Sentences with phrase «who lived on farms»

For those of us who lived on farms, death was all around.
Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), meanwhile, eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the farm, comes home from war a hero, only to face far more dangerous battles against the ingrained bigotry of his own countrymen...
The Stone Boy is a beautiful and tragic film centering around a twelve year - old boy, Arnold, who lives on a farm in Montana with his brother, Eugene, sister, Nora, and parents, Joe and Ruth.
Weaver is Alice Goodwin, a school nurse who lives on a farm in rural Wisconsin with her husband Howard (David Strathairn, Limbo, A Midsummer's Night Dream) and their two children Emma and Claire.
We needed to know more about Footer and her family, so we contacted the author, who lives on a farm in rural Kentucky.
SING UNBURIED SING is a multi-layered, beautifully written story about a dysfunctional family who live on a farm near the Gulf of Mississippi.
I know lots of people who live on farms, ranches and other acreages.
Children who live on farms are at greater risk of injury and death than their parents or other farm workers...

Not exact matches

Baird's strategy, for example, focused on women who lived near his farm and who were interested in topics such as food and photography, a niche he anticipated would be likely to visit — and spend — when the time came to open.
«I was a step away from being homeless,» recalls Gonzalez, who lived on cheese sandwiches as he waited for his first cannabis harvest at the farm he was renting.
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.
Thistle Farms - Founded in 1997 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest on Vanderbilt's campus, Magdalene is a residential program for women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction.
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.
The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.
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.
On our visit, we met with Alejandro Molina, the farm's administrator, who explained that CATIE only raises livestock breeds adapted to the tropical weather conditions; as a result, they enjoy longer, healthier, and more productive lives.
Mr Franich said if the About Life lease was transferred to Harris Farm, some customers who would have shopped at Woolworths may also do some or all of their grocery shopping at Harris Farm and that could have an adverse effect on the trading of the Woolworths supermarket store.
A super, chic book written with the appreciative eye of an outsider who reminds us of the sheer pleasure of living on a dairy farm.
«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.
And living on a farm is different from living outside someone's house how??? As a former farm girl who loves animals, we treated our cats and dogs like animals, not people.
In 3rd Grade, the main lesson block on The Farm includes a weekend working farm trip and is an integral experience in teaching understanding and respect for the land and the animals who live thFarm includes a weekend working farm trip and is an integral experience in teaching understanding and respect for the land and the animals who live thfarm trip and is an integral experience in teaching understanding and respect for the land and the animals who live there.
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.
Families who live in the country or on a farm benefit from the sturdy tires and excellent suspension while walking or running.
We have also found that we are isolated on our farm, having to schedule times to see any of our friends who live just a few miles down the road.
Unlike Deborah who lives near a farm, I've lived on one.
then on the other side, pictures of the food we wanted to be serving, the all organic, locally grown, politcally correct fruits and vegetables grown on the worker - owned co-op farm where everyone had great health care benefits, and the free range, non-corn-fed animals who never had an unhappy day in their lives until they were turned into school lunches.
First published in 2013, A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center by Scholar - in - Residence Steven Pavlos Holmes, PhD, tells the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land over the past two centuries — including early farming families, a Revolutionary war soldier, pioneering birdwatchers, the residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital, and, of course, the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and Mass Audubon.
Oh and Willow also received two cuddly little guys to play with... one of which is the Farmhouse Malvin Mouse who is part of a family of adorable characters that live on the farm together and have their own unique personality.
She is an avid cook who lives on a hobby farm, direct - markets organic produce to local restaurants and has taught at the preschool, elementary and college levels.
«Well, literally people who are licensed at the facility, there's over 1,000 people who come here and earn either all or part of their living, that's just on the racing side itself, and then you've got all this spill - out effect economically, with farms, feed stores... just across the street from us, huge economic impact, over 80 million (dollars) annually.»
Among farm children, the disease is increasing less dramatically than in the case of their friends who live in the same village, but not on a farm.
Over the past 5 years, IIASA researchers on the Geo - Wiki project have been leading a team of citizen scientists who examine satellite data to categorize land cover or identify places where people live and farm.
The trees play an absolutely critical role in rural life,» observes Peter Läderach of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, who has led research into the effects of climate change on cacao farming in Ivory Coast and Ghana.
Reich's second new Nature paper, on the genomic history of southeastern Europe, reveals an additional migration as farming spread across Europe, based on data from 255 individuals who lived between 14,000 and 2,500 years ago.
Molly Yeh is a former Brooklynite who ditched the big city for life on a rural Midwestern farm.
Those who lived on the many family farms were kept busy with chores, which involved intense manual labor.
Kastel, who worked for agribusiness giants International Harvester and J.I. Case before making the paradigm shift to sustainable farming, lives on a 160 - acre organic farm in the rugged hills of southwestern Wisconsin, near the tiny burg of Rockton.
One of these men, John Williams, would never foresee the events that would unfold over the next 30 years, with four generations of the family working and living on the island amongst the embattled Banaban inhabitants, like Kamaria and the future generations of his Banaban family who were in a battle to save their island as more and more of their precious land was being shipped away to farms back in Australia and New Zealand.
The Scoop: Barbara is a critically - acclaimed writer who lives with her family on a farm in Southern Appalachia, where they cultivate their own veggies and livestock.
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.
Being from Indiana, we adore Kentucky and I had an incredible Uncle who used to live on a farm there and had gorgeous horses!
People who live in the country on a farm are farmers.
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
I live on a rented farm, with teepee's in my backyard:) I just live from day to day and try to be the best of me that I can:) I seek for a man who respect the spirit world and think with his heart
If a lady is a city person, who actively participates in the city rich social life (night clubs, exhibitions, museums, concerts and so on), there is a tiny chance she will be happy living in a small town, on a farm or in the country.
I am a single mom who loves the outdoors and quiet country life style,, I have grown up with horses and gardens all my life and would love to live out my life on a horse farm with gardens.
who believes mother earth fufills my every need... I hunt and farm... I spend my days harvesting and ridin my horse.I live on a small farm in texas.Im by far not a cowgirl though..
I am a Country girl who lives on a horse farm.
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