The phrase "a livelihood from the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the source of income or means of support derived from a particular activity or profession.
Example: "Many artists struggle to earn a livelihood from the sale of their work."
Alternatives: "an income from the" or "financial support from the".
The water-saving campaign has angered the likes of Haimomo, who makes a livelihood from the very thing that the artists are campaigning against.
After the war, the Collinses bought a ninety-four-acre farm in the Shenandoah Valley, near Staunton, Virginia, determined to derive a livelihood from the land without modern agricultural machinery.
But that was the problem: having grown accustomed to higher salaries, many of the remaining young people refused to return to the hard life of earning a livelihood from the sea, and left the island in search of salaried work elsewhere.
But Mr. Osburn said two major changes over the last 20 years have made increased regulatory efforts necessary: an influx of primarily Asian refugees like Mr. Nguyen seeking a livelihood from the shrimping industry, and the invention of "peeler technology" which created a market for extremely small shrimp that would otherwise be unprofitable to harvest.
Hemp allows farmers to build a livelihood from a crop that's both good for the environment and the growers themselves.
For the next twenty years, Nickell did his best to scratch a livelihood from his obscure fields of expertise.
As with forecasting waves, it is difficult to predict what will happen in 2009 for those who derive a livelihood from an $8 billion surf industry.
The tappers' idea of creating sustainable reserves where forest people can make a livelihood from extractive industries has become a global model for managing forests and Acre now has a two-million-hectare reserve.
Animals were perceived as a means of providing a livelihood from a particular physical location.
Cattle and sheep were constructed by farmers as means of providing a livelihood from a particular physical location.
Growing cocoa beans offers small-scale farmers in Uganda and other tropical countries a livelihood from a product that has strong foreign demand and local environmental benefits, according to researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
