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They are produced on excellent organic farms.

That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there.

She was interested in farming

The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

It will make the farm produce less competitive on the market.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling transport.

But frequently untreated human waste harvested from lavatories is delivered to farms and spread as fertilizer.

Inefficient harvesting, inadequate local transportation and poor infrastructure (基礎設施)mean that produce is frequently handled inappropriately and stored under unsuitable farm site conditions.

Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance

Energy to power machinery, both on the farm and in the storage and processing facilities, adds to the energy total, which currently represents about 3.1% of annual global energy consumption.

In mature, fully developed countries such as the UK, more-efficient farming practices and better transport, storage and processing facilities ensure that a larger proportion of the food produced reaches markets and consumers.

Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use

However, a further increase in farming area without impacting unfavourably on what remains of the world's natural ecosystems appears unlikely.

A further expansion of farming area will adversely impact on the world's natural ecosystems

Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

Yet until recently the worst forecasts were almost exclusively linked to direct human activity, such as clear-cutting and burning for pastures or farms.

rain forests should not be converted into pastures or farms

Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets.

Inventer and physicist, the son of a farm worker.

It is estimated that 25% of all methane that released into the atmosphere coming from farm animals.

Then, we've changes in farming and in land ownership.

Denver and Ruby are two of the 34 therapy horses, brought in from a local farm.

Early indications are that Smith will have no shortage of farm members.

Ever since humanity began to farm our own food, we've faced the unpredictable rain that is both friend and enemy.

Future farms will likely experience a greater deal of autonomy as robots take up more and more farm work efficiently.

his first partnership was with Paul and Phyllis Amburgh, owners of the Dharma Lea farm in New York.

If the farm is well managed and has enough land, and the desire to convert is sincere, a relationship can begin.

The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one acre.

There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California.

Through regular regional educational meetings, a large annual meeting, individual farm visits and thousands of phone calls, the Amburghs pass on the principles of pasture management.

After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family.

Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent path to citizenship.

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

Competition between small and big farms is fierce.

Daily life was marked by farming, sheep raising and wool production.

He owned a farm, which looked almost abandoned.

In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

Now it occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can't clumsily put them together before us.

With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

Perry incorrectly suggested, on the basis of inadequate information, that farming, pottery making, and metallurgy all originated in ancient Egypt and diffused throughout the world.

Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield.

The complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.

Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single.

workers won't be returning to the farm.