Sentences with phrase «small farms which»

Grass fed beef are typically raised on small farms which have springs, creeks and ponds on their property that the cows drink and the cows eat grass growing on these farms, so grass fed beef is actually very sustainable and uses very little water.

FOE would like to see the money used to develop home - grown animal feed to replace the imported feed and to save small farms which is unlikely unless the CAP changes dramatically.

Skartados, the seventh of eight children, was born on the Greek island of Astypalaia, and grew up on a small farm which he helped his father maintain.

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For example, 45 years ago here in Saskatchewan, pulses such as lentils and peas were a small part of the province's farm economy.9 In the 1970s, however, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan began searching for a protein crop to complement wheat, which was suffering from an oversupply and low prices.

Gavin decided to pursue environmental law while working on a small family farm, an experience which changed his perspective on the world and began connecting him to the land in new ways.

Martins is, how to raise the N520, 000 which I believe would enable me, start off / float a small scale catfish farm.»

The latest ABS projections, based on Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) estimates, indicate that farm GDP fell by around 30 per cent over the year to the June quarter 2003, subtracting a little under 1 percentage point from GDP growth, which is a slightly smaller subtraction than previously expected.

Morebath is a small sheep «farming village on the southern edge of Exmoor, and from 1520 to 1574 its parson, Sir Christopher Trychay (Catholic priests were then called «Sir» rather than «Father»), kept minute and still extant accounts of church life, which was then coterminous with village life.

Out on the farm, the storyteller keeps a journal («forty - eight animals seen today before lunch, of which all but six were birds, most small and brownish»), and begins to «experience

This had been a farming family, tilling some 20 acres on which they could sustain themselves with several cows, some food crops and a small amount of coca.

That required that people now working on small peasant farms work in factories, which were located in urban centers.

It was rather a nightmare in which the peasantry were drafted away from vines and fig trees into the army or taxed out of the possession of their small farms in order to support the Solomonic magnificence.

But for the most part their influence is small in the organizations — political parties, labor unions, manufacturers» associations, farm groups — which are most effective in determining the direction of community affairs.

I don't think I can see my house from the monastery, but on clear days, which are rare enough in western Oregon this time of year, I can get a 360 - degree view of the valley, encompassing hundreds of square miles of farms, fields, nurseries and small forests of Christmas trees.

The farm also has a small experimental orchard and research plots for grain, dry land vegetables, berries, and root crops, and a beautiful home which he helped his father build with a stunning view of the Bears Paw Mountains.

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

Pennington Farms focuses on cultivating harder - to - grow heirloom berries, which typically produce fewer, smaller berries that must be picked by hand.

What began as a small family rice farm using farming techniques ahead of its time, has grown into a mission - driven company which holds itself to a high standard in business, environmental stewardship, and the relationships it has with employees.

They partner with local farms Small Axe Farm out of Barnett, Vt., which supplies the lush salad greens and beautiful vegetables like rainbow chard, kale, and squash.

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.

The Straus family farm became the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi River, which led the way for many other small dairy farms in California to follow suit and convert to organic.

There is also a small 24 - hour market called Tiger Farms, which has a good selection of gluten - free food and stocks fresh organic vegetables purchased from the Dallas Farmers Market each week.

It should be noted that the feedlot is also a popular farming tool because it keeps the animals all in one small enclosure — which makes it easier for them to be treated with hormones and antibiotics.

Regulators also aim to help small and medium - sized farming enterprises in their conversion to organic production, proposing the authorisation of group certifications, which could save smaller farmers time and money.

The company source local milk from 43 farms in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to create its cheeses, which are cut into small wedges weighing 60g — 650g for supermarkets up to bulk cheese weighing from 1 kg — 8kgs for deli and wholesale customers.

While wintering in coffee farms, Black - throated Blue Warblers consume primarily small insects, many of which are coffee pests.

SIX SEASONS by Joshua McFadden A NYC chef who left the city to work on a small farm, Joshua McFadden will make you look at your vegetables in an entirely new fashion after reading his cookbook, which he co-authored with Martha Holmberg.

Speculation on milk prices is keeping them at an artificially low level and could cause the collapse of the Spanish dairy sector, warns the organisation which represents the interests of some of Spain's smallest farms.

Because industrial agriculture was on the rise and milk prices were unrealistically low to sustain family farming, Straus saw an exciting opportunity — Create an organic marketplace; one which reflected the true costs of production and promoted responsible land stewardship, offering a viable, principled, sustainable business model for small dairy farms.

They're smaller than their farm - raised counterparts, although not as small as the javelina, which is also called wild boar.

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.

He packed up his family, moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts to start a small farm, and left behind the restaurants Diner and Marlow & Sons, and the recently opened butcher shop Marlow & Daughters — all of which were thriving, and all of which he'd co-founded with his buddy and business partner Andrew Tarlow.

A massive 67 percent minimum wage increase, which would lead to job losses, higher costs of goods and increased property taxes, will devastate small businesses and family farms, particularly Upstate.»

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday that they are negotiating possible compromises on the minimum wage issue, which could include a lower minimum wage in Upstate New York than in New York City, excluding farms from the hike, and providing a tax credit to small businesses to help them adjust.

This sounds fine in theory, but in reality it could hit small businesses hardest, endangering family farms which rely on the basic income guaranteed under the current rules.

A small group of citizens protested outside U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik's downtown office Thursday to urge her not to vote on the upcoming Farm Bill, which contains $ 20 billion in cuts in the SNAP program.

The report is launched as part of the new FOE's Food Chain Campaign which seeks to protect small farms and prevent the decline of the sector which currently sees 4,000 jobs lost every year.

Since 2011, there has been a 72 percent increase in farm - based breweries, cideries, and distilleries in New York, which has created significant demand for barley and other small grains.

The sediments, which contain evidence of Inca farming including the remains of seeds and mites that feed on llama dung, come from Marcacocha, a small lake near Cuzco, Peru, at the heart of the ancient empire.

His question eventually led him to an ambitious project that he says will allow consumers to track the fruit and vegetables produced by thousands of small farms in New England all the way through local farmers» markets and even to the restaurants in which much of the produce ends up, all through a website or mobile - phone app.

The size of the phytoliths is an indicator of their source plant's history: wild Cucurbita plants (which include squash and gourds), for example, have significantly smaller inclusions than their farmed counterparts have.

«Small - scale farming tends to be relatively more efficient than large landholding enterprises... which continue to keep considerable amounts of land idle,» it said.

Unlike the Chernobyl disaster, which mainly affected small, self - subsisting farming villages in the Ukraine, the Fukushima accident could affect a larger population because Japan is one of the world's leading exporters of goods.

Tepary, which grows in northern Mexico and the southwest United States, is not well suited for farming — it has small beans and is prone to soil infections — but it resists drought and heat.

«This study also shows that you can not ignore small geographic areas with pig farms — places in which the 2009 pandemic originated and which the next, perhaps more severe global flu, may come from.»

Chinese bamboo generally grows on small, family - owned plots, some of which have been farmed for centuries.

Instead, choose certified wild fish whenever possible, or look for fish from smaller - scale, artisanal or boutique - style fish farms, which practice sustainable and eco-friendly techniques.

Because farmed fish are raised on unnatural diets and in small enclosures they often breed disease, which can pass to wild populations.

Experts have raised concerns about farm raised fish, which in some cases are raised on unnatural diets and crammed into small enclosures that can breed disease, prompting aquaculture operators to rely heavily on antibiotics.

It all starts with 100 % grass fed beef or organic chicken bones made with organic ingredients, which we are proud to source from small family farms who raise their animals without any added hormones and antibiotics.