Sentences with phrase «started by farmers»

Fires started by farmers in Indonesia, particularly those producing palm oil and timber for wood pulp and paper, are the main culprits of haze events in this region.

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Founded by CEO Amol Deshpande, a former venture investor with Kleiner Perkins, FBN started as a kind of professional social network for farmers.

If Reno wants to dismiss the ethical dimension of this issue, he will have to convince me that what happens in a confined poultry house from start to finish — and its complete impact on land, chicken, farmer, eater, community — is ethically defensible, especially in the face of the viable and sensible alternatives offered by operations like my own.

Determined to start a successful business and help cultivate a better way of life for conventional essential oil farmers in disadvantaged Indian villages, Mudar began the enormous task of organizing these laborers and directing them toward a more profitable agricultural pursuit: growing certified organic plants, which by their very nature command higher prices than their conventionally grown counterparts.

By the way, I'm done with my old job and not starting school for a month, so let me know if you wan na finally meet maybe at the farmers market or to cook something?

The company helps by offering small and start - up farmers advice and access to markets they might not otherwise have.

This prompted proponents to start the Allow Golden Rice tour in 2014 which was confronted by a broader Asia Farmers Network Against Golden Rice which held a conference, protest and press conference in the Philippines.

That requires a very early start, and would bring me right by the farmers market which is selling some fresh strawberries...

The chop - on - a-stick is seasoned with Riley's All - Purpose seasoning, a company started by a Pittsfield, Illinois, hog farmer.

(First published in 2012 by Australian Organic in Australian Organic Producer) Legal proceedings have started in Western Australia by a farmer who had achieved organic certification in 2004 but subsequently lost it in late 2010 when genetically modified canola was discovered on his property.

If Batian helps reduce that fear, I consider it much more likely that farmers will start to plant shade again, particularly if organic agriculture in Kenya is supported by roasters.

Two years ago, in an attempt to gain scale, Aussie Farmers took on Coles and Woolworths by adding packaged groceries to its fresh - food range and expanded into meal solutions, competing with meal kit start - ups such as Marley Spoon and Hello Fresh.

Legal proceedings have started in Western Australia by a farmer who had achieved organic certification in 2004 but subsequently lost it in late 2010 when genetically modified canola was discovered on his property.

So good that we dream about it and celebrate the start of the Farmers» Market season by taking the day off so we can take the time to catch up with everyone, and check out new vendors.

Summer squash are just starting to show up at the Northern Colorado farmer's markets, but as many of us know, by the end of the summer we will have summer squash coming out of our ears.

«Although an appeal by the County of Suffolk is underway, immediate action is necessary to give definitive answers to farmers so they can run their businesses as the growing season has already started.»

That notwithstanding, we must commend the few who have started stating the facts and holding this administration to their promises, the nurses who have not hidden their frustrations and regrets, the farmers who have started expressing their frustrations, the teachers who have started pointing out the blunders, the journalists who are defying all odds to state the facts and the supporters of the npp who have started pointing out the mistakes being committed by their administration.

If we want to increase food security and resilience of farmers in Ghana, we need to start by restoring the fertility of soils,» she added.

In itself this is likely to be less damaging than clear - felling but, says the IUCN, «the logging roads attract migrant farmers who frequently turn the forest degradation started by the logging into complete deforestation».

«We're going to start trying to generalize these results so that farmers, conservationists, land managers and governments can use them anywhere to make simple estimates of what they might gain in pest protection by protecting certain patches of the landscape.»

On a tight budget and surrounded by gorgeous farmers» markets, I started making vegetables the main attraction in my meals.

Start with organic coffee beans, produced by farmers who don't use pesticides.

Touchback sounds like it blends the Dennis Quaid baseball pic The Rookie (down - on - his - luck sports type gets a second chance) with 17 Again (lead gets transported back to a younger version of himself and starts to change his life decisions) as it finds Brian Presley as a small - town farmer / volunteer fire fighter who can't stop dreaming of the moment his football career was cut short by an injury.

Taking the same starting point as Lelio's Jewish drama, Barnard's story is also instigated by a paternal passing, with sheep farmer Ruth Wilson, who is electrifying in this movie, returning to the family farm 15 years after she escaped from under the shadow of an abusive father.

You're made to be aware of the movie's literary source — stylized voice - overs by multiple narrators, starting with Laura (Carey Mulligan), a woman who sidesteps spinsterhood by marrying a stolid farmer Henry (Jason Clarke), who chafes under the criticism of his hateful father (Jonathan Banks), and lives in the shadow of his more popular brother Jamie (Garrett Hedlund).

The film starts by offering a series of disparate stimuli: talk of Italian - German conflict during World War II, a group of young students, a mountainous Tuscan landscape clouded in fog, a solitary farmer trudging through thick brush, a shot of a beetle toppling itself over.

There's also ample opportunity to extend the lesson through action, by visiting a local farmers» market and talking with growers or starting their own vegetable garden at school.

1992: Truman, by David McCullough «In the spring of 1841, when John Tyler was president, a Kentucky farmer named Solomon Young and his red - haired wife, Harriet Louisa Young, packed their belongings and with two small children started for the Far West.»

What started out as a calender to raise money for Irish charity Bóthar is now available in a new format — the hilarious photo book Irish Farmers by Ciara Ryan.

The village of Hartenbos started life as a farm granted to Esaias Meyer, a local farmer, as a reward by the Dutch East India Company after he helped shipwrecked sailors.

The deer really want more oak trees but three of your humans want you to start building a fast food restaurant - only to get that fast food restaurant running, you have to have farmers growing food and raising cattle, a flour mill running, bakeries baking, a slaughterhouse - and each of these requires a certain amount of labor (must come from your established community) as well as power and water, which can be generated by solar power, windmills, or oil powered generators.

Befriending the locals and other farmers is part and parcel to the game, building affection levels — represented by a flower's colour — that could eventually lead to dating, marriage and starting a family.

And note in addition that in addition to the warming, there are strong trends toward decreasing rainfall across the Antipodean continent, which are backed up by tragically decreased river and stream flows, severe water restrictions in most states (starting to ease in some places due to recent floods), and a significantly increased farmer suicide rate.

It is produced by Emporio do Cerrado a communitarian network of small scale farmers, gatherers, fishermen who have started working with the seed in its pure form and in processed products (granola, cookies, and power bars, among others).

But aquaculture farmers are starting to implement innovative solutions to the wastewater problem as well: Seaweed and some shellfish like mussels can thrive on the nutrients discharged by farmed fish.

The food forest, as the designer turned urban farmer describes it, was started on a parkway next to his home, and took up the 10 - foot - wide, 150 - foot - long strip once dominated by unruly grass.

Started by the members of one urban community garden in 1992, Nuestras Raíces has grown to a network of community gardens through the city, secured thirty acres of prime farmland along the Connecticut River, organized farmer training and youth leadership programs, assisted in the creation of 25 food and agriculture businesses, community - led environmental and food policy councils and provided opportunities for hope, employment, healthy foods, and cultural celebrations in this Puerto Rican community.

Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Two Jams and a Pickle I decided this month that it is high time I learn to make preserves, and just in time since the fruits of summer are starting to dwindle in the farmers» markets.

The company started by sampling and selling their produce at regional farmers markets and food stores.

We'll see how this ruling is taken by farmers and whether they'll start to use more antibiotics for what they claim is sickness rather than growth.

And if enough of us start asking, maybe the market will start putting up signs so you don't even have to ask... you can just pick the product which is grown by a farmer whose name you know.

Start by getting a Renters insurance quote to see Farmers» affordable coverage options.

Start by speaking with a Farmers agent today.

Founded in 1922 by George J. Mecherle, a retired farmer, State Farm started as an auto insurer for Illinois farmers.

If you want to save start by getting quotes from American Family ($ 865), Farmers ($ 890), and Auto - Owners ($ 969).

We started with the five largest auto insurance providers in Missouri by market share: State Farm, American Family Insurance, Liberty Mutual, Farmers, and Shelter Mutual.

But I've started by using some organic foods & buying from local farmers (in the summer).

Animals on Bikes started out as a series of 45 sculptures created by local farmers, farmers wives, Men's sheds, bus drivers, school kids and playgroup mums in 2009, now there are more 100 sculptures on display!