raises livestock.