Sentences with phrase «city region food»

The role of city region food systems in resilience and sustainable development (2015)

A group of organisations, including the UN FAO, the International Sustainability Unit - Prince of Wales Charity Foundation, the CFS - Civil Society Mechanism, Communitas Coalition, Global Food Security Cluster - Urban working group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF Foundation, IUFN, UCLG, ILO, IFAD, UNCD and Habitat International Coalition jointly organised at the World Urban Forum a session on city region food systems.

It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader legislation, on strengthening of coordination and collaboration across horizontal and vertical government levels, and on design of specific programmes and policies for sustainable city region food systems.

This brief (2016) describes the results of 13 case studies on city region food systems and food waste management.

about City region food systems and food waste management - Linking urban and rural areas for sustainable and resilient development.

This policy brief (2018) reports on a recent study, implemented by RUAF Foundation and supported by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) and the CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems Research Program (WLE / IWMI), on the role of the private sector in building more sustainable and resilient city region food systems.

This publication documents thirteen case studies from city regions around the world which are developing City Region Food System (CRFS) projects, programmes, and policies, including those related to the prevention, reduction and management of food waste.

The two overarching questions addressed in this study are: 1) How can the private sector help shape more sustainable city region food systems?

and 2) What business and policy environment is needed to better engage the private sector in building sustainable city region food systems?

In the framework of the Cities Farming for the Future programme and the From Seed to Table programme RUAF supported strategic multi-stakeholder planning of local and national urban agriculture policies and programmes for the development of urban agriculture and city region food systems in 18 cities of 12 countries in the global South.

Over the past years, the RUAF Foundation and its partners have collected and analysed relevant policy and strategic documents dealing with urban and city region food systems and - more specifically - urban agriculture production, processing and marketing.

Not exact matches

After appreciating the city's Renaissance architecture and art, sample some of the region's delectable Tuscan food and wine.

These 15 risks are: Lack of Fresh Water, Unsustainable Urbanization, Continued Lock - in to Fossil Fuels, Chronic Diseases, Extreme Weather, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Resistance to Life - saving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Youth Unemployment, Global Food Crisis, Unstable Regions, Soil Depletion, Rising Inequality, Cities Disrupted by Climate Change & Cyber Threats.

«They've been able to end food emergency calls in the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, we'd like to see that replicated across the region.»

Jason's delicious recipes capture the essence of the moles of Oaxaca, the Mayan legacy of the Yucatan, the smoky chile flavors of Zacatecas, the fruit - centric Southern regions, the Spanish influence of Veracruz, and the street food of Mexico City.

Driven by the motto, «Beautiful Food for the People,» the restaurant is centrally located within Kansas City and showcases the region's bounty with pride.

According to Mintel, two thirds of consumers rank authentic, traditional flavors as the most important factor when choosing ethnic foods.5 From a culinary perspective, authentic regional Mexican cuisines — from Mexico City street vendors to moles of the Oaxaca region — are major influences in recipe and formulation development.

Between the Winter Show in San Francisco and the Summer Show in New York City, the Specialty Food Association events bring in more than 40,000 attendees from more than 80 countries and regions to see 260,000 innovative specialty food products, such as confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and mFood Association events bring in more than 40,000 attendees from more than 80 countries and regions to see 260,000 innovative specialty food products, such as confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and mfood products, such as confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more.

Even a partial list of his achievements is long: Scroll recipient for International Wine & Food Society dinners multiple times in the 1970s; Greater Kansas City Chefs Association Chef of the Year in 1976 and 1983; Missouri inductee into Les Amis d'Escoffier Society of Chicago; inductee into Honorable Order of the Golden Toque in 1987; American Culinary Federation 2004 Good Taste Award; and the federation's Central Region 2014 President's Medallion.

Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion — May 6, 7 and 8 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC — has announced the lineup of festival experiences, as well as details for the expanded Pig Out BBQ Village, which will feature Gourmet Man Food that reflects cuisine of the region and the cultural food explosion that is happening around the counFood that reflects cuisine of the region and the cultural food explosion that is happening around the counfood explosion that is happening around the country.

Today, Latin America is more urbanized than any other part of the world — 85 percent of its population will live in cities by 2025 — placing the region at the forefront of the fight to reduce food waste in the urban environment.

The agreement, signed at the historic Band Shell in Twin Falls City Park, joins the company and the city into a partnership where both aspire to sustain the community, its people and the region's natural resources in southern Idaho, while creating nutritious and organic fCity Park, joins the company and the city into a partnership where both aspire to sustain the community, its people and the region's natural resources in southern Idaho, while creating nutritious and organic fcity into a partnership where both aspire to sustain the community, its people and the region's natural resources in southern Idaho, while creating nutritious and organic food.

412 Food Rescue's goal is to introduce innovative solutions to eradicate food waste in the region and expand its model to cities around the counFood Rescue's goal is to introduce innovative solutions to eradicate food waste in the region and expand its model to cities around the counfood waste in the region and expand its model to cities around the country.

Whitfield County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Implementation of the New Meal Pattern and Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Seaborn Lee Elementary / Fulton County School Nutrition (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Liberty County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Promoting a Healthy School Environment Atlanta Public Schools Nutrition Department Savannah — Chatham County Public Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Walton County Public Schools Farm to School Programs Commerce City Schools DeKalb County Schools Sharon Elementary School — Forsyth County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Jackson County Schools Pierce County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Fiscal Management Thomaston - Upson School System (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Food Safety (HACCP Implementation) Gwinnett County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner) Increasing Participation in School Lunch, School Breakfast, or Afterschool Snacks Bibb County School Nutrition Butts County School System Tri-Cities High School, Fulton County School Nutrition Program Leadership, Development and Program Management Cobb County School District Jackson County Schools School Breakfast and School Lunch Week Events Dublin City Schools Jackson County Schools Pierce County Schools (Also a USDA Southeast Region Award Winner)

Villages appear every few kilometers intertwined with agriculture, and while cities are full and crowded, just get out and venture away and you will discover regions that promote their own artisan food products and locally grown specialties.

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban arfood consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban arFood» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban arfood available to consumers in urban areas.

The New York City projects are (1) «The Big U», a series of berms and bridges around lower Manhattan, (2) «Living Breakwaters», a series of breakwaters off the south shore of Staten Island, and (3) «Lifelines», to provide flood protection systems for Hunts Point, the site of a major food market that functions as a hub of the region's food supply chain.

A a group of New York City lawmakers has teamed up with another preservation group, the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, to create a plan to preserve the region's existing food system.

Republican state Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb says taking these food containers out of New York City takes jobs out of his Finger Lakes region in upstate New York.

«New York City and perhaps the region has enough food,» she said.

The FDA staff buys 250 - plus kinds of food in three cities located in each of the country's four geographic regions.

Both a city and a region (we recommend you stay in town, using it as a base for day trips), Oaxaca is home to some of the best Mexican food in the world, with a fresh ingredient focus that takes farm - to - table to new levels.

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This year's Italian Film Festival features the U.S. premiere of Cucini, a documentary on the food of Naples through the eyes of five of the city's chefs, and The Last Prosecco, a thriller set in the wine - producing region of Veneto.

While these exclusive sociedades gastronomicas are off - limits to outsiders, food lovers can get a taste of traditional Basque fare such as cogote (hake's head served with garlic - infused oil) and marmitako (a light summer fish casserole made with fresh tuna, potatoes and tomatoes) if they head to the region's culinary hub, the city of San Sebastián.

California: The ACME Foundation: Clearlake (veterinary care assistance for senior and disabled pet owners) Actors and Others for Animals: Greater Los Angeles area (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care) Animal Assistance League of Orange County: Orange County (pet food, transportation and veterinary care assistance) Animal Health Foundation: Los Angeles and Orange Counties (veterinary care assistance) AnimalSave: Green Valley (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Animal Welfare Assistance Group: Monterey County (veterinary care assistance, spay / neuter; pet food and supplies for seniors, disabled veterans, owners of service dogs and others; pet care resources and referrals) Bad Rap: San Francisco (pit bull - specific assistance for finding rental housing and insurance) California Department of Social Services Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA) Program: Statewide (provides monthly stipend to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog) Cat People: Bakersfield (cat food / litter, spay / neuter assistance, vaccination assistance) 661-327-4706 Cats in Need (of Human Care): Southern California, multiple locations (spay / neuter assistance) The Chester Foundation: Sacramento region (veterinary care assistance) FACE Foundation: San Diego (grant assistance for pets in need of emergency or critical care) FixNation: Los Angeles (spay / neuter assistance for cats) Friends of Long Beach Animals: Long Beach (spay / neuter assistance) Haven Humane Society: Redding (low - cost spay / neuter, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary grants for residents receiving Medi - Cal or Medicare) Clinic: 530-241-1658; Shelter: 530-241-1653 Helen Woodward Animal Center: Rancho Santa Fe (pet food) Helen Woodward Animal Center Animeals program: San Diego County (free pet food for the dogs and cats of elderly or disabled people) Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low - cost spay / neuter) Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe: Truckee, Sierra County, Eastern Placer County or Eastern Nevada County (pet food pantry and low cost / free spay & neuter programs for Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and those that qualify) Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors) LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay / neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance) Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low - income seniors, persons living with HIV / AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services) Mercy Crusade's Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians) Mountains» Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Napa Humane: Napa (spay / neuter assistance) Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Orange County SPCA Animal Rescue Fund: Orange County (assistance for veterinary care including spay / neuter) Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay / neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care) PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Pasadena Humane Society: Pasadena (spay / neuter assistance) PAWS / LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay / neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services) PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay / neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits) Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance) The Pet Rescue Center's Pet Pantry: Orange County (pet food, litter, and flea treatments for unemployed, senior, or disabled pet owners) Pets Are Wonderful Support: San Diego (pet food / litter, pet supplies, veterinary assistance, animal transport, temporary foster program, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food) Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay / neuter assistance) Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay / neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics) Sammie's Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance) San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay / neuter assistance Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay / neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank) SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay / neuter, vaccination assistance) Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay / neuter assistance) SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay / neuter assistance) SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance) VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless) Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assistance)

HSI / Canada worked with the Quebec Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with the mandate of ANIMA Québec to rescue 125 dogs from a commercial breeding operation in the Chaudière - Appalaches region, located south of Quebec City.

The Canadian city, which looks remarkably like a charming village tucked away in the European countryside, is a hot spot for food lovers who want to celebrate all of the cultural food and beverage in the region.

In the north, in the city of Galicia, locally - sourced food is par for the course, fitting for a region where much of Spain's seafood hails from.

Nearby Swansea is a city that has reinvented itself in the past 5 years with a thriving local food scene showcasing the region's rich food heritage: laver bread, cockles, Welsh black beef, and sea bass jostle.

The best food in the area is found in Nelson, the region's main city.

A region of great charm, southern India offers travellers beautiful cities, colonial hill stations, colourful temples, a relaxed lifestyle, attractive scenery and some of the best food in India.

The very first reference to tacos as a food seems to have been by miners in the mid to late 19th century in the regions near mexico city.

Emilia Romagna is a beautiful region of northern Italy, famous for its amazing food, historic cities, gorgeous coastline — and, of course, seriously fast cars.

Bologna in the Emilia - Romagna region of Italy is one of those iconic cities that has a proud and amazing food culture and history.

I also grew up in a poor valley region in California where we have a lot agriculture and huge Hmong immigrant population so I went to school with a lot of Hmong people (little known by Americans - as there are mostly Chinese, Thai, Korean people in the bigger cities) and got to go to a few food / culture festivals and see their beautiful embroidery -

Thessaloniki in northern Greece is a city not always associated with art, food and wine, or as a cultural centre yet it is steeped in history as a geographically strategic point for this region.

Fresh, gourmet food & wine; rugged coastline and an art deco city — the scenic highlights of the Hawke's Bay region are unique and fascinating.

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HUDSON VALLEY — Scenic Hudson has released a groundbreaking study that for the first time provides reliable data on what Hudson Valley farmland must be conserved to ensure that the people of New York City and the region can continue to count on nearby supplies of fresh food.