Sentences with phrase «current food production»

Current food production methods are harming the planet while failing to provide millions of the world's poor with enough to eat, the UN food agency warned Tuesday.

Vegans, vegetarians, and conscious omnivores alike all recognize that our current food production and distribution system in the United States is broken (we do agree on that, right?).

Barber is an outspoken critic of the current food production system and a strong believer in the power of cooking to counteract rampant food waste; but he also insists on the need for people to think about their overall diets in terms of waste, primarily by reducing meat consumption and prioritizing vegetables and grains.

Current food production techniques are not sustainable.

Given these grave health consequences (and the high social, environmental, and ethical costs of current food production systems), the logical step is to break free from processed foods and to replace these poor - quality products with a raw food diet.

And, as much as vegans wouldn't want to admit it, if the human species returned to a more literal Paleo picture — actually hunting for actual wild animals when necessary (and eating them fresh), making animal foods just a part of the overall diet, and eating no refined plants (like white flour or white rice, which don't exist in nature), a couple things would happen: (1) we could put an end to the horrific treatment of animals in the factory farming industry, and (2) the environmental devastation that results from our current food production model would be substantially minimized.

International institutions such as CGIAR have developed computer models that use data on climate, crop types, and other factors to estimate current food production and forecast future trends.

This could play a role in reducing global health problems caused by the current food production value chain.

Not exact matches

The hope that, by farming the sea, increasing the yield of grains, or otherwise working a miracle of production in food science and technology we can in the nick of time prevent mass starvation without any of the affluent having to give up current privileges, is vain.

Current markets are very challenging for food and beverage producers with higher expectations for greater production versatility, quality and hygienic standards, together with lower production costs.

An October report showed that current organic production was not meeting consumer demands for products; despite projections by Allied Market Research that the global organic food and beverages market is expected to triple the 2015 market by 2022, organic supply is still not able to meet increasing consumer demand.

Although my current research project is not directly linked to food production and agricultural practices, the conference was beneficial for expanding my network and horizons.

The project seeks to help tackle the current levels of food waste and increase the speed of production.

Making Europe's production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but it will require a major shift in public attitudes, policies and knowledge and seizing current opportunities for change, according to a newly published European Environment Agency (EEA) report.

Innovations such as Pulsed Electric Field Preservation (PEF - P), High Pressure Thermal Sterilization (HPTS) and Low Shear Extrusion (LS - Extrusion) could be applied to industrial food production, however, their current application is still limited.

In addition to the full schedule of sessions on farm production, marketing, business, and finance, conference - goers will have multiple opportunities to learn from nationally - known leaders on topics encompassing current political, ethical, and social issues, such as fixing school food, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), and the fast - growing CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) movement.

While it might be easy to vilify large food vendors, given the current production capacity and political climate, «It is what it is.»

The book is a key resource for SNS exam preparation, and includes chapters on current regulations, financial management, menu planning and nutrition, human resources, equipment and facilities planning, procurement, production management, food safety, technology and marketing.

«Our current society is shaped to favor the throughput of material, with the production of marketable goods, like food and biogas, providing profitability for businesses,» she and her co-authors wrote.

So does the food system, once you get away from growing food [in] oil which is our current preoccupation and one that isn't going to last much longer, the need for local production and control and whatever food has the same, and I was trying to argue at the end I think much the same thing is sort of happening with culture as well, that we have simultaneously this incredibly interesting global thing, the Internet and it's allowing you to live very locally and globally at the same time.

A new study, published today in Nature Climate Change, suggests that — if current trends continue — food production alone will reach, if not exceed, the global targets for total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050.

Moreover, given the current trend in the population rise and the inefficiency of our food production capabilities, we may find ourselves in a situation to seek out alternative sources of protein sooner than we hope.

And, this (current) «direction» involves poor quality food production techniques and dietary choices; the overuse of chemicals in every facet of life and, of course, the narrow - minded approach to treating cancer, which include radiation and chemotherapy that actually causes secondary cancers.

By 2025 water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest.

Whether their works explore the current situation in Angola, fictional future cities, the politics of food production or migration from Syria to Beirut; there is humour, surrealism and provocation.

In the long term we can not continue to devastate the healthy ecology that is vital to sustaining food production in the interest of keeping the current system going.

Lastly, several articles I've read regarding current and near future grain production say yields are likely to drop because of an impending el nino; is this correct, or are these writers just trying to continue the bull market in food commodities?

In a world that faces growing food insecurity, the best and most efficient response is to worry less about production and more about addressing the gaps in our current distribution system — primarily, why an estimated 40 percent of all calories produced for human consumption fails to reach mouths and bellies.

Those of us who knew about ethanol production with current technology knew it was going to produce server problems in the food and energy markets.

Current U.S. dietary guidelines and many health professionals have recommended diets higher in fruits and vegetables and lower in red meat as a means of helping to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers.316, 319,320,321,322,323,324 These changes in food consumption, and related changes to food production, could have co-benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Whether it is the unanimous opinion by scientists regarding the 18 - year «global warming» pause; or the last 9 years for the complete lack of major hurricanes; or the inexplicable and surprisingly thick Antarctic sea ice; or the boring global sea level rise that is a tiny fraction of coastal - swamping magnitude; or food crops exploding with record production; or multiple other climate signals - it is now blatantly obvious the current edition of the AGW hypothesis is highly suspect.

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

With that amount of growth, we will need to almost double food production in order to keep everyone fed — and using current methods, that amount of production would emit an enormous quantity of greenhouse gases, further adding to the issue of climate change.

Effective adaptation of cropping can help ensure food production and thereby contributing to food security and sustainable livelihoods in developing countries, by enhancing current climate risk management.

The Scientific Alliance is either (using Stott's own «words of magic») «an organisation that promotes concern about the environment through rational science; while accepting climate change as a reality, the Alliance is critical of current methods proposed to manage climate change and energy production» or (using the New Statesmans «words of magic»), «an anti-environmentalist campaign group that denies climate change; opposes organic agriculture and promotes genetically modified foods and nuclear power»

By the way, an EU Research Group claims that, if the current climate change and CO2 increases are maintained, edible food production will continue to be negatively affected and food prices could double or more by the end of the decade or soon thereafter.

Are the current methods of food production sustainable?

Either food production or climate - sensitive natural emissions are the most probable causes of the current methane increase,» the authors noted.

His current research includes a global assessment of the sustainability of future food production under socioeconomic and climate change, and water scarcity.

China's growth trends, if continued to 2030, would mean using: 30 % more oil than current global production, and 2/3 of current global food production.

The current food crisis we are facing is not one of production, the authors argue, but one of waste.

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