Sentences with phrase «vegetable farmer»

I like to cook seasonally, and I often talk to vegetable farmers who advise me on the best seasonal products.
We represent beef, sheep, cereal and fruit and vegetable farmers too, and their plight is more serious than ours.
By John and Aimee Good The greatest challenge organic vegetable farmers confront every season is weed control.
The head of the Association of vegetable farmers, who gave his name as Roland, said the stakeholders were put into groups to discuss oil exploration but nothing conclusive came out of it.
Around the mid 50 ′ s, a Florida vegetable farmer came to Belize with the intention of growing vegetables (among them cucumbers) and exporting them to the U.S.A. in the winter months.
In fact, fruit and vegetable farmers receive no subsidies from the government, though fruits and vegetables should make up the largest share of Americans» diets, according to the new pyramid.
Poughkeepsie Journal archives say that Wigsten, a dairy farmer turned vegetable farmer, first attended the fair at the age of 9.
Vegetable farmers by improving the quality and making it is one thing, but i differ from them.
As for the history of the beach, it dates back to the mid 50's when a Florida vegetable farmer used this beach port for packaging and loading his produce for sending to the U.S.A. Don't worry — there's aren't any cucumbers or vegetables in the beach today!
Most are Web - based: AgSquared, for example, helps vegetable farmers plan and keep track of plantings, harvests, and yields.
A friend of mine was so moved by The Omnivore's Dilemma that he quit his university teaching position and became an organic mixed vegetable farmer, along with his family.
Jacksonville, Fla. — The rise of «hydroponic,» or greenhouse - grown vegetable farming, has caused back - lash from traditional, organic vegetable farmers.
Any certified organic vegetable farmer will tell you weeding is a significant job and it's no different on Angelica Organic Farm.
They consider themselves soil farmers rather than vegetable farmers and try to reduce their inputs.
The aggrieved residents, most of them vegetable farmers, have argued that giving out the basin for crude oil extraction would destroy the limited lands and kick them out of business while oil field workers get empowered economically.
To the people of Derma, who are predominantly cocoa and vegetable farmers, Nana Akufo - Addo, urged them to consider the NPP's track record in the run - up to the November elections.
In addition to being a sheep and vegetable farmer, Sara's husband is a part - time rural letter carrier.
FDA itself will come up with safety standards to be used by fruit and vegetable farmers.
I am small potatoes compared to other herb / vegetable farmers.
Donald Sutherland is a freelance writer, USDA certified organic vegetable farmer, member of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ).
Rudd stars as Ned Rochlin, an easygoing biodynamic fruit and vegetable farmer / vendor.
Energetic gouache, acrylic, and pencil artwork illustrates this story of three food providers — a vegetable farmer, a small cheese - factory owner, and a mushroom grower — and how they prepare, transport, and sell their goods at a local farmers» market.
Sporting plain - colored hand - made clothes and traveling by horse and cart, Mennonites are very successful dairy, beef and vegetable farmers.
Below you can read reactions to this situation from Pamela C. Ronald, a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, San Diego, and her husband Raoul W. Adamchak, an organic vegetable farmer.
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