Sentence examples for first crops from inspiring English sources

AMONG the first crops of spring -- and one of the easiest to grow from seed -- is radishes.

"Some of the first crops raised by humans were not meant to eat or to feed livestock.

Men also undertook a shorter hunt in late spring and early summer, after the first crops had been planted.

He first crops up when "I" is 19 and has a temporary job at Cambridge public library, but their first meeting occurred five years earlier.

The first crops in eastern North America may be almost as old, but substantial evidence for crop use there begins between 5000 and 4000 bp.

The corn, which is called Enogen, is one of the first crops genetically engineered to contain a trait that influences use of the plant after harvest.

And what happens here will help determine whether GM becomes accepted in the developing world – nearly 20 years after the first crops were planted in the West.

If you have a cool windowsill with lots of sun, start containers of lettuces like dark red Devils Tongue or Bijou, and you will harvest at about the time you plant your first crops outdoors.

But the first crops off the biotech assembly line, like insecticide-producing or herbicide-resistant varieties, are just an extension of the prevailing agricultural model that emphasizes chemical-based pest control and keeps farmers vulnerable to pesticide resistance.

Dr. Eric Hallerman, fisheries geneticist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, likened the situation with fish to that of genetically engineered plants in the early 1990's when the first crops were being pushed toward commercial use.

Thankfully the system of squirrelling away summer produce in my larder keeps my family fed every year from winter to when the first crops of late spring are ready to harvest.