Sentences with phrase «scale farms where»

Viva Naturals doesn't source its coconuts from large - scale farms where machines pop thousands of coconuts off the trees every day.

Not exact matches

Increasingly agronomists like the UK's Jules Pretty are demonstrating that yields are highest not on industrial - scale farms, but on five - acre and ten - acre spreads where intense concentration can be brought to bear on each square meter of cropland.

«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.

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

Recommendation: that after the definition of «Intensive Animal Husbandry» is revised to no longer include small - scale, low stocking density, free - range farms, that buffer distances are determined in close collaboration with communities on a case - by - case basis where intensive agriculture is proposed.

Responding, Governor Ambode said the reason for inspecting the project was first to appreciate the level of investment already committed to the farm by government and then see how to scale it up where necessary.

Another company ready to make the leap into commercial scale production of algae fuel is Sapphire Energy, which operates a 2,200 acre algae farm in New Mexico where oil is harvested across 70 open ponds and refined on site.

A particular challenge for science is the growing evidence that social - ecological interactions across scales can generate regime shifts where profound and abrupt changes can occur in systems ranging from local ecosystems (such as lakes) to large biomes (such as the Arctic); from local communities (such as farming systems) to regional economic sectors (e.g., global fisheries).

«We think helping farmed animals is the animal cause that currently offers the most promising blend of scale, tractability, and neglectedness -LSB-...] For the casual funder who wants a cause to support where the average organization will be helping many animals, farm animal advocacy is, in our opinion, the best match.

On the return we will stop in the towns of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque, with their beautiful colonial churches, as well as in the viewpoints of Choquetico and Antahuilque, from where we will observe impressive andenería farming platforms of the valley, and tombs in pre-Incas scale models.

is a small - scale farming simulator where you raise crops, befriend villagers, and start up your own successful farm — all the while (potentially) pursuing one of the candidates for marriage to eventually build your own family.

(More) Friends of Mineral Town is a small - scale farming simulator where you raise crops, befriend villagers, and start up your own successful farm — all the while (potentially) pursuing one of the candidates for marriage to eventually build your own family.

The grounds and the scale of his operation are amazing, and so is his studio, where the «First Marks» series is receding behind newer works, where chicken coops are migrating off the farm directly onto his canvases, and narratives take the form of the artist wrestling with Abe, his 800 - pound aging great boar who has fathered most of his heritage - line pigs while serving as a complicated alter - ego and muse to the artist.

In its narrowest sense it applies to intensive and highly productive agroecology, where it is often described as a mesh of traditional / organic farming methods, the science of ecology, and efficient design, and in this sense it has shown great results on small - scale holdings and in Third World and developing countries.

It suggests three major changes: 1) project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes; 2) this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful «multiple - benefit» approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers; 3) climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public international development finance.

In fact, recent data indicates that small - scale and community - based wind projects have 3.5 times the economic benefit for local communities because the owners typically reside where the farm has been built.

Methinks the carbon fuel industry is very happy to keep the national discussion exactly where it has always been - on smale - scale rooftop solar and local wind farms, where the burden of financing crushes most implementation.

With respect to the proposed legislation where I am in agreement with the naysayers is the failure to include or consider the carbon reduction possibilities available the rural industry, through; improved agricultural practices, encouraging on farm carbon storage via tree planting and carbon storage and the discourgement of large scale land clearing.

In the Andes where their glacial retreat and loss of water along with the timing of rains is having negative effects on farming, large - scale they are adopting Waru - Waru & restoring Inca canals & land transformation to enhance yields and preserve water.

American wind power was born in the Golden State, where the first large - scale wind farms were built three decades ago.

Jason believes that North Americans need to look to the rest of the world for examples of small - scale farms, where 95 percent of the world's farms are still less than 12 acres (5 hectares).

They weren't able to buy this land, but on a cooperative basis where they combine farming their and our land, they have been able to achieve economies of scale which have allowed them to have their sons return from the oilfields.

Miranda Leppla Clean Energy Attorney, Ohio Environmental Council Prior to joining the OEC, Miranda was in private practice for several years where her practice focused on litigation, natural gas utility issues, and utility - scale wind farm permitting.

In Australia most utility scale wind turbines are in «farms» where there are commonly at least twenty or even up to a hundred in one area.

Acreage and hobby farming land could be accompanied by a map showing where buildings are to give a sense of scale, as could an empty piece of land.