Sentences with phrase «working family farmers»

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On Thursday, he said technical fixes were in the works to address farmers» concerns that the changes would impair their ability to bequeath the family farm to the next generation.

Corporations, the energy industry, hedge funds and large farmers would also pay higher taxes while families with annual incomes under $ 200,000 and especially the working poor would get government checks.

I grew up in a family of farmers where it was clear that no unnecessary work was to be done on the Sabbath.

The years - worth of free rice from USAID and the UN after the earthquake put an entire region of Haitian rice farmers out of work, driving their families into abject poverty, and now their children are vulnerable to child trafficking.

Founded by Ata Gonzalez, the family owned and operated G FarmaLabs is a vertically integrated company that works closely with farmers that use the G FarmaLabs» recipe and process to cultivate, harvest, dry and trim the seven strains used in its products.

Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food.

We met Andy, the second generation farmer who inherited the family from his father and now his three children and their families are also working alongside him on the farm.

Once we find wheat with these characteristics, we work directly with local organic family farmers to grow the grain in a manner that is advantageous to the environment.»

Pederson's works with real farmers on self - sustaining family farms rather than industrial farms because it adds a more personal touch, which ties into the family feeling of the overall company.

EMB vice president Sieta van Keimpema warned that forced cuts to farm businesses were usually made at the cost of animal welfare and farmers and their family's living and working conditions: «Major distortions in competition on the dairy market have, for many years, led to prices that are significantly lower than inherent production costs,» she said.

During the plenaries Moises Quispe, speaking on behalf of INOFO members from 5 continents, illustrated the actions organic farmers» organizations undertake to secure the future of family farming namely working with youth, women and value chains for healthy systems.

I'm Gabby, a farmer's daughter living in the busyness of life while balancing my family, work and friends.

Not the kind you buy, but the home - made just grind up the peanuts (usually would get a bushel of them when visiting the Georgia relatives, some of whom worked for the family of the most famous American peanut farmer and 39th President of the United States), spread»em on homemade bread with a little homemade jam, and smack your lips while eating.

«Sydney families, some couples and some singles but mostly families who care about what they are eating and want to know our farmers are being fairly remunerated for their hard work.»

His work in Uganda helping farmers to reduce grain losses by introducing simple and inexpensive methods to store product has helped over 16, 000 families to reduce wastage by up to 90 %, providing 97 % of the participants with direct financial gain.

When everyone works together to ensure responsibly sourced, quality cocoa, we can help farmers and their families live richer lives.

In addition, poverty keeps farmers from hiring professional workers, forcing them to rely on their family members, including their children, to work the fields.

Rod was a 4th generation farmer, who lived and worked on the family's 200 acres at the foot of Kangaroo Hills in central...

One of the best - known labels is Fairtrade, which certifies products that support farmers, their families and communities in receiving more stable and secure incomes and better working conditions; and that enhance investment in product quality and local environmental sustainability.

I thoroughly enjoyed spending the day with her family along with the other ambassadors, I think we would all agree dairy farmers are some solid people, forgive me if I'm repeating my self but I am honored and proud to be able to work for them!

I know lots of men who are doing lots of things — working to make the world safer from nuclear weapons, helping poor farmers in Africa and Sudan increase their crops so they can feed their families, investigating fraud, fighting for justice... Oh, wait — that's not what Regnerus means; he means try getting them to woo a woman properly and commit and marry.

Farmers enrolled in the program represent over ten cultures around the world, most have immigrated to this country in the last thirty years and they all take pride in working the land to provide food for their families.

Edwin Yunker, the farmer whose family worked the land for many decades and sold it to the Park District, died late last month.

Ask all of your questions, celebrate farm families and help us tell the stories of the farmers who work hard to grow the fresh Ontario food that we enjoy so much.

«I'm humbled by the support of the DRC; I look forward to working on the concerns across the state of New York to create jobs, to create opportunities and to protect the working families and farmers across the state,» St Lawrence said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 750,000 additional working families are now eligible for SNAP, which now can be used to buy food at a number of farmers» markets around the state as well as grocery stores.

«I'm running for Congress to stand up for the working families in our district who have been shut out of our political system — nurses, state workers, teachers, parents, family farmers, and small businesses alike.

«Today's announcement reinforces our success in delivering real results for our families and our small businesses, for veterans, farmers, and for everyone who lives and works in the 21st District.»

Albert Krupski Jr. is the only farmer on the Suffolk County Legislature and is the fourth generation of his family to work the land on the North Fork.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Instead of urging people to leave our region, we should be working to implement policies that help small business owners and family farmers to draw people and jobs back to our region.

«I'm grateful for the continued outpouring of support for our re-election campaign across the district, and across our state for our campaign to make Washington work for North Country small business owners, our veterans, our farmers and for our families,» said Rep. Stefanik in a statement.

«In the process, we have created a county that works for all of its residents, from a newborn born to immigrant parents on the West Side of Buffalo to the fourth generation of family farmer nearing retirement in Marilla.»

Waylon Brown will fight needless government regulations that hurt farmers, working families and small businesses that provide good local jobs.

«The residents here work very hard to maintain their homes and their families and we look forward to a beautified Farmers Boulevard that reflects our hard work.»

«Instead of urging people to leave our region, we should be working to implement policies that help small business owners and family farmers to draw people and jobs back to our region,» Tenney said.

Yet most of the world's farmers work the land to feed themselves and their families.

So while conventional industrialized agriculture feeds the developed world, most of the world's farmers work small family farms.

For Woodford, who moved his family from Minnesota to Iowa to sell equipment and work on Project Liberty, the focus is getting farmers and equipment company engineers ready for the biofuel boom.

As the drought continued, farmers and their families abandoned their land and headed to urban areas for work.

We usually reserve Saturdays and Sundays for family time so it works to head out together to a local farm or farmer's market to get our apples.

From camels... No really, Desert Farms camel milk comes from hard - working and dedicated family farmers around the US.

I then spent two months living with rice - farmers in Thailand and Vietnam, building a community center, teaching English and working in the rice - fields: to date, the hardest experience of my life, especially because no one in my host - family spoke a word of English and the culture was so different from mine.

We believe in a purist approach and actively work with and support like - minded farmers to produce the best, and most nutritious greens for you and your entire family.

Lundberg Family Farms continues to engage with farmers, academic and regulatory communities, as well as our colleagues in the food industry, to look for ways to reduce the levels of this naturally occurring element even further.We take pride in our food safety and we continue to work to bring you relevant information.

From family of cowboys and farmers, though loves and works in other forest / mountain / desert areas...

Set in hard - times Mississippi just before, during and after World War II and based on a 2008 novel by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound focuses on two poor families: one white farmers (the McAllans); the other black sharecroppers (the Jacksons) who work the former's land.

An orphan, previously drifting from place to place, she takes as much pride in her work as the rest of the farmers do; she truly feels as though she is a part of the Sandrail family.

«The Grapes of Wrath»: Released a year after John Steinbeck's 1939 landmark novel, the John Ford - directed drama stars Henry Fonda as Oklahoma parolee Tom Joad, whose family of farmers are driven out of work by the Great Depression.

The Jacksons are tenant farmers on the land, with father Hap (Rob Morgan) and mother Florence (Mary J. Blige) looking after their family while working the farm.