Sentences with phrase «through farming land»

Once again we travel through farming land before taking the Germein Gorge through the southern Flinders Ranges, then a four wheel drive vehicle track up to the top of the ranges stopping to view the gulf of St Vincent in the distance.

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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.

Deseret Management Corp., the company through which the church holds almost all its commercial as - sets, is one of the largest owners of farm and ranch land in the country, including 49 for - profit parcels in addition to the Deseret Ranch.

Through our training and certification programs, we are promoting farming techniques designed to protect the land for future generations.

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categorFarm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categorfarm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

Through a rice research and development project, women who recently fought in the civil war of the east African country of Burundi are getting unprecedented access to farm land and training to produce rice and are building better livelihoods for themselves, their families, and communities.

Through years of working the land, the Cervantes» 1,500 acre farm has become one of the most innovative and efficient operations in the Southwest.

«There are places in the world where fish farming is best suited and there are places where the production of beef is best suited and particularly through out northern Australia, not only northern Australia but through out the country, where beef production can be an efficient way of utilising that product that's produced naturally in the grass lands, so beef production will remain in those areas.

The foundation is national in scope and designed to prove that under wise use of the land a healthy ecology will result in abundant wildlife and better plant cover, yet at the same time provide long - term economic returns as great as, or greater than, those derived through overgrazing and bad farming practices.

We (the kids and I) spent last Tuesday through Friday out on 350 acres of land (affectionately dubbed «The Farm» by the family who owns it) with a group of homeschooling moms and their kiddos (of all ages).

HIs contributions to our neighborhood have included «securing financing through the State's Secured Hospital Revenue Bond Program so that Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center could modernize and expand; providing the Lifeline Center for Child Development with a permanent home; securing the financial support that has enabled the Bayside Historical Society to undertake its restoration of the Fort Totten Officers Club; creating the Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society to operate the former Adriance Farm Site as the Queens Farm Museum and transferring 52 acres of surrounding land to New York City for permanent use as horticultural - agricultural parklands; and providing land for the Cross Island YMCA to expand, for the Hollis - Bellaire - Queens Village - Bellerose Little League to own their ball fields and for Catholic Charities of the Brooklyn - Queens Diocese to develop senior citizen housing in Bellerose.

That's when I first rode «Listen to the Land,» a slow boat tour through futuristic greenhouses in which plants sprouted from Styrofoam, hung from floating rails, and thrived in symbiosis with tilapia farms.

In addition, by paving over previously open space — or farming previously reserved lands — communities in these watersheds contribute to record high waters through increased runoff.

Federal conservation programs funded through the Farm Bill, such as Working Lands for Wildlife and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on their lLands for Wildlife and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to conduct conservation on their landslands.

«Sparing tracts of land as natural habitat is much better for the vast majority of species than a halfway house of lower - yielding but «wildlife - friendly» farming, and we have recently shown that in the UK land spared through high - yield farming could even sequester enough greenhouse gases to mitigate the UK's agricultural emissions *,» said Balmford.

But trekking south towards Yellowstone through the Big Belts could be a relatively constrained and precarious route for bears, hemmed in by private land in low - lying valleys harboring highways, ranches, farms, and urban centers.

By exploring the land, joining forces with the locals and contributing to their community through optional talents like farming, crafting, cooking, fishing and brewing, adventurers can help the island flourish.

While programs are still far from being able to meet the feeding needs of the population, supplementing the ration while teaching farming methods, securing land for refugees, and ensuring environmental sustainability continues to contribute to an improved quality of life for the participants through diet and productivity.

The ancestor project (an exploration of family through dramatis persona) follows the farm immersion experience that offers a sensorial understanding of what it was like to live without electricity, to lug water, to clear the land for pasture, to nurture animals that, in turn, end up on the table to nurture the family.

Puvidham students have started on a path to social activism through their theater skills, too: Older students write and perform skits in neighboring villages about relevant local and environmental issues, such as land degradation, chemical farming, and water conservation.

Home is the Harper ranch / farm, a once - sizable hunk of land with the San Juan River dribbling through, giving just enough water to sustain fields of alfalfa and scraggly cattle.

Australian Shepherds were named through a misconception of their origin — an ancestor may have trekked through the land down under along the way, but the breed actually evolved on farms and ranches in the United States.

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet change.

The landscape varies from lunar landscape through peat lands and fertile farm lands to stunning coastline and gorgeous hills.

It's okay for one night, and I continue on through the nice farming lands with great views, farmhouses and rondavels.

We are close to the Bibbulmun Track and there are trails on and around the farm and through the «Land for Wildlife» part of the property for you to explore.

This substantial private vacation rental estate sits on 50 acres of farm land is a perfect base to visit Niagara on the Lake, Niagara Falls, The Niagara Peninsula wineries, bicycle along the Niagara River, attend the Shaw theater, sight see, or simply enjoy the beauty of the home's grounds which offer privacy and tranquility through 50 acres of manicured green space and surrounded by vineyards.

It passes through a terrain shaped by glaciers, over land and by sea hunted and fished by the Indians, farmed by the colonists, and lastly developed as a resort.

Land where they can wake up to the sound of farm life, brush a horse, walk down a cow path, through a vineyard, star gaze with their kids, pick fresh vegetables, collect chicken eggs, and merely slow down and take it all in with family and close friends.

In these works, Fernandéz references the «slash - and - burn» technique used by Native Americans to create land for farming through the deliberate burning of forests, a process that essentially designed the American landscape.

Peconic Land Trust presents «Through Farms and Fields» on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 4 p.m..

When he returned to the United States in 1909, Dove supplemented his income through farming and fishing and often tied his images to the land and sea, calling them «extractions» from nature.

As book author Tamara Murphy says, «sometimes we forget how good simple things can be,» and this book takes us right back to the simple pleasures of the kitchen - as well as reminds us about the joys of connection to the land through farming or gardening.

I would however suggest that there is a need for a model for people to live within a close social structure without becoming detached from nature in which the land on which we live is involved with supporting us through what might be called urban agriculture, vertical farming and the affiliated processing of clean water, natural dynamic energy generation like wind, solar and water, and cheap / easy / affordable transit all tied - up with great education and health care.

Two frequently cited solutions — raising productivity through large investment in fertilizers, irrigation and mechanization, and extending farming to degraded, abandoned or pasture lands — would still leave food and energy supplies falling short of demand, according to a study released on Thursday by the climate change advice division of Deutsche Bank.

Through the adoption of smart carbon farming practices, an acre of land could store anywhere from 10 to 100 tons or more of carbon, which can help both mitigate climate change and improve crop yields.

«By preserving a stable funding source for the Environmental Protection Fund and guaranteeing added revenues for land protection — in part through negotiations to expand the Bottle Bill — Governor Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Smith and Assembly Speaker Silver have bolstered the state's commitment to helping us conserve 65,000 acres of the Hudson Valley's most majestic landscapes, ecological treasures and working farms.

«We have recently shown that, in the UK, land spared through high - yield farming could even sequester enough greenhouse gases to mitigate the UK's agricultural emissions.»

«We've been given land to farm and to use, but we only own down to the grass roots through the grazing permits,» DeVault said of the Navajo Nation on Monday.

Through a voluntary arrangement, the preservation groups have purchased a conservation easement on 325 acres of the Davenport Farm to ensure that the land remains available for farming and is not developed.

With respect to the proposed legislation where I am in agreement with the naysayers is the failure to include or consider the carbon reduction possibilities available the rural industry, through; improved agricultural practices, encouraging on farm carbon storage via tree planting and carbon storage and the discourgement of large scale land clearing.

Andrew Balmford, professor of conservation science at the University of Cambridge, and one of the report's authors, says: «Land is a source of greenhouse gases if it is used to farm fertilizer - hungry crops or methane - producing cattle, or it can be a sink for greenhouse gases — through sequestration.

I head the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), which is a secular foundation working with all the major religions of the world, helping them develop environmental programmes on their lands, in their forests, on their farms, through their investments, schools, media and as a result of their teachings, beliefs and practices.

The trails show every aspect of working land in the Upper Valley, from farm fields and pastures through sugarbush and managed forest.

In 1888, Winfield Scott was traveling through the Salt River Valley when he decided to purchase a 640 - acre plot of land, near what is now the center downtown Scottsdale, in an effort to start a farming operation.

Corporations are increasingly using Canadian courts to intimidate and silence people from speaking out against pipelines through residential and conservation land, unsafe mining practices, fish farming, waste processing plants and building developments.

You may have no problem with a neighbor cutting through your land, but what happens when he starts bringing in trucks for a new chicken farm?

Blountville, Tennessee About Blog This blog's mission is to grow specialty cut flowers on beautiful Tennessee farm land gently handed down through six generations.

It's normally a 90 - minute drive by the 401 and 115/35 highways, but we decided to go the picturesque route, which took us through rolling farm lands, villages, towns and beautiful housing developments.

This course takes agents through the core components of working as a real estate agent in new construction: collaborating with builders and developers, finding the land and brokering the deal, researching and planning the product, marketing and showing the homes at varying stages of completion, and farming the community to capture re-sale opportunities.