Sentences with phrase «scale farming in»

But urine recycling may never become a part of large - scale farming in industrialized countries, because implementing it would mean drastically remodeling sewage systems in order to collect and transport liquid waste.

This is already happening by default in Latin America and elsewhere: in Vietnam, forest area has been increasing since the 1990s after small - scale, unproductive agriculture was made uncompetitive by more intensive, larger - scale farming in the more open market economy.

«The area of North Carolina where we are located has seen an increase in small scale farming in the last five to 10 years,» Ainspan explains.

Jim Soran, second - generation bean guy and co-owner of Zürsun Beans, works with farmers to grow on small - scale farms in the Snake River Canyon region of Idaho, a.k.a. the Magic Valley.

A recent report by UNEP and the UN Conference on Trade and Development surveyed 114 small - scale farms in 24 African countries, publishing our findings in late 2008.

Not exact matches

Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

«We knew that a larger scale farm could be attractive and profitable in the long run.»

One person driving less, eating less factory - farmed meat, flying less, polluting less, using less air conditioning — you know things you could do — may affect little on a global CO2 scale, but maybe today, if everyone who reads this article who cares about Thoreau's legacy, who believes in self - determination, who calls him - or herself a leader, or just wants to be one, acts by his or her values...

With the rules in development, there are concerns that cottage - industry growers could be driven out by corporate - type businesses, much the way large - scale agribusiness doomed family farms in the Midwest.

As much as Trump complains about Mexico taking jobs away from Americans, the truth is that NAFTA opened up the markets in Mexico to American goods to such an extent that most of the gasoline in Mexico (70 % now) comes from the U.S.. Most of Mexico's corn and poultry and many other farmed goods come from the U.S. also, as U.S. industrial farming was already far more efficient than Mexico's small scale farms.

The company has been investing in farmland since 2004 and operates two large - scale farming operations totaling 28,000 acres of grain production.

In the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.&raquIn the middle third of the U.S., wind farms have an all - in cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.&raquin cost that is less than a third that of a new natural gas - fired plant, and wind power is also well below the cost of power from large - scale solar farms.»

Businesses in tangential industries may also want to consider retraining their own workers — electric utilities, for example, can retrain their coal - fired power plant workers for positions involving utility - scale solar farms.

Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.

What Brownson did not see — what in 1840 was still far from obvious — was that a modern economy could not operate on the basis of small farms and shops, that it had an inherent drive toward a scale that was simply irreconcilable with the traditional American stress on every man his own master.

As the hitherto protected agricultural sector of the South is, in compliance with the requirements of the GATT Final Act, opened up to imports (mainly from the North) and as land laws are revised to facilitate corporate farming, there will inevitably be large - scale displacement of such communities.

The report estimated there were 15 commercial - scale vertical farms and rooftop greenhouses in North America at the time of publication.

He told me that these are not farmed on a large scale in Trinidad, but that many people in the rural interior grow them in their yards and small farms.

Some small - scale farmers use the same feed the battery farms use, which is what you're trying to avoid in the first place.

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.

Small - scale, low - risk farms should be excluded from the definition of «intensive» or allowed in the definition of «extensive.»

Join us in demanding change by sharing a photo of your pastured poultry or pork operation and calling on ministers to support scale - appropriate planning controls that encourage rather than hinder regenerative and ethical farming in Victoria.

Penny Kothe, pastured pig and poultry farmer and owner of Caroola Farm in Mulloon, notes that, «a 500m buffer means that almost all small - scale pig and poultry farms would require costly council approvals.

We carefully hand select our superfoods from family farms in traditional communities, where small - scale, sustainable practices yield products of superior quality.

The challenges involved in meeting USDA's strong pasture standard implemented in 2011 may dampen the movement to large - scale dairy farms seen in conventional dairy production.

By 2000 Pacific Farms scaled back their commercial production (which they hope to restart in the near future), but they still grow plants for customers who want to grow wasabi as a hobby (six live plants for $ 22.95 plus shipping).

«We are the first business in the world to have launched an SMS platform that enables farmers to access tailored information sourced sustainably — and with the potential to scale — from within the farming community itself, so that they can increase resilience to climate change, increase crop yield and improve their livelihoods whether or not they are online.»

Reducing Food Losses from Farm to Market, October 2014: An introduction to small - scale appropriate postharvest handling practices, with illustrations and resources for you to use in your own training programs.

In this International Year of Family Farming, farmers» leaders from every arable continent have clearly stated that the focus must be on the vast majority of the worlds farmers, small holder family farms rather than large scale agribusiness.

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.

A portfolio of four large - scale dairy farms in north - west Tasmania that supply milk to Murray Goulburn has been listed for sale with price expectations around $ 30 million.

As foreshadowed in The Australian Financial Review AAM Investment Group's Southern Cross Poultry Fund has just completed the acquisition of seven large - scale poultry farms north - east of Adelaide for about $ 50 million after raising $ 36.2 million of equity.

Fairtrade Certified Pure Vanilla ensures small - scale farmers in developing countries receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices, which in return, stabilizes vanilla producing communities and protects the environment.

Nick Maravell Farmer: Buckeystown, MD Nick has been farming organically for more than 40 years, starting on a commercial scale in 1979.

JUST's mission statement of providing plant based meats and eggs to prevent the slaughter of farm animals and its inherent large scale ecological damage also implies a future of genetically engineered meat products created in laboratores.

Firmenich, Danone and Mars announced plans to make a significant investment through Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (Livelihoods 3F) in a large - scale, innovative vanilla farming model in MadaFarming (Livelihoods 3F) in a large - scale, innovative vanilla farming model in Madafarming model in Madagascar.

As the largest Rainforest Certified Coffee Farm in Costa Rica, it is a pioneer in sustainable practices applied on a large agricultural scale.

Our organic heirloom potatoes come from small - scale family farms in rural southwestern Wisconsin.

Through a combination of classroom and in - field instruction, apprentices gain experience with the broad array of skills needed for success in managing a small - scale sustainable farm.

Fairtrade Certified Vanilla ensures that small - scale farmers in developing countries receive a fair price and use sustainable farming practices, stabilizing vanilla - producing communities and protecting the environment.

Investment in large scale dairy farming operations.

Traditional farming methods, organic agriculture, and small - scale farming, are championed while all that is associated with the Green Revolution is reviled: in short, science and technology are bad; natural, organic and small - scale is good.

As the Good Food EXPO grew, FamilyFarmed recognized the need to facilitate connections between food and farm entrepreneurs who are seeking to start up or scale up, and investors and lenders who have shown increasing interest in the Good Food sector.

In anticipation of its activities at Natural Products Expo West, The Organic Center released new research findings from the University of Virginia in collaboration with The Organic Center showing that organic farming can help reduce nitrogen pollution on a global scalIn anticipation of its activities at Natural Products Expo West, The Organic Center released new research findings from the University of Virginia in collaboration with The Organic Center showing that organic farming can help reduce nitrogen pollution on a global scalin collaboration with The Organic Center showing that organic farming can help reduce nitrogen pollution on a global scale.

This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his Marin county organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.

As the food supply chain in Australia became steadily more centralised over the decades, the viability of the small - scale, diversified family farming model was increasingly threatened, as Gary explained:

In 2017, Straus introduced his new full - scale electric feed truck to close the conservation loop on his dairy farm, proving that sustainable organic farming is a critical part of feasible solutions to reversing climate change.

Add in the rise of small - scale hop farms and malting operations, and you have the makings of a truly local movement.

GRAIN believes that the solution to reducing GHGs is an industry - wide transition from «factory farming and agribusiness» to small - scale producers and local food systems that provide moderate production level of meat and «do so in a way that regenerates soils, provides livelihoods to rural and urban communities and makes crops and animals resilient to the vagaries of an unpredictable climate.»

While in principle AFSA supports strengthening permit triggers, application requirements and referral arrangements for genuine intensive animal industry applications (as per a new definition that excludes genuine small - scale free range farms), caution must be applied when increasing regulatory burden on the farming sector, which is already subject to a high regulatory burden.