Sentences with phrase «food economy in»

McKibben: Well, it's not quite the same, because we're not, you know, we [wouldn't] try to, sort of, do a big political campaign around it, but it is the way that this, you know, the things like this locavore movement and local agriculture in general have spread very rapidly from local farmers» market [s] to the fastest growing part of the food economy in this country and have been for a decade now, they're just booming everywhere.

Farming, humanity's main occupation throughout history and once essential to economic survival, has become but a minuscule part of a broader food economy in Ulster County as elsewhere.

He hosts summits, as he did on the food economy in New York City.

AFSA and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food economy in Victoria.

Not exact matches

In a fast - changing economy, food still works, and if you cook it, foodies will come.

«Frozen food is still suffering from an image problem at the moment,» concludes Euromonitor International, which reported in February that Canadian processed frozen foods sales have been flat and are projected to actually drop as the economy improves — from $ 5.2 billion in 2013 to $ 5 billion by 2018.

In conversation with Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia, who explains how his sharing - economy company «dog - foods» to better understand its customers.

China «s consumer price inflation slowed to its weakest pace in almost a year in August, pulled down by abating food costs, although an encouraging moderation in producer price deflation added to growing evidence of a steadying economy.

And the association has been joining hands with groups like Silicon Valley Leadership Group to show members of Congress how the economies of states like California are almost entirely dependent on foreign workers, from the people who grow and produce food there to the people who are creating high - tech jobs at startups in Silicon Valley, Regelbrugge says

Just 16 % felt that the U.S. economy was the main cause, and costs in China and rising food prices weren't seen as significant factors.

«The strength of the economy in both Quebec and Ontario, combined with low food inflation, currently favour the full - service supermarket, and we are pleased with the performance of the Metro banner in both provinces,» CEO Eric La Fleche said Tuesday during a conference call about its second - quarter results.

Global warming is affecting oceans, food and water supply, coastal areas and biodiversity, and creating what Gore calls «the largest business opportunity in world history, as the global economy decarbonizes and becomes hyper - efficient.»

The utilities sector of the economy is home to the firms that make our lights work when we flip the switch, let our stoves erupt in flame when we want to cook food, make water come out of the tap when we are thirsty, and more.

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Workers need a big pay raise to catch up for a period where their standard of living has lagged, and the economy benefits from their increased purchasing power, says Paul Meinema, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, with 100,000 members in Ontario.

This turmoil has confirmed what our central banker, Mark Carney, said in his statement last week: that the economy is growing, in both Canada and globally, but the recovery is still fragile, especially in the US and the Euro - periphery, and that while food and gas prices have pushed up inflation, it should moderate from here.

«Food production is a critical part of our economy and going to be more so in the future.

That is why the United States is working to negotiate in TPP preferential access for the industrial goods, food and agriculture products, textiles, and many other products we export into the fastest - growing economies in the world.

Entrepreneurs and producers in craft, artisan and food businesses are a boon to the local economy.

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.

Re food stamps, per WSJ last September the number had dropped to 46.2 million from a peak of 47.8 million in 2012 and continues to drop as the economy slowly improves > Still too many and too slow, I agree.

«We see a Chinese economy gradually shifting from construction to consumption, and so, we will transition,» said Mackenzie adding that «We imagine we will continue to creep our exports of steelmaking materials like metallurgical coal and iron ore, but we're much more likely to make major investments in what we feel are the next phase of China's growth in energy and in food.»

Earlier this year the failure of few food delivery startups led to a number of pundits and articles claiming that the on - demand economy was in trouble.

But its diverse economy offers jobs in a variety of other fields, including healthcare, food manufacturing, and arts and digital media.

Patricia invests in early - stage consumer and business service technology startups across a wide range of industries including the sharing economy, real estate and food tech sectors.

While protein products developed by these companies are not currently fit for human consumption, methane - based proteins could improve the environmental impact of meat production, and eventually further fuel the meatless revolution by creating another food source for developing economies in Africa and Asia.

There is also an opportunity to connect Canadian businesses with new and like - minded partners in APEC economies such as Vietnam, where Canadian companies will find opportunities in sectors such as agri - food, education and training, information and communication technologies (ICT), clean tech and financial technology, as well as other services.

The Liberal jobs plan included $ 0investment in the agri - food business — an important contributor to the B.C. economy and a provider of over 315,000 jobs.

The experience left me with a positive outlook for the future of how we consume food in America and what it might mean for our rapidly changing economy.

Located in America's Dairyland, the Madison / Milwaukee metro area economy is driven in part by the state's strong focus on agriculture and food processing.

This «leakage» rises for small economies and falls for large ones and for countries that are largely self - sufficient in food.

First, food and energy are a bigger part of CPI baskets in these countries than in the developed economies, so the impact there of the rises in commodity prices is larger.

After leading a trade mission with some of Canada's leading Agri - food businesses to the developing economy in November 2014, the Canadian Agri - Food Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer wofood businesses to the developing economy in November 2014, the Canadian Agri - Food Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer woFood Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer wofood and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer world.

Low oil prices have battered its currency and left its economy in tatters, with food shortages worsening every day.

The tourism / leisure and manufacturing / food industries saw the largest increases in the number of warnings, reflecting the outbreak of SARS in Asia, the Iraq war and weak global economy.

Trucks stimulate economic activity in every sector of the American economy — including health care, fuel and transportation, waste removal, retail, food and agriculture, manufacturing, banking and finance, and many others.

BEIJING China will form a powerful new competition and food safety regulator in a bid to ramp up oversight of mergers and acquisitions and price - fixing as the world's second - largest economy seeks to make policymaking more efficient.

«Public markets are a vital opportunity to create great jobs and have consequences of encouraging so many other businesses in the area of food transportation, food processing and development of regional agriculture, food and beverage economies,» Soglin said.

New York's fast - food workers are getting a pay raise to $ 15 an hour, up from $ 8.75, in a move driven by Gov. Cuomo to help the economy.

The entire economy of the city of Jerusalem was built on temple activities, bathing before the offerings for a fee, dressing for going to the temple, for a fee, buying the offerings, for a fee, paying the priests, temple entrance fees, food prep fees, growing and feeding the animals for the sacrifices, being paid for them, in the thousands and thousands at festival times, ALL in Jewish currency only, which was required for their rituals, and most people used Roman currency for their civil affairs.

Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

Nothing would befall the market economy in the long run if we tempered our desires down to one car and a small house and healthy foods from the co-op.

The same people who will benefit from an expanded green economy won't suffer from an expanded gambling economy, because they'd rather dine at an upscale (but tastefully casual) restaurant in Brooklyn that specializes in locally sourced food and sustainable agriculture than get on a bus to go to a «Las Vegas — style» casino in the Catskills.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

The increased differentiation of institutions and their autonomy from religion, the expansion of the power of the state, the higher rates of participation by both men and women in the wage economy, the increased delegation of family functions like education, leisure and food preparation to the market and the state — all these trends weaken family functions.

And the key to this development, in turn, is to increase agricultural production — mostly through Green Revolution — style technologies — so that «as food production per farmer rises, an economy needs fewer and fewer farmers to feed the overall population,» a situation which ends up «inducing farmers and especially their children to seek employment in nonfarm activities.»

All I know is that me and my family have lived an air and prayer for the last eight years, i can't even think of how we managed to still be in our home, with food on our table and still together in the terrible economy handed down to president Obama from his predecessor.

The NRA reported that the general state of the economy made it difficult for many restaurants to build and maintain sales volumes, while wholesale food price inflation reached its highest rate — 8 percent — in 30 years.

As the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected and new markets arise in the developing world, there has been a shift in the way food products reach consumers.

In an economy where food companies and restaurants have skimped on size and ingredients, Cheeburger remains committed to its plethora of choices, such as more than 300,000 milkshake flavor combinations, 25 free burger toppings and an onion ring batter that's so good the company literally packages and sells it.