Sentences with phrase «run farms raises»

But the realization that successful large - scale operations have to function like well - run farms raises the issue of competition with food crops for water and land, says agronomist Raymond Jongschaap of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

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Sourced from over 100 family - run farms using sustainable methods, Blue Apron's antibiotic and hormone - free animal products, are raised with respect or by using regenerative soil practices.
By purchasing our chickens people are directly supporting the farmers who raise them, rather than a large company that runs vertically integrated farming systems producing cheap food.
Since 1868, his family has run diverse farming and ranching operations, raising everything from cattle and grain to corn for the popular snack, Corn Nuts, and peppers for Ortega Chiles.
B. By purchasing our chickens people are directly supporting the farmers who raise them, rather than a large company that runs factory farms producing cheap food.
Chef Chris Kiyuna and owners Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint run their own aquaponic green house in Oakland; source local, pasture - raised meats using a carbon - farming method to minimize Co2 impact; and bake their bread with kernza, a perennial wheat that helps restore the soil ecosystem.
Shadow agriculture minister Jim Paice said the revelation raised questions about how the RPA was running - the Conservatives have previously called for farming minister Lord Bach to resign over the payments row.
His pitch: Thirty years ago, when he was first asked to run for Town Trustee, Mr. Krupski recalls having no experience at all politically, being born and raised on a farm.
Sara has devoted her career to building community in the nonprofit sector while raising her 13 year - old daughter, Olive, and running a second - generation farm with her husband, Sean, and mother - in - law, Pat.
The brilliance is that it allows for multiple animal and plant species to be raised on the same surface area: while a well - run polyculture farm usually produces far fewer pigs than say, a pig factory farm, it has the potential to produce far more biomass on the same surface area.
Locally Laid tells the story of a Midwestern family who went from having no agricultural experience to raising a few backyard chickens to running a full - fledged farm.
Raised on a midwest livestock and grain farm so have run just about every kind of equipment.
Farm Sanctuarys Plant - Powered Runs raise awareness about the healthful benefits of going vegan.
In addition to the usual raising animals and harvesting crops to build up their town, players are tasked with running a store and selling items raised from their farms.
He was attracted to Placidia because she was spirited and he felt she was strong enough to do the job of running the farm and raising his son.
Together, they bought a beef farm where they lived for two years before the responsibility of running it while raising a family overwhelmed them.
On our farm, we raise corn and soybeans, run a show pig operation, and breed the finest in AKC Registered Show or Pet Great Danes, French Bulldogs and Irish Wolfhounds.
ORIJEN Original Freeze - Dried cat treats are loaded with goodness from fresh chicken and turkey, raised free - run on local farms, plus fresh monkfish caught wild from New England's cold Atlantic waters.
Crystal Lake Farms birds are free of antibiotics and hormones, are fed a vegetarian diet and are humanely raised according to GAP Step 4, meaning they have continuous access to outdoor run except during inclement weather.
The long - running Natsume - published Harvest Moon series, for example, adds partner selection and marriage to place a sense of real life alongside what's largely a farming / raising and resource management sim; Natsume's latest offering, the Cave - developed Princess Debut, places dating sim elements alongside a rhythm game in a young maiden's quest to get ready for the glamorous ball.
Run a farm, plant your crops, breed and raise animals.
The sandbox nature encourages you to play the way you want: Raise a family, farm your land, run your shops, and explore a lovingly crafted land where all the old proverbs and superstitions are true.
Having run a small hill farm on the Cambrian mountains for the last 10 years (160acres in - by plus hill commons grazing rights for 700 head) I've been able to ask those born and bred as shepherds what fraction of the hill they see as no use for raising sheep.
NFU and Farmers Weekly recently ran a combined campaign to raise awareness of succession planning and issues within family run farms.
We raise farm ranch catfish in this part of the country, and the farmers run paddlewheels at night to aerate with water and keep the oxygen levels up.
Two weeks there every summer eating fresh food grown / raised on their farm, fishing in their tanks, pumping water from the tank outside and visiting the outhouse (my dad eventually installed running water and an indoor bathroom)-- we kids couldn't wait.
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