Sentences with phrase «scaling local food production»

Scaling local food production, to meet demand, must occur to be transformative in urban AG.

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Secondly, they want «resilient food production systems», which utilise ecological production methods, and are based on «a multitude of smallholder farmers, gardeners and small - scale fishers who produce local food as the backbone of the food system».

GRAIN believes that the solution to reducing GHGs is an industry - wide transition from «factory farming and agribusiness» to small - scale producers and local food systems that provide moderate production level of meat and «do so in a way that regenerates soils, provides livelihoods to rural and urban communities and makes crops and animals resilient to the vagaries of an unpredictable climate.»

Local farmers welcome children onto their farms to share experiences of food production at a commercial scale, and are often invited to visit the schools, along with local food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farLocal farmers welcome children onto their farms to share experiences of food production at a commercial scale, and are often invited to visit the schools, along with local food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farlocal food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farming.

«It is critical to re-examine the local and global systems we have put in place and advocate more sustainable alternatives that encourage smaller - scale, local food production and more healthy eating habits.»

However, as TreeHugger's Green Basics: Eat Local Food points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rLocal Food points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&raFood points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rlocal food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rafood concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rafood, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rlocal economies and a strong connection between farm and table.»

There's a debate at Mother Jones that slings some mud and arrows on our collective idea of local, organic food and the problems with scaling up sustainable production.