Sentences with phrase «with small farmers»

From what I've read, Fair Trade members work closely with small farmers and artisans to ensure good wages, safe working conditions, environmental responsibility, and economic growth.

If a vigorous eco-farming or regional food specialties sector exists, environmental and consumer associations can cement a strategic alliance with small farmers» organizations.

One Degree works with small farmers and producers who harvest nature's most nutrient - rich grains, seeds, sweeteners, and other earthy ingredients.

Since April 2010, ABD has been working with small farmers to develop a PGS.

Through our sourcing program, we work with small farmers to achieve organic and sustainable production, and support their communities by paying fair market prices and funding community projects.

Caro Nuts, a division of Candor Ag, works with small farmers around the world to help them market their crops.

About Site - Working directly with small farmer cooperatives in China to source the finest hand - crafted teas in the world.

In coffee, Fair Trade standards today only works with small farmer coops.

Not exact matches

The Flow Cannabis Institute is the first of its kind in California, and it enables small and independent farmers to scale and compete with Big Marijuana brands.

Farmers, on the other hand, prefer a much higher percentage of their compensation to be salary with a small commission built in for exceeding their goals.

The grandson of farmers, and son of an agricultural extension agent, Harrison grew up in small Michigan towns — Grayling, Reed City, Haslett — where he developed a love of books and a primal bond with the outdoors, «bone - and marrow - deep.»

Food > Smart Farming Utilising technological advancements like drip agriculture and access to real - time weather data is helping both large - and small - scale farmers produce more with less.

The primary justification for the proposed tax changes was that high - income individuals (e.g., doctors, small business owners, farmers, among others) were using the tax system to reduce their income tax by incorporating CCPCs to conduct their businesses or carry on their professional practises This meant that individuals with the same income could end up paying different taxes and this, according to the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister was «unfair».

«It's not good for our small farmers, our small companies, when the big companies get to rewrite the laws,» said Annie, a 17 - year - old Berliner who came out to the demonstrations with her classmates.

Differential access to credit and markets, for example, means that small farmers and businesses can not compete with large plantations and corporations that are export - oriented.

It consisted mainly of small farmers and, near the sea of Galilee, of fishermen, with artisans like carpenters and tanners, with enough shepherds to make the symbols of the lost sheep and the good shepherd meaningful, and with small - town merchants to provide for the exchange of the few goods needed to meet the simple requirements of the people.

With this information and with capital, they will be more open to innovations and more capable of taking risks — and more likely to take them — than will small farmWith this information and with capital, they will be more open to innovations and more capable of taking risks — and more likely to take them — than will small farmwith capital, they will be more open to innovations and more capable of taking risks — and more likely to take them — than will small farmers.

A change in the U.S. pricing and subsidy system might not make enormous differences for small farmers worldwide, but with many of the world's farmers living on less than $ 1 per day, small differences turn out to be significant.

So while the giants of the pork industry address the problem of dry, tough pork with enhanced products, small farmers do it by raising fatter hogs.

Most recently, I found these beautiful pâtisson blossoms tucked away in a corner of a farmer's stall, with their small squashes still attached, and had the idea to put them on a pizza.

Apprenticeship program to give beginning farmers the training, experience, and business management skills to help secure management positions with established farms or start their own small farm business.

The Agrifood Markets and Value Chain chapter analyses the organic agriculture option as one of the strategies to help small farmers sell to markets, together with fair trade and «short - chain strategies».

This seems unsurprising given Hunt spent many years in a policy role with the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), a body whose reputation for attacking small - scale farmers is incrFarmers Federation (VFF), a body whose reputation for attacking small - scale farmers is incrfarmers is increasing.

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is calling on the NSW Government to secure a future that encourages regenerative farmers by ensuring regulatory burdens on small - scale pastured livestock producers are commensurate with the low risk they pose to their communities.

I make a similar meatless chili in a crockpot (I make a LOT at once and freeze for a quick lunch or dinner for 1 or 2)- and I think you'll like this idea: along with carrots, celery, onions and garlic, I usually use 3 - 4 cans of (low sodium, rinsed) beans (2 kidney, 1 each of another; I like black and small white or pink beans), 3 - 4 red / yellow / orange sweet peppers (I but at the farmer's market when fresh and cut up and freeze the extras for making chili in the fall / winter); 1 or 2 zucchini and / or yellow squash, and (drum roll) 1 can of organic PUMPKIN PUREE!

Many smaller producers and farmers actually qualify and are organic, however it is a very expensive and very intense process to become certified, so at farmers markets and with local vendors that may be the case.

«Big Banana»: The large banana companies, like Dole and Chiquita, are dominating the industry and crowding out the smaller farmers, who can't possibly compete with the big guys.

This initiative includes streamlining the certification process, focusing on enforcement and working with farmers and processors to correct small issues before they become larger ones.

But with the majority of dairy farmers supplying to Murray Goulburn and Fonterra, and the bulk of these companies» operations being focused on milk commodities for export, fresh drinking milk is a very small part of the picture for most dairy farmers.

Small - scale dairy farmers, in particular, had been concerned that they weren't on a level playing field with large - scale corporate dairies.

When it is warm outside I expect the farmer's market to be filled with a bounty of fruit and veg all the time, but I should know better considering how small the tomato plants are in their containers on our back deck.

Improved postharvest practices: A recent research study undertaken by WFLO with funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides an great assortment of data on the results of 12 past projects, postharvest losses % for 26 crops, a description of the value chain for 30 crops in 4 countries (Rwanda, Benin, Ghana and India) and 21 field trials of postharvest technologies suitable for helping small farmers reduce losses and improve their incomes.

Since 1990, Organic Products Trading Company has been working directly with small - scale farmers around the world to source high quality green specialty coffee.

«We work with a lot of local farmers and get our products from small farms when they are in season,» David Painter explains.

AFSA and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food economy in Victoria.

Dealing with yearly changes in growing seasons, the weather, the potential for pests and blight, the seemingly endless task of weeding, the unpredictability of it all... small family farmers are pretty amazing.

I had a small chat with Arturo at the McGrath Family Farm stand about the bagrada bug problem threatening local organic farmers.

There's lots of local farmers who don't deal with animals or deal with them in a very small way.

MASIPAG has been establishing local seed banks and trial farms protected and cared by small farmers to help them cope with climate change.

With the theme «PGS: securing market access of small organic farmers in the Philippines», the general assembly aimed to further strengthen the alliance and inspire more organizations and local governments to take up organic agriculture and PGS.

«We will be buying all the certified organic produce between the Queensland border and Sydney directly from the farmer, packaging it and sending it on to supermarket chains,» Sally explained, with a focus on smaller chains.

Napa Valley wine grape growers say extended drought will yield smaller 2014 crop With California in the grips of severe drought, Napa Valley wine grape growers on Tuesday said some vines are ripening early and that farmers are planning fewer crops to save water...

We made it with fresh farmers market apples, almonds we ground ourselves (live in crazy small town and could not get get already ground), and used the maple syrup option.

And while Kraft deserves some credit, as none of the other Big Coffee companies is making this type of effort, real environmental preservation and fair prices for farmers is far, far better served by purchasing sustainable coffees from small companies and roasters with relationships with their suppliers, especially those that provide information on the specific farms where their beans are sourced.

They work on much smaller margins and the price the consumer pays is in line with the added premiums provided to the farmer (often for quality in addition to organic certification), their own costs involved with organic certification, and the value added by actually roasting high quality beans that taste better.

With its new Fairtrade Gold Standard, FLO - Cert is encouraging small farmers to set up carbon offsetting projects.

I am currently working with small scale farmers in the Ecuadorian highlands and we have recently become interested in the idea of growing shade - grown coffee as a way of sustaining the local growers and preserving some of the native forests in the region.

With the liberalization of the Kenyan coffee market, more and more specialty roasters are buying small lots directly from farmers, often providing detailed information on the farms.

«They are so concerned with growing the system, advancing at all costs, that they will only end with the extinction of small farmers.»

Conduct a variety of postharvest e-learning programs for young professionals who work with small - scale farmers in developing countries.