Sentences with phrase «small farms who»

One local farmer, who is not part of the program at this point, said his biggest concern is that its funding — which comes from a large grant — will disappear somehow at some point in the near future and then you'd have these small farms who have ramped up production a bit to meet the demands of these large local chains getting stuck with a whole bunch of product they wouldn't be able to move.

Here is an update from the Weston A. Price foundation, an amazing «watchdog» and protector of small farms who are producing food the «right» way (organic, biodynamic, pasture - raised, etc.):

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Founder and owner Craig Howard, who also runs a small Kansas City organics catering company, says he was inspired by the self - serve and honor - based model used by many traditional farm stands.

For the past 10 years, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has focused on bringing an end to the confinement of farm animals, mainly pigs and young cows (future veal) who are kept in crates without room to turn around, and the egg - laying hens kept in cages too small to spread their wings.

As the oft - told story goes, Kamprad was a born entrepreneur, who, while growing up on a small Swedish farm, began selling matches off the back of his bicycle at the age of five.

When he returned home, he shared his story with Hazel, who recalled her childhood living on a small farm in Costa Rica where there was no water and few comforts.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

Government policies should favor much smaller farms worked by owners who care for the land.

In Acts, Peter says that Judas was the one who bought it, and the Greek word he uses implies that it was a small farm, not a mere field.

There were a lot of Sikhs who supported him and his idealogies and wanted their own state because they believed that land was theirs, they farmed and lived on it for centuries and provided the majority of Indias food with a small area.

I am forwarding the whole series of posts on this matter so far to a friend who is a farmer and pastor of a small congregation in a small rural farming town of South Africa.

Ferguson describes meeting the protest's leader, a rhapsodist of the Old Confederacy, who believes Lincoln «invented the concept of Total War» in order to advance the interests of Big Business and Big Government and smash «a Southern culture of farms and small towns that only asked to be left alone.»

Later in life Luther, with his wife, engaged in a good deal of gardening and small farming, and drew on the early experience, of his parents, his grandfather, and of his uncle who had inherited the old family farm.

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.

Battery farms consist of huge, windowless sheds housing thousands of hens who are crammed four or five at a time into small wire cages stacked on top of each other in rows.

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.

The federal government's assault on small - scale family farmers who desire to market products directly from the farm to the consumer is well documented here at Health Impact News.

They're not only made of love but from love — hand - grown on approximately 5,000 small, family farms throughout Central and Southern California, by growers who nurture the fruit in the tree for over a year.

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.

Our submission also cites egregious examples from Victoria's meat regulator PrimeSafe, the huge impact of knee - jerk changes to regulation of raw milk on small - scale dairy farms (many of whom have now gone out of business), and the complicated business of ensuring appropriate labeling of GMO and imported ingredients while not creating an extra burden for small - scale producers who sell directly to the public.

In many cases, heirloom plants do meet the guidelines of the USDA's National Organic Program because they are typically grown by small - scale gardeners who have adopted organic farming practices.

Having conquered a number of world capitals with his dazzling cuisine, the new Executive Chef, who grew up in a small farming town in France, is delighted to be «coming home» to an environment with a small - town feeling, surrounded by the bounty of Arkansas agriculture to fuel his art.

These raw, heirloom olives are grown by small family farms and co-ops in Greece who follow the same traditional agricultural methods used in the region for thousands of years.

Like you, State Farm ® agents are small business owners who know the importance of developing a plan for continued financial security.

«Processing the food isn't covered by [farm - to - school] grants, so it's the smaller districts — that have the time for processing — that are buying my food,» said St. Pierre, who sold about 400 pounds of turnips to Alaska schools last season.

She and her husband Walter are the proud parents of a son who came into their lives through adoption, and live on a ranchette in rural Texas with a small herd of rescued Great Danes and other farm animals.

The two larger hospitals have lower c - section rates than the smaller hospital closest to me and they also boast women's clinics with multiple midwives on staff, but my homebirth midwife recommended an OB at the closer hospital — a personal friend of hers — who had given birth her own child at The Farm (with Ina May as a back - up midwife!)

I was a hippie for 26 years and met many lovely people who farmed, grew organic produce, left small carbon foot prints and delivered their babies into the hope of a peaceful wold.

I saw the power of Stakeholder Finance in the wind guilds of Denmark, groups of small investors who joined together to fund wind farms.

The Cuomo Administration report has angered business groups, who say the study is skewed, and does not look at impacts a two thirds wage hike would have on small business owners, small farms, and local governments and school districts.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

A couple who run a small urban farm said powerful Queens Sen. James Sanders, who is now running for Congress, offered them $ 1.7 million in taxpayer money to fund their operation — then demanded a $ 250,000 kickback.

«I don't see how we can possibly justify providing tax cuts to the richest people in our society,» said Deutsch, who says family farms or small businesses should be given exemptions instead.

«It impacts small businesses, and family farms,» said Silver, who says some heirs are forced to sell their farms or businesses to just to pay the estate taxes, something he says is not «appropriate».

A small dam in M'bé near Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire represents the inspiring story of unsung heroes who helped more than 300 farming households survive a difficult time when they had little hope.

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.

Plus — speaking as a gal who loves a good cup of coffee — Nica is home to small - batch, family - run coffee farms that use an especially delicious, fruity bean.

The federal government's assault on small - scale family farmers who desire to market products directly from the farm to the consumer is well documented here at Health Impact News.

It's grown on a small farm in India by people who care about natural farming.

It all starts with organic beef or chicken bones, which we are proud to source from small family farms who raise their animals following organic principles, without any added hormones and antibiotics.

Our smaller farms are being bought out by large firms & are converted to large factory farms who are solely interested in production & profit.

From our research the coconut nectar produced by these brands also supports the work of small family owned farms who employ sustainable farming practices.

The Weston A. Price foundation and many small family farms are promoting a return to this way of farming and living that supports the health of the animals, the people who eat them, the land, and our future.

Since 2004, the non-profit Weston A. Price Foundation's team of food experts has scrutinized thousands of products and brands from small local farms to big ones who retail their products in grocery stores.

I was born and raised in Southern France on a small farm mid nineties and the cimetery is full of people who died in their nineties.

We'd love a Berkey because we live in a small farming area, surrounded by farmers who spray so many chemicals on their crops that we have to keep our doors / windows shut on days when they spray.

Russ and I went to visit my parents who live in a small town in Oklahoma on a farm.

I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

I'm just an old country girl looking for someone who enjoys country living I own a farm and enjoy working on it I'm a regestered nurse by profession and I work next I work in a small country hospital.i enjoy my job i like to help others

A small town farm girl who enjoys the great outdoors!