Sentences with phrase «smaller scale operation»

But being a much smaller scale operation it failed to gain the necessary market traction.
i probably am way overdosed on kombu kelp and hijiki — are we concerned even about organic and sustainably harvested hijiki that i get from small scale operations like natural food coop?
Zeugner and his team have enjoyed their small scale operation with many benefits resulting from their size.
Both are run according to set of principles: ecological organic, wild, chemical - free; as local as possible; mainly plant based; largely small scale operations; supporting Fair Trade; transparent and promoting trust.
Smaller scale operations for waste water purification may be a reasonable approach, as there is a secondary benefit to include in the calculations.

Not exact matches

Larger operations tend to have greater profitability, because of economies of scale, but, at the same time, these businesses would likely capitalize more than smaller ones from any innovations.
Troops had also stumbled upon a Hamas tunnel ahead of a smaller - scale 2012 operation in the Gaza Strip, known in Israel as Pillar of Defense.
In addition to being a crucial part of Bellhops» mission of reducing the cost and pain of small - scale moving, he contends that a hassle - free payment process is critical to the success of any sharing - economy operation.
Small banks are strong supporters of the bill because it scales back many of the Dodd - Frank rules that are much more expensive for them to comply with than the big banks that have large compliance operations.
Due to limited revenue or high costs, most of these small - scale operations are not sustainable in the long term without additional funding from venture capitalists.
License holders have to commence operations within 18 months of being granted a license and are expected to provide services to small - scale and marginalized customers currently outside the ambit of the banking sector.
Because it was possible to run large - scale ASIC mining operations, mining became a way for a few small groups of people to essentially control the monetary supply of various cryptocurrencies.
Of the small businesses that do form, their share of scale - ups (ability to grow and employ 50 + people by their 10th year of operation) has dropped from 2 % to 1.6 % since 1987, indicating that the businesses which do form have an increasingly difficult time growing and creating jobs.
While the deployment was small in scale, it was large in import for a president who until now had refused to send American ground troops for any sustained operations into a country devastated by more than four years of civil war.
What began as small - scale, relatively unknown operations in the late»80s and early»90s now flourish in a culture willing to rethink its relationship with institutions and each other.
When Spongberg started out, the small scale of the company afforded him direct involvement in each restaurant's operation.
Consolidation and the weak economy have taken their toll on smaller companies in the area, and as a result Pioneer faces stiffer competition from large - scale operations, Milligan says.
Unofficial data suggests flat output as small and medium - sized farmers continue to leave the sector more quickly than large - scale operations expand.
Sgaia was set up last summer but has big ambitions for its small - scale operation.
Sal asks: I have been searching for land for about five years now to start a small scale organic operation (actually, it will start... Continued
It's been enjoyable enough that I've started looking into growing superhots and I may even set up a small scale beekeeping operation in the backyard.
Be certain — no matter how large or small your scale of operation, you'll find there is a Foster for you.
Add in the rise of small - scale hop farms and malting operations, and you have the makings of a truly local movement.
Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil is made from fresh, organic coconuts, and the family - based small - scale operation we use to make the Virgin Coconut Oil also meets organic standards.
So, how does a budding food manufacturer looking to scale up from a retail or small production operation begin to tackle sustainability?
The Food Sovereignty Movement and its allies advocate for size - appropriate legislation that is reflective of the true nature of small - scale, ethical farming operations.
Founded in 1987, the farm supports small - scale, year - round vegetable production, medicinal and culinary herbs, a seed - saving operation, and seasonal fruit.
And being a small start - up operation we do not have the economies of scale the larger fast food or packaged food companies do, and so our pricing is higher than a Lunchable or Happy Meal.
The elements of the fight have included public education, suspension of small scale mining operations to allow recovery of polluted water bodies, training of 400 small scale miners in sustainable mining practices at the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa and establishment of Operation Vanguard, a 400 man strong security force to maintain security in mining districts and to enforce the ban.
A code of practice for small - scale mining operations will be outdoored and committees will be formed in all mining Districts to fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small - scale miners
Adequate power supply is critical to the operation and success of industry, especially small and medium scale enterprises, which provide the bulk of employment.
But it would be a small - scale operation and its indigenously produced content could not match the range of that of the BBC as a whole,» he argues.
In an interview, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini outlined concrete measures he intends to take to arrest this galamsey phenomenon and increase the number of legalized small scale mining operations.
Now that the MoD seems to have lost the battle with the Treasury over who will pay the # 20bn bill for replacing Trident, many in the military are asking serious questions about whether we actually need it or not - given that every pound spent on Trident, will be a pound not spent on the basic equipment that will be needed to fight the sort of smaller - scale global operations senior officers foresee as the likely role of the military in the next few decades.
This comes on the back of the expiration of a three weeks directive to small scale illegal miners to halt their operations.
He also said the accused «conspired to undertake small scale mining operation without license contrary to section 23 (1) of the criminal offences Act 1960, Act 29».
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has disclosed that the industry has lost some US$ 551million and still counting due to the ban placed on their operations by government.
It follows demands by a civil society group, Artisanal and Small scale Mining - Africa Network for transparency in the assessment of the first phase of the operations of the...
Our corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is also home to our research operations and small scale manufacturing facility, with an international headquarters in Switzerland and world - class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark.
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation argued in the legal case that its plan to build roads and harvest trees would have minimal impact on grizzlies because it called for logging of small areas at different times rather than a full - scale clearing operation.
«Researchers will be able to make meaningful comparisons between large - scale and small - scale fisheries, nearshore and offshore fisheries, operations in industrialized countries compared to ones in developing countries, seafood aimed at export markets versus seafood primarily consumed locally, and a host of other possibilities,» said co-author Martin Smith, a professor of environmental economics at Duke University.
You might assume that this was an artifact of the operation's small scale.
The cost difference is due, in part, to the smaller scale of the MyMicrobes operation, and in part to the size of the bacterial genome, which Bork says contains around 5 billion letters of DNA, compared to the 3.3 billion in the human genome.
In 13 years, small - scale mining operations increased by 600 % and the amount of land in the state affected by gold mining quadrupled, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The SFLF pilot model seems to be a very attractive option for small farmers who can significantly increase their income by harmonizing and synchronizing selected operations to achieve scale and gain bargaining power in input purchase and output sales.
In the early days most Open Access journals were small - scale individual operations run by groups or individual scientists, much in the same spirit as Open Source Software projects [4].
Here is a list of the different lessons in this Year 3 SpringBoard Pack: Lesson 1a: PLACE VALUE AND ORDERING OF NUMBERS TO 100 Lesson 1b: PLACE VALUE AND ORDERING OF NUMBERS TO 100 Lesson 2a: ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FACTS Lesson 2b: ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION FACTS Lesson 3a: COUNTING AND ORDERING Lesson 3b: COUNTING AND ORDERING Lesson 4a: DOUBLING AND HALVING NUMBERS Lesson 4b: DOUBLING AND HALVING NUMBERS Lesson 5a: MENTAL CALCULATION STRATEGIES Lesson 5b: MENTAL CALCULATION STRATEGIES Lesson 6a: SUBTRACTION BY COUNTING ON FROM THE SMALLER NUMBER Lesson 6b: SUBTRACTION BY COUNTING ON FROM THE SMALLER NUMBER Lesson 7a: UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLICATION Lesson 7b: UNDERSTANDING MULTIPLICATION Lesson 8a: SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE OPERATION TO SOLVE A PROBLEM Lesson 8b: SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE OPERATION TO SOLVE A PROBLEM Lesson 9a: USING MONEY Lesson 9b: USING MONEY Lesson 10a: READING SCALES Lesson 10b: READING SCALES Do you ever wish there was a simple to use, comprehensive way to boost your Year 3 Numeracy grades?
In 2008, the small - scale German manufacturer Bitter, which had been dormant for several years, resumed its operations with the new Bitter Vero, first showcased at the Geneva Motor Show.
This could be anything from a small one man operation to a large scale site with many different reporters.
Some small and very specialized breeding operations bred saddle horses for hunter and jumper competitions — these tended to be small - scale operations owned by wealthy private breeders who kept one or two horses at stud.
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