Sentence examples for farms meaning from inspiring English sources

One drawback is that they need more energy than traditional open-water farms, meaning they might increase carbon emissions even as they reduce pollution.

About a third of farms were residential/lifestyle farms, meaning that they generated less than $250,000 in sales and that the farmer had another job as a primary occupation.

This bacteria is coming from sewage runoff from both cities and farms, meaning it contains bacteria from the stomachs of humans and animals.

I fuelled it using wood from trees we coppiced on the farm, meaning fuel miles became fuel metres.

It is a biodynamic, organic farm, meaning that everything for the farm from feed for cows to fertilizer for the field is all made there.

Amawalk is a certified organic farm, meaning it has complied with local and state laws that stipulate production methods without the use of chemical interventions like pesticides.

Without the CAP supporting the industry, many of us would have to stop farming, meaning less milk to go around, and you would see the price of milk, cheese and other dairy products shoot up.

I've found estimates that survival farming, meaning growing all your own calories by farming things like beans and potatoes, takes anywhere from 2 to 30 acres, and a lot of backbreaking labor.

The lack of rain and the incessant heat, has also increased the need for irrigation water for farming, meaning increasing competition between the agricultural and power generation sectors for the same shrinking water "pool".

One cornerstone of the project was smallholder farmers, meaning peasant farm families in Africa, Latin America and Asia – working farms of around one hectare (2.5 acres) or less.

The name Moreton probably derives from the Old English mor meaning "marshland" and tune, meaning "farm", thus literally "a farm at a marsh".