In 2007, an RHS study of young people aged between 13 and 18 found that 62% thought horticulture was another word for farming, while most said it was a career for "old or retired people".
Alternative livelihoods such as ecotourism and fish farming could provide an alternative to intensive crop farming, while better management of crops and irrigation and the adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar power would all contribute to environmental sustainability.
Outside Athens some in the public sector see their jobs as a sideline to earn pin money while their main occupation is farming.
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Perhaps because of her passion for organic farming, Merrigan, while a staffer for the Senate Agriculture Committee, was completely uneducable about the importance of genetically improved plant varieties to advances in agriculture.
Some puppeteers are professional, while others are amateurs performing during slack farming seasons.
So while Americans were the certain beneficiaries of farming advances that freed up their labor, Saylor writes that 36.7% of the worldwide labor force is still stuck in agriculture.
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Potatoes became popular in the north of England, as people there specialised in livestock farming and domestic industry, while farmers in the south (where the soil was more suitable) concentrated on wheat production.
Most of these new varieties are designed to be resistant to pests and diseases, or to be resistant to herbicides, so that farmers can more effectively control weeds while adopting more environment-friendly no-till farming practices and more benign herbicides.
If successful, the firm believes this type of system could form part of a new approach to sustainable farming, making use of urban greenbelts while helping to reduce the carbon footprint associated with food production -- which accounts for up to 30% of total emissions worldwide, according to a 2008 Greenpeace report.
While universities pump out a ton of research on fish farming, much of it doesn't get commercialized, and the duo didn't want to be locked into one bet.
While it helps the environment by preventing erosion, no-till farming keeps fertilizer in the upper soil.
While sheep and cattle losses have already been extensive, there are other farming sectors at risk, too, such as wine.
While nearly 45% of UK birds live in free range facilities, battery farming accounts for up to two thirds of production in some countries.
At the Pizza House on Oak Street, waitstaff and locals discussed the state of their homes while drinking their beers, trying to figure out how to deal with the fact their once quaint farming town now resembled a war zone.
Commercial farming is a major industry in South Africa -- it distributes produce all over the world while Johannesburg's fruit market sells about a million tons of goods every year.
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But while the presence of humans has been a major factor in increasing deforestation and the clearing of land for farming, the absence of humans can also be a threat to trees.
While the country's big businesses are seen as supporters of joining the pact, the country's farming sector has been voicing its objection to any such move.
Organic and responsible farming has been proven to match or excel the yields generated by GM crops on numerous occasions, while simultaneously rehabilitating and healing the soil.
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