Sentences with phrase «scale farmers who»

Even large - scale farmers who are allocated large areas for cultivation, abandon the land and leave it as bare when it becomes non-productive.

Alter Eco invites consumers in the United States to celebrate the International Year of Quinoa and discover how eating Alter Eco quinoa will give a substantial nutritional boost to their diet, while directly benefitting the small - scale farmers who produce it.

Not exact matches

SokoText, from students at the London School of Economics, has been testing similar technology in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, by sending text messages from small - scale rural farmers to individuals in slums who want to secure wholesale prices for healthy produce once it arrives at a market.

We have been alerted to a number of farmers (in addition to me) who have asked APL to please show how the organisation is actively supporting small - scale farms, but to date we have had only platitudes.

«One event can not change the system, but together we can celebrate the chefs and farmers who continue to tilt the scales back towards responsibly grown food.»

Fairtrade - certified vanilla indicates that it was grown by small - scale farmers in developing countries who receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices.

The federal government's assault on small - scale family farmers who desire to market products directly from the farm to the consumer is well documented here at Health Impact News.

Provide free access to postharvest training materials for those who are involved in extension work and training of farmers, produce handlers, small - scale food processors, and marketers.

Conduct a variety of postharvest e-learning programs for young professionals who work with small - scale farmers in developing countries.

Earlier this year (March 2017) we reported how the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture issued «cease and desist» orders to a few small - scale Amish egg farmers in Wisconsin who have been shipping soy - free cage - free eggs to customers across the U.S. for over 7 years.

The Dean Organic Fund will benefit small scale organic farmers and food producers who want to expand their businesses.

Secondly, they want «resilient food production systems», which utilise ecological production methods, and are based on «a multitude of smallholder farmers, gardeners and small - scale fishers who produce local food as the backbone of the food system».

Most small - scale family farmers live in remote locations and lack access to credit, so they are vulnerable to middlemen who offer cash for their coffee at a fraction of its value.

Hmmm, but couldn't you make the argument that producing raw milk safely (and ethically, for people who are concerned about that) is not nearly as efficient as large scale operations producing milk that is going to be pasteurized, and therefore costs more for the farmer?

A mere afternoon with an Israeli NGO in the West Bank is evocative of the scale of the settlers» enterprise on land that was more - or-less extorted from local farmers, who, ironically, often end up working for those who exploit their land.

A study by Qaim had shown that small - scale farmers in India who grew genetically modified cotton had larger harvests compared with conventional cotton growers.

The SFLF pilot model seems to be a very attractive option for small farmers who can significantly increase their income by harmonizing and synchronizing selected operations to achieve scale and gain bargaining power in input purchase and output sales.

The federal government's assault on small - scale family farmers who desire to market products directly from the farm to the consumer is well documented here at Health Impact News.

It is produced by Emporio do Cerrado a communitarian network of small scale farmers, gatherers, fishermen who have started working with the seed in its pure form and in processed products (granola, cookies, and power bars, among others).

The researchers believe that the scale of wild bee decline will push farmers to rely even more heavily on commercial honey bee operators who travel across the US, hiring out colonies for pollination.

In India and China, many small - scale farmers (who are the bulk of farmers in India, for example) have been displaced by factory farms.

Sandy is a large scale chicken farmer in the mountains of north Georgia, who prides himself on his clean, well - ventilated chicken houses.