Sentences with phrase «energy with food production»

(One project in my community exploring how farms can double crop solar energy with food production — just one example of how out - of - the - box thinking can help solar to coexist and even enhance existing land uses.)

Not exact matches

If the problem on which we focus is food production, we will not have the resources to deal with crises in energy production.

Raskin also reported that not one story coming out of the six - week conference dealt with UNESCO's battle against illiteracy, its development of alternative energy sources, its educational programs for scientists and engineers, its basic research into food production, and scores of other accomplishments during 1980.

The concept of local food processing precincts, with waste products being combined for regional renewable energy generation and organic fertiliser production is not mentioned.

The new plant is to supply Arla Food's milk powder production with green energy in the form of biogas, which is -LSB-...]

«Our project is to make Ghana a regional production and manufacturing centre, by weaving together our numerous natural resources, such as our food produce, extensive cash crops, gold, bauxite, iron ore, oil and gas, with our talents and energy to turn our nation into an economic powerhouse in West Africa and beyond,» he explained.

The study is also in keeping with the theme of the challenge «Sustainable Resources: Food, Energy, and Water,» which will develop strategies that link optimized agricultural practices, water management, and energy prodEnergy, and Water,» which will develop strategies that link optimized agricultural practices, water management, and energy prodenergy production

Now, scientists have shown that supplementing healthy mice with NMN — found in foods such as broccoli, avocado, cabbage, and cucumber — can compensate for this loss of energy production, reducing typical signs of aging such as gradual weight gain, loss of insulin sensitivity and declines in physical activity.

The thick, green outer must be filleted off in order to consume this potent medicinal food, with the soft gel being highly concentrated with long - chain sugars — the same polysaccharides mentioned above — and glycoproteins that may provide satiation, long - term energy production, anti-inflammatory properties, and immune - enhancing qualities.

Your body reacts to energy consumption (eating food) with insulin production.

Food i very important for production of energy and with weight training its even more important to build muscle and get them toned.

Teaming up with a diverse range of partners — covering everything from technology, healthcare and food production to energy, culture and transport — the campaign aims to galvanise industry, MPs, parents and teachers in a national push to inspire the next generation of engineers.

The cost of one C02 free coal plant is likely to be many times that of a magma heat mining pilot plant and we wouldn't need to see food production compete with energy production.

The idea that you could ever replace the rate of utilization of energy from fossil fuels, which has been estimated as consuming 400 years worth of photosynthesis per year, with a fraction of the annual photosynthetic harvest that does not impinge on food production is part of today's magical thinking, along with reducing deficits by cutting taxes while continuing to increase spending.

Those of us who knew about ethanol production with current technology knew it was going to produce server problems in the food and energy markets.

Amazingly, with an enrollment of only about 800 students (for the record — that's roughly the same size as my high school), the college offers majors in Environmental Studies, Renewable Energy & Ecological Design, Wilderness & Outdoor Therapy, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production, Animal Conservation & Care and numerous minor options in the environmental and sustainability space.

EU law makers ruled that biofuels can compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use — and so have set a limit on the quantity of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets (at no more than 7 % of transport energy).

But the increased use of agricultural lands for growing energy crops may compete with food production, causing increased food prices and deforestation.

Recognising that water is fundamental for food security, human health, energy production, industrial productivity, biodiversity, and basic human needs, it ended up with a call to governments to pay more attention to water to provide solutions that will help implement the Paris Agreement.

It is a vision of: urbanization, as people in cities have more opportunities and use resources more efficiently; intensified food production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the expanded use of nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; «re-wilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species — all the while supporting universal human dignity.

This vision, as outlined in An Ecomodernist Manifesto, is one of urbanization; intensified food production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the expanded use of nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; and «rewilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species.

The weekly half - hour programme features host Janaia Donaldson's conversations with guests about a broad range of topics including local food production, renewable energy, transportation alternatives, sustainability, economic localization, and personal responses to the changes ahead.

Such a change would enable democratic decision - making over the source of our electricity, dramatically expand locally - generated renewable energy and — in tandem with efforts to expand the production of local food — help create a thriving and sustainable local community.»

Then there's the added energy cost of production, packaging, and transporting to stores and homes and away to landfill, where disposable plates and cups — which can be made of plastic, Styrofoam, virgin wood fibers, plastic - coated paper, post-consumer recycled fibers, or agricultural waste products such as bagasse, and are usually non-recyclable because they are contaminated with food residue — will sit for hundreds of years, slowly decomposing and releasing methane gas.

In a new study, researchers took a closer look and estimate that with the energy that goes into the agricultural production, transportation, processing, food sales, storage and preparation for the food we waste equates to about 2 % of annual energy consumption in the US.

Almost all forms of economic activity require energy: the production of food and consumer goods, the processing and distribution of water, the construction of housing, the lighting of cities and homes — indeed, nearly all the technologies that help people «live with more dignity and less suffering,» as Pope Francis puts it.