off-farm

Without higher productivity on their farms, off-farm job opportunities for their children, and with the constant threat of food shortages, the poor end up trapped in enduring poverty.

Failed Policies Lead to Food Shortages C. Peter Timmer 2011

Separately, the Labor Department said Wednesday that it wants to ban anyone under the age of 18 from working at a commercial feed lot, where livestock are fattened on grain, or an off-farm grain storage elevator.

Tighter Child-Labor Rules on Farms Proposed Scott Kilman 2011

Consider agriculture, where each on-farm job such as picking fruit, mostly done by immigrants supports over three off-farm jobs, such as processing, shipping, and sales.

Daniel Altschuler: Investors for Immigration Reform Daniel Altschuler 2011

Farmers made up this loss in off-farm income (89 percent of farm family income), renting out land, and other money-making ventures.

The Economics of Organic Farming Olga Bonfiglio 2010

Farmers made up this loss in off-farm income (89 percent of farm family income), renting out land, and other money-making ventures.

Archive 2010-05-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

Consider agriculture, where each on-farm job such as picking fruit, mostly done by immigrants supports over three off-farm jobs, such as processing, shipping, and sales.

Daniel Altschuler: Investors for Immigration Reform Daniel Altschuler 2011

Farmers made up this loss in off-farm income 89 percent of farm family income, renting out land, and other money-making ventures.

The Economics of Organic Farming Olga Bonfiglio 2010

Farmers made up this loss in off-farm income 89 percent of farm family income, renting out land, and other money-making ventures.

Archive 2010-05-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010

My wardrobe from the city had sifted down to one small drawer of unruined things, reserved for off-farm use, which meant they never got worn.

The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

To keep up with the ever changing demands of poultry integrators, Doby says farmers are often forced to take off-farm jobs or refinance their homes and farms to pay off the debts, until "10 and 15-year poultry loans are turning into 30-year poultry loans, with no more than a flock-to-flock guarantee," exclaimed Doby.

Dave Murphy: Farmers Look for Justice in the Poultry Industry 2010