Sentences with phrase «change against food»

«They have to weigh mitigation of climate change against food security,» he says, which means exploring technical solutions that can optimize food production and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

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We are seeking smart, thoughtful, and creative self - starters who want to push back against climate change, transform industrial animal agriculture, and develop healthy and humane foods that are accessible to everyone.

The campaign against food waste is part of Tearfund's Renew Our World project which aims to tackle climate change.

This absence of fat works against their absorption into the body, and the addition of a fat - containing food like avocado can change this situation pretty dramatically.

Environmentalist Paul Hawken calls on the food industry, as a big part of the problem, to lead the way against climate change.

I want to provide individuals with the essential tools and confidence to radically change their diet and to rebel against the dominant food culture.

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

As the world races toward a projected 9 billion inhabitants and against the backdrop of climate change, resource shortages and urbanisation, the question of how to ensure adequate food supply for everyone looms rather large.

Streamlining date labels worldwide by 2020 could be game - changing in the fight against global food waste,» said Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive of Tesco and Chair of Champions 12.3

WRAP has previously raised the issue of packaging labelling in the fight against food waste, with the organisation estimating in February 2017 that nearly # 1 billion of food waste could be saved through changes to labelling, before seeking views on draft guidance for labelling in July.

A new paradigm in the fight against childhood obesity and diet - related illnesses, Cook for America ® promotes school food reform with an emphasis on holistic, systemic change.

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But as I told you in my «State of the Tray» piece for Civil Eats last month, the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest organization of school food professionals, is pushing back against these changes.

The Christian charity also reported that government use of sanctions against benefit recipients was «increasingly harsh» and that half of those who had been referred to food banks in 2013 - 14 had suffered benefit delays or changes.

Both developments contribute to climate change and loss of food security, the availability of water and the natural protection against flooding and drought, leading to further societal instability.

Writing in the journal, Conservation Biology, scientists recommend the adoption of measures to mitigate against a range of effects including; food scarcity (where fisheries compete for the same resources), being caught in fishing nets, oil pollution and climate change.

Beside the climate change mitigation goal, the initiative contributes to many other challenges as biodiversity conservation, food security, governance and fight against land degradation.

It's hard to work against the tide but we do have the power to change the food climate and vote with our dollars for better food, at better prices!

We've been doing this since 2009, and we evaluate our whole food based formula every year against the latest research and changing dietary deficiencies, to ensure that no matter what, you're getting the best of the best.

GBM's approach empowers communities to take action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).

It didn't change his basic opinion of McDonalds et al, as we'd managed to indoctrinate him against fast food years before (with the assistance of a rat that ran across his foot in our local McDonalds when he was about six!)

I have a 6 year old cat that came down with a bad urinary and possible IC, Due to a life change and a drastic reduce in income I thought after several rounds of treatment I was going to have to put him down because monies were exhausted, My vet suggested this food to help fight against his problem, It was expensive, but I had to try to save his life and free him from pain.

«Taking food production back into our own hands will play a major part in the fight against climate change.

As the second - largest grocery chain in Canada, Sobey's could become a real leader in the fight against profligate food waste, if it would only change its policy.

This infographic on the actions that need to be prioritized to improve the adaptive capacity in agriculture sectorsto ensure food security and build resilience against climate change impacts.

-- «They are the base of the food chain... if there's no plankton, there's no fish in the oceans... And they take CO2 out of the atmosphere by taking it into the interior of the ocean where it can be stored for thousands of millions of years so they're an essential buffer against climate change due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere»

Also, the ocean contributes in generating food and oxygen for human being and fighting against climate change by absorbing 93 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human activities.

Join the fight against food miles, agrochemicals, and climate change, and discover the fun and huge sense of satisfaction that comes from cooking something you have produced yourself.

Likewise, our food systems are villains in the fight against climate change.

Countries are spending countless billions of dollars annually on faulty to fraudulent IPCC climate models and studies that purport to link every adverse event or problem to manmade climate change; subsidized renewable energy programs that displace food crops and kill wildlife; adaptation and mitigation measures against future disasters that exist only in «scenarios» generated by the IPCC's GIGO computer models; and welfare, food stamp and energy assistance programs for the newly unemployed and impoverished.

For the Green Belt Movement which has empowered communities to conserve the environment forover 37 years, ensuring food security at household level is vital to having improved livelihoods, economic empowerment and build resilience against climate change in the rural Kenya.

The choice of a stabilization level implies the balancing of the risks of climate change (risks of gradual change and of extreme events, risk of irreversible change of the climate, including risks for food security, ecosystems and sustainable development) against the risk of response measures that may threaten economic sustainability.

This mannual aims 1) to raise awareness of important roles of genetic resources for food and agriculture against climate change and 2) to contribute to the mainstreaming of genetic resources into climate change adaptation and mitigation planning at national and international levels.

Blue NG are committing a crime against humanity and the planet by using misinformation * to win support for the new market of agrofuel power stations, when virtually all agrofuels have been shown to cause ecosystem destruction, accelerated climate change & food poverty.

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New Scientist, also known as Nude Socia.list [spam block avoider there] magazine, never misses the opportunity to use the derogatory phrase «climate - change deniers» in order to smear sound scientific argument against an unverifiable computer modelled catastrophe driven by harmless aerial plant food gas.

Labour and employment law: Following the closure of the Wal - Mart store in Jonquière, Que., in April 2005, the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 503 took legal action against Wal - Mart as a result of changes to the employees» conditions of employment.

• Carried out light housekeeping tasks as required • Responded to guest calls and relayed the ordered services to the relevant department • Changed linens, collected and distributed laundry in a timely manner • Set - up and served food trays • Checked the food on tray against the order before serving • Assisted in food preparation at kitchen

• Assist customers in deciding their orders by providing them with information on available deli items and deals • Respond to customers» queries promptly and ensure that their orders are taken accurately • Make sandwiches and put together salads according to customers» specific instructions • Provide customers with information on prepackaged food items such as prices and ingredients • Process credit card and cash payments against sold items and tender change and receipt

It provides people the tools and confidence they need to radically change their diet, to rebel against the dominant food culture, to become a food renegade.