Cotton crops require huge amounts of water, and the farms that grow them use lots of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
The oil economy had cratered, and the farms were steadily becoming depopulated.
Athens is a green, hilly county at the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, and the farms there are small an average of a hundred and fifty acres, Lewandowski said.
And, you know, some people live outside and have farms, and go into the farms.
Human emigration caused by overall environmental degradation (unsustainable use of water and biological resources, unsustainable tourism) is now being addressed through a variety of pilot projects such as sustainable pasture management, ecotourism, the creation of fishing and hunting farms, and the development of alternative power sources.
Senior coalition commanders in Kabul said their troops could push through the villages and farms along the Helmand River in a matter of days.
Visits to the former imperial city of Hue, a vegetarian Buddhist monastery and the herb farms around Hoi An follow (participants pick lemongrass, basil and cilantro and use them to make fresh spring rolls).
We ask President Obama and the United States to exert further pressure on Israel to implement Resolution 1701 and to withdraw from Israeli occupied -- Lebanese occupied territories namely from the village of Ghajar, Kfar Shouba, and the Shebaa Farms.
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While its grievances with Syria and Lebanon are centered around the disputed lands of the Golan Heights and Shebaa Farms, which Israel occupies, the problems run much deeper and the consequences of an agreement could have wider implications.
As this way of life naturally dies out and Japanese consumers demand foreign rice after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Mr. Abe has an opportunity to overcome the farmers' political lock on the LDP and clear away the tariffs, subsidies and regulations preventing the consolidation of small farms.
Specifically, the LCC said, the regime is attacking villages and farms around the eastern city of Rastan, where fighting a month ago forced out more than 80% of residents.
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It remains the biggest tobacco-producing state in the country, but the amount of tobacco harvested, the number of tobacco farms and the number of people employed in tobacco manufacturing have all declined markedly.
Since the 1930s agricultural innovation and a rise in non-farm employment have driven productivity up and the number of farms down.
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Peasants fled from soldiers and vagabonds foraging for food, the urban middle classes floundered, and the surviving towns and cities, barely hanging on, could no longer protect the countryside and its farms.
It began its homeward journey back from the outer reaches of gold bullion and wind farms to the productive realm of venture capital and stocks.
Lakeland Herdwick sheep were first recognised as a breed in the 1790s and are now bred on 120 hill farms in the central and western Lake District.
The contaminants included emissions from small factories and crab farms along the shore.
We all know of the horrendous conditions in Chinese rabbit farms and the cruel treatment many animals undergo as they are harvested for their pelts (I suggest wearing vintage instead of new as a way to satisfy your fur lust).
Moreover, the assessment revealed that participating farms employed 1.1 million workers, and that most large and medium-sized farms in the program made efforts to extend health care and education benefits to workers and their families.
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Ross is a Blackfeet Indian, veteran of the USMC, and has spent many years working on farms and ranches in the Browning, Montana area.
In industrialised nations, such as the US and in Europe, many farms employ the services of commercial hives to pollinate fruit trees and food crops, and ensure they harvest adequate yields.
We're going to focus on family farms, instead of corporate farms, and we're going to give family farms the support and the tools that they need to be successful.
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Furthermore, the radiation that has already been released in and around the plant could make TEPCO liable for an unknown amount of damages incurred by local residences, businesses, and farms in the area.
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In caring for the health of customers and for the planet, both Keurig and Foster Farms have provided convenience with a conscience.
That has allowed them to move far more quickly and effectively than using the criminal law, and the number of cannabis farms in Surrey, British Colombia is finally coming down.
Blacks who fought with the British assumed that they would thereby win both Boer farms and the vote, already extended to blacks with property in the British Cape colony.
In relation to wind farms, the proposals include strengthening environmental protection in the 31% of Scotland covered by the wildest and most scenic land, including no wind farms in the 19% of Scotland covered by National Parks and National Scenic Areas.
People living in the Severn and Vyrnwy valleys are only beginning to wake up to the fact that existing wind farms and several other consented or planned sites, need to be connected to the National Grid.
The rate and ease of farms passing from one generation to the next is another matter for the group.
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