Sentences with phrase «small agricultural towns»
Once hidden in the shadows of small agricultural towns and secluded back yards, the hard work of animal welfare organizations across the globe has helped bring these horrific facilities into the spotlight.
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Most of my formative years were spent in the small agricultural town of Bunkie, Louisiana, which has a population of about 5000.
Ransom is principal of the bilingual Academy of International Studies in Woodburn, a small agricultural town halfway between Portland and Salem.
It wasn't until the middle of the twentieth century that McAllen grew beyond being a small agricultural town.
From Cairns City follow the Captain Cook Highway past Port Douglas and through the small agricultural town of Mossman.
Just a little bit north of Nipomo lies a small agricultural town with a European feel.
Turrialba is a small agricultural town of the lush Central Valley region of Costa Rica, within the Cartago province, 53 km east of the capital city of San Jose.
Turrialba is a small agricultural town of the lush Central Valley region of Costa Rica, within the Cartago province, 53...
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The grandson of farmers, and son of an agricultural extension agent, Harrison grew up in small Michigan towns — Grayling, Reed City, Haslett — where he developed a love of books and a primal bond with the outdoors, «bone - and marrow - deep.»
Fort Langley is surrounded by agricultural land and there are no plans to develop this land anytime soon, which is great news for current homeowners and anyone that wants to live in a small town with access to big city amenities.
That is, he hails from the Central Valley town of Hanford — a small town, but an agricultural giant.
Early history and career: Michael Merzenich was born in 1942 in the town of Lebanon in the US state of Oregon, the son of a factory foreman and supervisor and a German - American mother in this small agricultural and lumbering community.
The town is now a bedroom community for the Portland area and the epicenter of Oregon's wine country, straddling both cultural and geographic boundaries among city, suburb, small - town, and agricultural regions.
Fort Langley is surrounded by agricultural land and there are no plans to develop this land anytime soon, which is great news for current homeowners and anyone that wants to live in a small town with access to big city amenities.
From a Shawnee Indian settlement to a busy railroad depot to a small agricultural community, the town has evolved into a haven for families largely due to its low crime rate and higher incomes.
I pursued my dream by attending the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the small town of Truro NS.
Whilst it's described as a small, agricultural town (farmers use it as a base) perhaps it is the comparison with its neighbours that makes Zastron attractive as a place to stay.
One of those establishments is The Victorian Café, a small restaurant situated in Main Street just opposite the beautifully restored Agricultural Hall, one of the town's main attractions.
The journey leads to spectacular lookouts, waterfalls, lakes, national parks, rainforests, agricultural lands, sugar cane, tropical fruit plantations and charming small towns rich in arts and crafts, music and festivals.
Then it is back to the present as you travel south west over rich fertile farmlands, through the agricultural service towns of Balclutha, Gore, and other small villages.
Located off Highway 1 on the Pacific side of the peninsula, El Rosario is primarily an agricultural town, with a population only slightly smaller than the population of Marfa, Texas today (around 1,900 people).
Another paper, by researchers in the UK, shows that soil in allotments — the small patches in towns and cities that people cultivate by hand — contains a third more organic carbon than agricultural soil and 25 % more nitrogen.
From Goat Patrol's urban landscaping to the Quite Contrary After - School Farm, my adopted home town of Carrboro, NC is not short of innovative small - scale agricultural initiatives.
Originally a small rural town, the introduction of a railroad station created an agricultural boom.