Sentences with phrase «food crises of»

From animal disease outbreaks, to accidental contamination, food - borne illnesses, and concerns over the provenance or ingredients of foodstuffs, food crises of one form or another are seemingly a regular occurrence.

The fear of droughts and heat in the future «The food crisis of 2008 was a harbinger of things to come,» said Nina Fedoroff, the science and technology adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In a soon - to - be-published essay, they write that «despite its flaws, it provides a useful lens to view the environmental, energy, and food crisis of the present time.»

In all 15 million people face food insecurity in eight nations across the Sahel, a region that is still recovering from drought and a food crisis of 2010.

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George Fonourakis, a food and beverages manager at a hotel in Athens, told CNBC that he was forced to move back in with his parents during the height of the crisis.

Such indoor farming — ranging from skyscraper greenhouses to in vitro meat — is altering our definition of agriculture and creating technologies that could stave off a global food crisis.

I recently spoke with a director of one of Canada's largest food companies about risk, which is particularly pertinent with an E. coli crisis now unfolding in Alberta.

The chain is also likely benefiting from the struggles of close peer Chipotle Mexican Grill (cmg), which has struggled in the wake of a food - safety crisis that started last year.

Citizens of the crisis - torn nation are struggling to cope with widespread food shortages, the collapse of its traditional currency and hyperinflation — which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast to hit 13,000 percent in 2018.

The decision by Chipotle comes as the chain's sales have struggled to rebound from a poorly handled and prolonged food - safety crisis that began in the fall of 2015.

Many Venezuelans have reportedly resorted to scavenging for food in the garbage, while the crisis has also led to shortages of everything from medicine to toilet paper.

For Venezuelans, in the midst of an economic crisis that has included severe food shortages, the moment was ripe with grim symbolism.

Adding to the crisis is the fact that by the end of this year, up to 1 million Americans will have lost food - stamp benefits because of changes in the law that affect eligibility.

Since Ackman revealed a stake in the embattled quick - service restaurant, Chipotle shares have shed 25 % following the return of its food safety crisis.

Examples from the last few years include the subprime mortgage crisis; the failure of the Peanut Corporation of America; the 2007 pet food scandal; lead paint on children's toys in 2007; melamine - laced Chinese milk products; contaminants in the drug Heparin; and dioxin - contaminated Irish pork.

This session will focus on understanding potential perils — from food crises to pandemics and from climate catastrophes to human migration — that aren't top - of - mind in most boardrooms, but could enable CEOs to better navigate changing economic conditions and markets.

The starting point for the discussion was five specific global risks: Resistance to life saving medicine Accelerating transport emissions Loss of ocean biodiversity Global food crisis A Generation Wasted These risk represent a pressure -LSB-...]

By Project Coordinator of the Global Opportunity Network Emil Kofoed Braunschweig In a world with increasing urbanisation and a population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real risk.

This is particular evident in relation to the global food crisis where everyday millions of tons of food on the global scale goes to waste due to inefficiency.

The good news is that the more than 5,500 leaders surveyed worldwide for this year's Global Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food crisis.

The starting point for the discussion was five specific global risks: Resistance to life saving medicine Accelerating transport emissions Loss of ocean biodiversity Global food crisis A Generation Wasted These risk represent a -LSB-...]

Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder was revealed in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers union organizer among immigrant farm workers in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut in half in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.

This report describes a new age of growing crisis: food price spikes and oil price hikes, devastating weather events, financial meltdowns, and global contagion.

The price of soya beans is heading towards the record high set during the 2007 - 08 food crisis, which is set to reignite fears of runaway global food inflation.

Other sources of edible oil, including rapeseed and canola, have also reached levels last seen during the 2007 - 08 food crisis.

The storm quickly gave way to a humanitarian crisis, with many of Puerto Rico's residents struggling to access food, water, and fuel to run generators and cars.

And yet, according to an investigative report, the shortage of food - safety inspectors played an important role in the occurrence of this crisis, which claimed the lives of 22 people.

As a result of the cutbacks imposed to date, the number of food - safety inspectors is lower than it was in 2008, when the Maple Leaf listeriosis crisis broke out.

Or maybe it's the fact that the number of Americans receiving food stamps is still almost double what it was before the financial crisis in 2007?

The working group has been urging governments, companies and other stakeholders to increase the role Christian and other faith - based organisations have in tackling humanitarian crises such as lack of food, water or sanitation, as well as civil wars, religious persecution or natural disasters.

All around the world we're feeling the effects of the food crisis.

The present food crisis is the tip of the iceberg of economic exploitation.

A crisis occurs within us when important foods of the spirit, such as acceptance, belonging, caring, devotion, esteem, faith, are threatened or cut off.

The coalition said its figures revealed a «hidden hunger crisis» across the UK amid forecasts of record numbers of people using Trussell Trust food banks.

I guess that in a world where 39,000 children die each day from preventable disease, where around 90,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq, where the current global food crisis causes a child to die every seven seconds, where 47 million Americans can not afford basic healthcare, and where women and children continue to be murdered in Darfur — nothing says «God is pro-life» better than a bunch of wet democrats.

The stark realities of the world food crisis have made hunger a priority item on the agenda of American churches.

Time magazine (November 11, 1974), concluding its special report on the world food crisis, explains its support of triage:

As the crisis in Fallujah unfolded — as we brought food and water to thousands of displaced families — we knew that preemptive love meant going to the detainment compounds, too.

Father James Oyet of the South Sudanese Council of Churches, who organised the National Day of Prayer added: «In spite of all the thunderstorms of life, the food crisis, the economic crisis, we want to thank God.

The country has declared that official Independence Day celebrations will not go ahead this year due to ongoing conflict, a food crisis that has seen 50 per cent of the population dependent on food aid, 2 million displaced internally and a further 1.9 million flee the country.

But famine, like a plague, spreads, and, «In reality it's a very large food security crisis involving a number of countries and millions at risk,» said Golden, referring to the crisis situation in vast regions of east Africa.

A U.S. government study of response to a 2002 southern Africa drought and food crisis found that food aid contributed to a marked drop in the price of corn.

In an era of daily reports about a global food crisis, perhaps it is kairos time for the church to extend the table, to view the Lord's Supper not only as commemorating that Upper Room meal, but also as remembering Jesus» feeding of the multitude.

With this rising population and the lack of radical reform in most underdeveloped countries, particularly in the rural communities where the large masses of these people live, the world food crisis will recur when again the crops are less favorable; the danger is that it will then gradually take on an ever more permanent and disastrous dimension.

Although the food and beverage industry is enjoying modest gains in the face of the economic crisis, companies may find that an M&A is necessary or desirable to increase market penetration, expand developing lines, transform company identity or diversify investments.

EFSA has published recommendations for communicating during a food related crisis or incident, that can serve as a reference for the national food safety authorities of EU member states.

Which brings me to the deeper reason you will need not simply to address food prices but to make the reform of the entire food system one of the highest priorities of your administration: unless you do, you will not be able to make significant progress on the health care crisis, energy independence or climate change.

Benbrook and Mellon argued against genetically modified food because they say the technology hasn't done what it promised over the past two decades, it has not been determined if there are long - term health risks, weeds are becoming resistant to Bt and requiring the use of more herbicides and biotechnology can't prove it will solve the world's hunger crisis.

AFSA supports the combined call by the Public Health Association of Australia, Red Cross and Dietitians Association of Australia for increased resourcing of nutrition and food supply strategies to respond to this crisis.

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