Sentences with phrase «farmers grow the food»

A small number of farmers grow the food that feeds a nation and many other people around the world.

St Paul has also been able to change its school food bidding process to favor regionally and locally sourced produce, resulting in about 40 % of its produce now coming from local farms, and it created educational materials for the lunch room to introduce kids to the local farmers growing their food.

The resulting crops have fundamentally changed how farmers grow our food.

The deer really want more oak trees but three of your humans want you to start building a fast food restaurant - only to get that fast food restaurant running, you have to have farmers growing food and raising cattle, a flour mill running, bakeries baking, a slaughterhouse - and each of these requires a certain amount of labor (must come from your established community) as well as power and water, which can be generated by solar power, windmills, or oil powered generators.

Not exact matches

The CFA wants consumers to know the product was grown in Canada, our farmers follow high standards for food safety, and their practices are environmentally friendly.

Last year, 55,000 free breakfasts and lunches were served at its drop - in, 10,000 pounds of vegetables were grown in its gardens and greenhouse, and almost $ 2 - million worth of local food and products were sold at a weekly farmers» market held at the Stop's Wychwood Barns location, a singular complex comprised of greenhouse, gardens, kitchen and classroom.

We've seen how supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.

That is, it will cost more to drive your car, for farmers to grow food, truckers to transport that food, businesses to buy supplies ranging from paint to roofing shingles.

Meanwhile, fast - food leader McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) has been running commercials about the farmers that grow its food, an effort to emphasize its food quality and freshness.

Can the school support those farmers who are growing food organically?

Can the school support farmers who are growing food organically?

The show took them all over Georgia, looking for locally grown food from farmers.

I remember that at the time I felt a bit guilty that rather than grow it myself or pick it up from the farmer's market, I bought the rhubarb at the grocery store — along with some store bought whipped cream and angel food mini bundt cakes.

As the world population grows, farmers will not only need to meet increasing demands of food, but also keep nutritional values high.

As I gear up to begin seeding for this year's garden, I'm reminded of the simple — but incredible — power of the home garden, and that for a 3 or 4 month stretch in summer - fall, I buy very little at the grocery store, my food coming from my own little rectangle on this planet, or, for what I can't / don't grow, from the local farmers» markets.

A landmark study on the trade flow of organic food products across the borders of the United States reveals that a robust global appetite for organic food has created new lucrative markets from Mexico City all the way to Hong Kong for U.S. organic producers — but also provides strong evidence that American farmers are losing out on some valuable opportunities by not growing more organic.

For some years now, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) has been monitoring APL's support for small - scale farmers, and what we have witnessed is in fact a systematic campaign to undermine the efforts of the growing number of small - scale pastured pig farmers.

«Farmers put hard work into growing the quality food that will be served at Farm Aid 2017, and it's far too precious to be wasted.

Farmers are not the only entrepreneurs fueling Appalachia's growing local food economy.

By Amanda Kimble - Evans Organic farmers and gardeners already witness every year the bountiful harvests possible when growing food in concert with nature.

While claiming to promote food security and benefit small farmers, Grow's focus on a few high - value commodities — like potatoes, maize, coffee, tea and palm oil — exposes the programme's real objective: to expand the production of a handful of commodities to profit a handful of corporations.

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The farmers trust their members to show up and support the project, and in turn the members trust the farmers to grow and distribute the food.

The company also maintains a comprehensive quality program that motivates farmers to harvest the best quality fruit, improve food safety, protect the environment, and grow professionally, thus fomenting a comprehensive development of the farm, the fruit and the family.

Because small - scale farmers grow up to 70 percent of all the food consumed throughout the world, WeFarm helps provide data to multinational food and beverage companies that source from these farmers.

«One event can not change the system, but together we can celebrate the chefs and farmers who continue to tilt the scales back towards responsibly grown food.»

Besides all the stellar veg and veg - friendly places to eat here in Kansas City, we also have a 100 % vegan meal delivery service, numerous health food stores (including Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and some locally - owned ones too), several farmers markets (such as the impressive City Market), large vegan and raw food meetup groups, multiple CSAs and year - round organic / local produce home delivery services, a growing city - wide enthusiasm for local and organic foods, and even a new Café Gratitude location on the way.

Wholesome Wave is a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase access to (and affordability of) fresh, locally grown food through programs that work with neighborhood farmer's markets and encourage those in under - served communities to make healthier choices and buy local produce.

Anthony Rodale, chairman emeritus Grandson of Rodale Institute's founder, J.I. Rodale, Anthony was inspired to help farmers and gardeners become more productive while growing their food in balance with nature after photographing a food security workshop in Kenya with the Rodale Institute's international team.

Find fresh, sustainably grown foods while supporting local farmers and producers.

By focusing on real ingredients, we're able to support the hard — working farms and farmers that are focused on growing real, organic foods, so they can continue to do the work that fuels us all.

They discuss transition foods, farmers markets, CSA's, locally grown food, grilling and vegan cheese.

If farmers must grow twice as much food to feed the 10 billion, following the ecosystem - conserving rules of Sir Albert Howard ties their hands.

-- Local Harvest: Use this website to find farmers» markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, and fin out where you can buy produce, grass - fed meats, and many other goodies.

I respect people who grow food and also communities who support their local farmers.

Local farmers, growers, and artisan food purveyors display fresh, California - grown, directly - from - the - farmer, tree - and - vine - ripened, fruits and vegetables (organic, exotic, and conventional), artisan foods, fresh - baked goods, and colorful, fresh - cut flower bouquets.

My love of growing and cooking good food brought me to the organic agriculture movement and while I aspired to being a farmer, I have found my calling in organic certification.

Dr Monk says, «Growing food without synthetic chemicals, without cages and without the use of hormones, antibiotics and GM is not an ideology — it's a right that all farmers should naturally have, and in farming this way they're meeting consumer expectations.»

For many years I enjoyed traveling the world, meeting organic farmers and discovering how food is grown, handled and manufactured.

The report shows organic farming is forecast to record outstanding growth of 50 % over the next five years and anticipates Australian farmers will export more food as Asia's population continues to grow.

Dr Monk says, «Growing food without synthetic chemicals, without cages and without the use of hormones, antibiotics and GM is not an ideology — it's a right that all farmers should naturally have — and in farming this way they're meeting consumer expectations.»

«How we grow and process our food is complicated — and many people are shocked to find out that farmers... more

This lineup is being supplemented with new, developing programs that include Good Food Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysFood Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysfood and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming system.

These land degradation impacts can also jeopardize food security, because smallholder farmers combine growing tea and subsistence crops on their plots.

That's why the Rainforest Alliance works with farmers to advance a variety of strategies, such as crop intensification (growing more food on less land), and with traditional forest - dwellers to develop livelihoods that don't hurt forests or ecosystems.

First, it managed to bring together, in the same room and quite often around the same discussion table, representatives of the biggest corporations in food and agribusiness (e.g. Coles and Woolworths); state, federal and local government officers; individual farmers; scientists and academics; and members of the growing community food sector.

We will meet this ambitious goal by attacking the problem at every point of entry, from farm to table to trash: tackling everything from how smallholder farmers grow and store their crops, to how corporations account for food loss and waste, to consumer tolerance for throwing away food.

While this doesn't apply to Australia where approximately 60 % of food produced is exported, it highlights farmers face a profitability dilemma under the current policy regime solution of simply growing more raw commodities.

As the Midwest's premier annual celebration of the growing Good Food movement, the Good Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we Food movement, the Good Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we eat.

In other words, less subsidised over-production of corn in the US, and more food crops grown by small farmers in the developing world.