Egg Aid 2001. (Veggie Bits).Lundberg Family Farms, manufacturers of organic and specialty rices, enlisted the support of local schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school to rescue duck eggs from a grain field prior to the arrival of farming equipment. Why were the ducks there? Natural organic farming methods Organic farming methods combine scientific knowledge and modern technology with traditional farming practices based on thousands of years of agriculture. The distinguishing principle is an avoidance of synthetic inputs, such as manufactured fertilizers and pesticides, and for this allow geese, cranes, egrets, herons, and other birds, including ducks, to feed in the fields after harvest during the fall and winter months. Unfortunately, the mother ducks will not return to nests that have been disturbed. Because tractors can run over the birds' nests, the eggs are rescued, cared for at a nearby hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. , and returned to the wild. The grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. birds work the straw back into the soil and add natural fertilizer. For more information about Egg Aid or Lundberg Farms' products, call (530) 882-4551, or visit their website at <www.lundberg.com>. You can also send mail to Lundberg Family Farms, 5370 Church Street, PO Box 369, Richvale, CA 95974-0369. |
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