Sentence examples for devoted to farming from inspiring English sources
Claussen's family was devoted to farming and politics, and he was intensely interested in the latter.
A section devoted to farming activities underscores the nobility in working the land productively.
While fully one-third of the South East is still devoted to farming or horticulture, the region as a whole also has an extensive range of manufacturing industry.
One of the worst-hit places was here in Macon County, a poor area on the Kentucky border devoted to farming tobacco and soybeans.
By the early 20th century, rail lines and roads had extended throughout much of the country, and the area devoted to farming had grown markedly, notably with the introduction of sheep herds and pastures enclosed with barbed wire.
Much of the land once devoted to farming is taken by new housing, attracting newcomers who are often intolerant of the dust, noises and smells that are part of keeping horses.
At that time, large tracts of land in the northern part of the state were still devoted to farms.
Through the years, he produced several books devoted to farm workers and immigrants in general "With These Hands" (1986) and "To the Promised Land" (1988) "I was working with Ken a few years ago, in Sinaloa, Mexico," said Morales.
On top of that, women and children are being drafted to tend to sick relatives, which reduces the time and energy they can devote to farming and education.
Closing the private purse Fire in the Andes Award Reprints Related items Bolivia's democracy: Rescued, for nowMar 20th 2003 Bolivia: What will the IMF say now?Feb 20th 2003While much of the Altiplano is devoted to subsistence farming, commercial farming, of soya and cotton, is booming in Bolivia's eastern lowlands.
More than 40 years after Earl Butz's comment, we are in a new era of agriculture.During this period, the number of organic farms, the extent of organically farmed land, the amount of research funding devoted to organic farming and the market size for organic foods have steadily increased.
