Sentences with phrase «about food miles»

We've all gone on about the food miles of our diets and many of us can probably trot out all sorts of stats on how far the average ingredient has travelled to our plates.

The type of article lamented by a few commenters on my recent post about food miles vs. food choices made an appearance in Salon a few days ago.

Localism is also about local food and local provision, it's about post offices and farm shops, it's about food miles and local amenities.

Educational visits can ask the children to explore the journeys their food makes, include learning about food miles and origins, as well as climate influence on crops.

Not exact matches

There's an emerging conversation among supply chain leaders at major food and ingredients companies about the concept of «food miles,» and how the extended supply chain is reaching a point where we could face a situation where the food chain becomes unsustainable in certain parts of the world.

Like, if I see them carrying «Whole Foods» bags then I know that she must really, really care about her whole foods if she drove 70 miles for it.

All of my specially curated food photography props, bowls, and spoons, were about 1,200 miles away safely wrapped and snuggled inside storage boxes waiting to be sent down.

My list of food industry pet peeves is probably about a mile long.

It's about 30 miles outside of Eugene with a gorgeous view, as well as great food and wine.

On today's podcast episode, the television star and former chef talks about his career, eating a bunch of NSFW foods — and, oh yeah, what it was like to go to a party at Prince's Paisley Park estate, a couple of miles from Zimmern's house.

Spend some quality time with the kids, talking about where the food you eat together is produced, by calculating food miles and your Foodometer.

Al Son de Mi Barrio, located about mile past the tourist trap - y main drag, has the most authentic Mexican food.

I love hearing from and about food service professionals like you who are willing to go the extra mile to ensure that students eat well and are educated about food!

Investigators think most of the victims ate tainted cafeteria food at 53 public schools in Sakai, about 265 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Miliband's new year message began with an anecdote about his visit to a food bank in London, where he met a man who had walked 11 miles for a job interview.

According to an analysis from Iowa State University, conventional produce travels about 1,500 miles on average to its destination, causing the release of 5 to 17 times more carbon dioxide than food from regional and local farms.

Smolka's first pictures for Discover appeared in the May 2001 issue, with an article about a scientist who promoted the idea of eating only foods grown within 250 miles of his home.

«Food is our culture» Alaska's St. Lawrence Island Yupik community, about 800 people, is about 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle — miles away from industry.

Running burns about 100 calories per mile, and with all the running you do, you probably think it's okay to indulge in your favorite foods when the «post-run munchies» hit, but, as we know, eating calories above and beyond what we burn will lead to weight gain.

J.B. and Alisa's commitment to only eating food that was grown within 100 miles of their home for an entire year sparked important conversation and awareness about where our food comes from and how far it travels to get to our plates.

It's where I learn about all of the upcoming trends in jewelry, sample some fantastic gourmet food, and get miles and miles of walking in!

Mud Bay is admirable for the degree to which they take customer care seriously and they differentiate themselves by going the extra mile, reading scientific studies, interviewing veterinary nutritionists, visiting the manufacturing facilities and collecting anecdotal data about how well a food feeds.

what if your cats not vomiting, but appears to have diarrhea and it seem pasty but he drinks water and doesn't seem to have a loss of appetite and he seem a little bit sneezy but hes still playfull and not slow paced what could that mean, in addition he eats friskys wet and dry cat food but purrfers the wet food, but its not his usual bm cycle not that i pay much attention in that area just yesterday he was sitting on the kitchen floor and when he got up and moved he left a little size spot on the floor of what looked like undigested cat food, so i kind of kept an eye on him scince then and thats what brings me to this question if i gave him a can of Vienna sausages the night before could that havr caused it and if so is it temporary because i usually keep him on his diet of kitty foods but love him so much i like to give him treats now and then, and i had a kitten for about 7 months and she was fine the whole time but one day she layed down and she wouldent get up and i give them medicine for prts from the pharmacy dewormer flea and tick soap but it was within i say half hour from playing to lathargic and in my city the closes vet is 14 miles away none closer so i went to a vet website and said talk to a vet free but when it came to them giving me advice they wanted a credit card # and $ 35.00 witch i would have given them gladly but i do nt have a credit card, not even 15 min.after filling 24 min.

Todos Santos is a town about 60 miles north of Cabo, and the festival sports music, dancing, a fair, and plenty of delicious local food.

That leaves people who are loyal to United, but don't care about miles or status, order lots of food & drink onboard and travel occasionally abroad and just hate annual fees as the target audience.

It is all a bit heavy on the meat and eggs, involves a lot of driving about the 100 miles to find food, and it is boiling seawater to make salt is a big waste of fossil fuels.

The bottom line is, if you're worried about «food miles» and the carbon footprint of your groceries, that is the kind of trade to examine.

Think about it: If something were to happen overnight that rendered cheap energy and the ability to ship in food (raw, processed or otherwise) from hundreds or thousands of miles away obsolete, would your local food system be able to support its surrounding population?

Given the local food movement's focus on food miles, Carole Anne's spirited polemic about corporations dropping long - term family farm suppliers when they find a closer supplier should provide some interesting food for thought too.

The 100 - mile diet is a great way to learn about your local farming and food production community, get healthier, and choose a sustainable way of eating.

Yesterday, NPR's Here & Now program hosted author James McWilliams, to talk about «locavores» (it's the 2007 Word of the Year, after all) and some of the ins and outs of food miles vs. life cycle as a way to measure the impact of your eating choices.

My first EcoChallenge was to take on the hyperlocavore 100 mile diet, and since then I've thought about food, food transportation and the import / export systems nearly every time I grocery shop.

Vancouver BC author decides to eat food grown within 100 miles of home for one year and tells about this challenge.

The idea of trying to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet is almost yesterday's news in the green community, as is talking about eating locally, minimizing food miles, reducing the amount of meat you eat.

In all the years that I've been writing about choosing food grown nearby, the irony that persists is this: I can easily find and purchase food that was grown within 100 miles of my New York City address, but people who live in the middle of farming country can not.

Shoppers concerned about melting icecaps wouldn't have to scratch their heads and wonder how many food miles a tomato has traveled, or fret about whether a tightly packed ship full of produce from Chile emits more carbon than having everyone haul groceries in their SUVs from the local farm.

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Another community transforming school food is Burke County, about 30 miles south of Augusta, Ga., largely through the «fruit and vegetable grant.»