Sentences with phrase «scale pig farming»

According to the article: «This virus has been evolving for a long time, no doubt aided in its transformation by the ecology of industrial - scale pig farming in North America.»

The proliferation of large - scale pig farming appeared to be a critical factor.

Not exact matches

And yet by conflating all sizes and types of pig and poultry farms into one category, the package of reforms released by the NSW Government presents a major risk to the future of small - scale free - range pig and poultry farming.

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.

The AIAC called for the scheme to recognise the lower risk small - scale pastured pig and poultry farms pose, and for planning controls to be commensurate with that risk.

The goal, to celebrate family farms, create culinary awareness for heritage breed pigs and tilt the scales to favor today's emerging chef community struggling to pay premium prices for safer, more flavorful food raised by real farmers.

The proposal to allow cattle feedlots of up to 1,000 cattle in the Farming Zone without a permit nor a setback from neighbours, while 100 pigs or 450 poultry in highly mobile systems trigger the notice and review process, suggests that there may not merely be ignorance of small - scale farming systems, but something more sinister aFarming Zone without a permit nor a setback from neighbours, while 100 pigs or 450 poultry in highly mobile systems trigger the notice and review process, suggests that there may not merely be ignorance of small - scale farming systems, but something more sinister afarming systems, but something more sinister at play.

We call on Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford and Minister for Planning Richard Wynne to explain why small - scale pastured pig and poultry farms are to be subjected to greater scrutiny and compliance costs than cattle feedlots, instead of being treated under the law like other grazing systems that rely on supplemental feed such as the majority of Victorian beef and dairy cattle.

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.

Free range pig and chicken farming, practised on the current scale, can be environmentally disastrous.