Sentences with phrase «base of local support»

President Medina's visit was also one that acknowledged a base of local support for his candidacy and for his victory.

Not exact matches

Millennials would rather support small, local brewers, even if they have to spend a little more money, according to Jason Wilson, founder of Alabama - based craft brewery Back Forty Beer Company, which grew annual revenue to $ 2.2 million in 2014 from $ 52,000 in 2010.

Local commerce in the metro region, which also includes Pasco and Richland, is primarily based on farming, wine, health - care and the automotive industries, all of which support STEM graduates in some capacity.

If you start out with 100 or 1,000 local investors, it might be a nice base of customer support and people invested in your success.

Significant support is given to the local primary school and Talison Lithium employees are involved in a number of joint environmental and community based projects with the school including Clean - up Australia Day, National School's Tree Day and the annual biological monitoring of the Greenbushes Pool for the Waterwatch Ribbons of Blue project.

Any substantial defections requiring the support of major opposition party New Democracy would open up the possibility of broader changes to the government or a referendum, said Saravelos, who calculates that between 10 and 40 Syriza lawmakers could dissent based on local media reports.

Ontario, which has a greenbelt, has legislation that supports increasing local food production from its land base through establishing targets that their minister of agriculture needs to report on annually.

When the Community Mental Health Centers Act was adopted in 1963, it provided Federal support for the development of a national program of comprehensive mental health services based in local communities.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Paid - time religious programming has justified its dominance of the religious television field in recent years by suggesting that with its independent financial resources gained through audience cultivation and support it has been able to overcome the limitations experienced by mainline broadcasters as they worked with the local stations and networks on a public service basis.

The company develops a complete supply chain for its clients based around their individual needs and works with a variety of suppliers across the country, including the support of local, organic farming.

Suffolk - based print firm Denny Bros has teamed up with a leading artist to create two pieces of art as part of a project supporting a local mental health..

With the support of local London retailers, a small collection of bars quickly grew in popularity, which expanded the range to new and exciting flavour combinations based on Meg's favourite Pure Dark chocolate recipe, and her creamy, vegan Mylk chocolate.

Organic agriculture — identified as a package of intelligent and innovative farming techniques, sustainable and fair food chains based on principles that strengthen small - scale farmers and empower rural economies - are being adopted globally by governments and local authorities, carried out by millions of farmers and supported by a rapidly increasing number of consumers.

Our franchise partners enjoy the benefits of customized marketing plans designed to support successful restaurant openings and maintain awareness, as well as dedicated field marketing managers who work alongside franchisees on a regular basis to coordinate and execute local marketing initiatives.

We identified three interrelated points of tension being intensified by supermarket chains: whether progress is encapsulated by being an agricultural production or a modern consumption centre; whether progress should be based on a model of corporate capital or the local small business; and to what extent modern citizens can and should support community shopping instead of convenience shopping.

CHEF KATE ADAMICK, Principal of Food Systems Solutions ® LLC, is a New York City - based consultant specializing in integrating operational changes, site - based programming, and public - private partnerships to implement, reinforce and support the healthful transformation of institutional meals programs and aid in developing local and sustainable agriculture systems.

Organization Goals From it's beginnings in 1994 as a local Washington DC parent group to its growth as an international, multi-region support resource, FRUA continues to focus on the following goals: * To improve the lives of children * To strengthen families * To share the culture and heritage of our children * To provide peer group support for our children * To provide peer group support for parents * To promote a reality - based perception of our children

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

Because each of Illinois «958 local school districts has the ability to set its own property tax rate, and because each has a different base of local property value on which to collect taxes, there is a wide variance in the tax rates and dollars that support local elementary and high schools.

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Because of the move to «product - based» solutions, funding is already drying up for most infant and young child feeding support programs and for community - based approaches that teach and promote skills to make nutritious family foods from local indigenous ingredients.

The program continues to enjoy bipartisan support for its evidenced - based, voluntary, and local approach to improving the lives of babies and families.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

I talked to my «breast friends» — mamas from my online breastfeeding support groups and my local chapter of La Leche League — on a daily basis, even if only to exchange breastfeeding memes and jokes, as well as to share breastfeeding milestones and advice.

• The School Nutrition department partners with the Cherokee County Farm Bureau to foster an engaged farm - to - school community with support from a broad range of community members including parents, teachers, administrators, farmers, Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners, the Upper Etowah River Alliance, local churches and faith - based organizations, the Boy Scouts of America, and more.

The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK report in 2016 affirmed the borough's actions as it recommends in Indicator 6 (Community - based support) that «commissioners ensure that there is a range of postnatal services that include both health professional and voluntary - sector breastfeeding support to meet local needs and provide clear access to specialist support» and that they «maintain the full range of health visiting services, and maintain health visiting as a universal service».

Malang Fofana, the head of the Gambia delegation, expressed the concerns of many saying, «Because of the move to «product - based» solutions, funding is already drying up for most infant and young child feeding support programs and for community - based approaches that teach and promote skills to make nutritious family foods from local indigenous ingredients.

The basis for indirect support for the press in the United Kingdom, for example, continues to be the definition of a newspaper as publications that «consist of several large sheets folded rather than bound together, and contain information about current events of local, national or international interest.»

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

Twenty percent of the casino siting decision would be based on local support.

«We are all in this together, and I will make available on an as - needed basis our county staff to support the efforts of our local towns as they respond to the influx of residents,» the county executive said in his press release.

Brian Kavanagh and Tenants PAC With Kavanagh endorsement, Rivera builds broad - based support from local Assemblymember representing majority of district

The way we work, our global code of business conduct, supported by our global policies, standards and guidance notes, in conjunction with the requirements of local law and our voluntary commitments, forms the basis of our governance systems.

It's a measure that has been opposed by doctors» groups, but comes after Cuomo publicly pledged to support a host of more high - profile measures including a minimum wage hike to $ 10.10 and allowing local governments to raise the wage on their own through a state - based formula.

This of course is a very rough model and it can not take appropriate account of the fact that changing support levels between elections tend to vary geographically, while it also fails to take account of the local particularities of the different regions in cases where no regional figures are produced in association with different national opinion polls meaning that there is no scope to carry out separate regional analyses based on these poll figures.

Building local power bases and maximising the benefits of incumbency remain the foundations of Lib Dem support and these should be remembered as campaigning begins in the coming months.

It will allow Cornell Cooperative Extension to commission a feasibility study to help identify resources and specific data - based strategies for food distribution related to the development of a virtual food network to support a comprehensive local foods and farmer to consumer initiative.

«We support the captioned bill because its overarching concept speaks directly to a growing concern among retailers of all size operating not only in New York City, but throughout the state: the growing policy - based aspirations of local governments,» wrote Ted Potrikus, the Retail Council president and CEO.

More than 90 cents on every dollar of funding we receive goes directly back to local CACs to help and protect kids, while the rest bolsters the national movement to provide evidence - based support for children and families experiencing abuse.

Molinaro also said county governments need state support and cooperation to improve local economies and enhance local tax bases, including local home rule authority to enact budget proposals, as well as the legislative relief from the burden of unfunded mandates.

But the business community is not thrilled with Cuomo's support for a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate or a pledge to enact a host of liberal legislation next year, including a faster phase - in of the state's minimum wage as well as a promise to allow local governments to raise the wage on their own within a state - based formula.

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

It may not presently have an effective national structure to support local organizing, but there is a base of organizers and activists that have kept the party going across the country.

The Workforce Training Center will partner with local manufacturers and energy providers, workforce development training organizations, educational institutions, government entities, and community and faith based organizations to deliver educational services and a comprehensive network of support for residents of Western New York.

Awardees will be selected based on their level of engagement in science and / or mathematics education at the local, state, national, or international levels; their need for financial support; and their potential for sharing with others the knowledge gained at the workshop.

Individuals were referred to support services via the care of their GP and for suicide risk, immediate action was taken based on local service guidelines.

Named after nutrition pioneer Weston A. Price, DDS, author of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, the Washington, DC - based Foundation publishes a quarterly journal for its 15,000 members, supports 600 local chapters worldwide and hosts a yearly international conference.

As members of the Weston A. Price Foundation Amy and I heartily support and promote local family farms and pasture - based animal husbandry.

From community - supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community - based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.