Sentences with phrase «food grown on»

Soil contaminants can be spread to humans through contact with the skin, ingesting the soil (eating food grown on contaminated land), or by inhaling toxic dry soil.

Food grown on the Everything Roof will be sold at local farmers» markets and to nearby restaurants, and workshops will be held to encourage the public to learn how to garden and get them involved.

Among the common hotel amenities, you will find a restaurant which mainly serves healthy food grown on their farm, a bar, a swimming pool and laundery services.

An adjustment was made for food grown on and consumed on farms, but no correction was made for other household production.

By Mary Mesenburg, Door to Door Organics Not only does food grown on a nearby farm leave a smaller carbon footprint and support the local economy, but I believe it also tastes better and is better for you than food... Continued

In time, commercially fertilized soils become depleted, and the foods grown on them suffer accordingly.

After the Chernobyl disaster took place, many people in the surrounding areas became susceptible to radiation poisoning from eating foods grown on the radioactive soil.

From these observations, he formulated a hypothesis that tooth decay was a specific manifestation of general physical degeneration and that its cause was nutritional deficiencies, and its solution the provision of nutrients through whole foods grown on rich soils.

You can experience and taste the heritage of Venice in the local foods grown on the island of Sant «Erasmo, the Garden of the Doge in the Venice lagoon.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters)- Hedge fund managers at the high - profile 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York pitched stock ideas on Monday that they said should benefit from the growing clout of the millennial generation, ranging from online food ordering to homebuilders.

On average, countries use 70 % of their fresh water to grow food.

NEW YORK, April 23 - Hedge fund managers at the high - profile 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York pitched stock ideas on Monday that they said should benefit from the growing clout of the millennial generation, ranging from online food ordering to homebuilders.

John Martin, the publisher of the Brooklyn - based company's Munchies food vertical, told Inc. on Tuesday that Vice drew some inspiration from the growing meal kit industry, which has seen popular services like HelloFresh and Blue Apron attract large amounts of money from investors.

The fastest growing company in New Orleans — and No. 123 on the Inc. 5000 — serves soul food.

Grantham is also bullish on two particular asset classes — farmland and forestry — based on the simple argument that «they don't make any more of it» and we need land to grow food.

Tselikis recently stopped by the Entrepreneur offices to discuss the book and share his tips on starting and growing a food truck business.

As one of the backers of Fed Up, a documentary about our growing addiction to sweet, processed foods, she's taken a stand on sugar (in her stores, she's banned treats from the checkout aisle).

To meet that target, the average Couche - Tard store keeps getting bigger, as the food - service area — once just a roller grill, a coffee pot and a Froster machine — grows to accommodate an ever - expanding array of on - the - go foods.

But while city planners have mastered the construction of highrises, food production has remained relatively static; most of what we eat still grows outdoors, on farms well outside the city.

Focusing on growing its breakfast trade and working to reassure customers about their food quality appears to be working for McDonald's Canada.

His business Food Farm has since sustained it's needs and hired on several employees to grow, profiting from sales at Detroit's Eastern Market, through the City Commons Agricultural program, and by selling to local restaurants and businesses.

Katz has hit on a growing — if still small — market, says Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for the New York City - based research firm NPD Group.

But the past few years have been tough on casual restaurants — a vast category that occupies everything between fast food and fine dining — as chains have surrendered market share to a growing wave of upscale fast - food brands like Five Guys and Freshii.

«By growing, processing, and selling edible insects, Aspire Food Group (The McGill Hult Team) will empower urban slum communities, offering them better access to an efficient, sustainable source of protein and nutrients,» the team says on its website.

After focusing on refining my meal prep, never consuming restaurant food, eating five meals and drinking two or three protein shakes each day, I finally started growing the muscle I always wanted.

But in the spirit of holiday eating, here's a look at the 10 fastest - growing food and drink makers on this year's Inc 5000.

What we're working on now is developing a national brand of locally grown produce that reinforces regional food systems by creating opportunity for local urban micro-agribusiness to augment year - round supply in any metropolitan area.

Alibaba has purchased the remaining 57 % stake of China food delivery app Ele.me it doesn't already own, bringing the app's valuation up to $ 9.5 b. Tech companies such as Alibaba and Tencent, which has invested billions of dollars in Meituan - Dianping, are eager to cash in on China's growing online food delivery market, which is expected to grow 18 % to 241 billion yuan ($ 38 billion) this year.

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

On Dollar General's conference call, management blamed the weather, food price deflation and food stamp cutbacks, as well as growing competition from Wal - Mart, for the underperformance.

TORONTO, April 17 - Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies of Mylan N.V.» s EpiPen emergency allergy antidote amid a growing shortage that has spared the United States.

You just want to keep the lights on, put food on the table, and grow your idea into something great.

That discretionary part of the budget has been squeezed over the past few years, while Republicans controlling Congress have largely ignored the ever - growing tide of automatic - pilot spending on benefit programs like food stamps, student loans, and Medicare.

We grew our own food, and I learned to get by on nothing.»

Tyson Foods, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings for about $ 3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast - growing portfolio of prepared foods.

The company has seen its retail and grocery distribution increase by about 30 percent in 2017, and its food service business has grown on average by 50 percent in the past two years.

If it grew Western GMO crops, the country would become reliant on foreign sources of necessary seeds — the opposite of food security.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

It is the first day of November, the week after Alphabet reported a third - quarter profit of $ 6.7 billion on revenues of $ 27.8 billion that grew at a blistering 24 % pace, and I'm keen to find out from Porat if the company ever will stop giving its employees so much free food.

In July, PPI grew 0.1 % and 0.2 % excluding food and energy, and on a year - over-year basis the index grew 1.7 % and 1.6 % when stripping out food and energy.

But there's good news: A growing body of research shows that for the vast majority of people, dietary cholesterol (from foods you eat) doesn't really have much of an effect on your blood cholesterol.

The point is that Subway was the first fast food place to position itself as «healthy» and because of that it became the fastest growing, most recognized sandwich company on the planet, all because it copied the winners in a different industry.

He knew he had caught on to something when a tester in Boston used it to grow something on her fire escape, and her roommate remarked, «I didn't think you could actually grow food in Boston.»

Much of the growth is going to come from mid-size cities, where average household spending on such foods is expected to grow by 150 %.

Around 2010, Stephen Sidwell grew so tired of being out of shape — the result of too many fast - food lunches and white - tablecloth dinners — that the Vancouver investment banker embarked on a personal transformation.

Millennials are becoming more interested in growing their own food and in sustainable awareness — that movement is what we're keying in on.

«As the market for natural and organic foods and nutritional supplements continues to grow, having a story based on a set of founding principles that have guided us throughout our 60 year history... helps when talking to investors,» Kemper Isley, co-president of the company, and son of the founders Margaret and Philip Isley, said in an email.

To the press and public: No question, I'm sad that the Sprig model did not work out — but the food delivery space on the whole is growing.

At Aveda, employees not only garden while at work during the week, but even return to campus on weekends — bringing their children and spouses along, to participate in tending to the plot, such is their interest in growing their own food and sharing the experience with their families.

Whole Foods has emerged in recent years as a fast - growing grocer by focusing on organic food and pricier items in neat, appealing stores.