Sentences with phrase «food policy council»

Another way to get involved in your local food system is to find out if your area has a food policy council.

She quotes Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council: «The whole concept of the ideal life in which we do no labour has been proven erroneous.

He is also a member of the Oakland Food Policy Council and co-founder of Bay Localize, a project of Earth Island Institute.

The Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») will soon oversee a Food Policy Council charged with the promotion of local agricultural products to connect nutritious local foods with countywide markets.

«These projects include the completion of the 2017 Farmland Protection Plan, with a grant from the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets we have hired a Farm to School Marketing Coordinator to help our regions farmers sell locally produced food products to our public schools» lunch programs and with the support of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Oneida County Health Department, Oneida County Planning Department, Mohawk Valley Community College ThINCubator and the Mohawk Valley Food Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.»

And speaking of the Brooklyn Food Coalition, look around to see if there is a local group — a food policy council, a chapter of Slow Food, a food bank, a public health department, Kiwanis, Rotary, the Junior League, maybe a social justice organization — that can provide you with a home and some support.

Of course North America has a flourishing movement of Food Policy Councils, but these are predominantly local movements.

Started by the members of one urban community garden in 1992, Nuestras Raíces has grown to a network of community gardens through the city, secured thirty acres of prime farmland along the Connecticut River, organized farmer training and youth leadership programs, assisted in the creation of 25 food and agriculture businesses, community - led environmental and food policy councils and provided opportunities for hope, employment, healthy foods, and cultural celebrations in this Puerto Rican community.

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CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

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A global contest to find world's best agroecology policies has been jointly launched by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM — Organics International was launched last week at the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology, held in Rome (6 April 2018).

The Australian and New Zealand Government's Food Regulation Policy Options Paper on caffeine acknowledges the Beverages Council's Energy Drink Industry Commitment document and notes that «while these self - regulatory codes only formally apply to members of those organisations, their existence and application across the market may also affect the behaviour of non-members that are aware of them.»

The world's largest online and mobile marketplace - Alibaba, China leading self - operated E-commerce – JD.com, top qualified specialty food supply chain E-commerce — Benlai, consultants and experts from XTC World Innovation, PWC, Euromonitor International, Marine Stewardship Council and many more delivered speeches on the latest hot topics including food sustainability, import and export policy, food innovation, e-commerce and market trends.

In the absence of clear imported food labelling requirements in Australia, Australian Organic Ltd has lobbied for truth in labelling for years, including a submission to the Council of Australian Governments» (COAG) review of food labelling law and policy, headed by Dr Neal Blewett, in 2009.

In response to the release of a Deakin University report on the nutrition policies of Australia's food and beverages manufacturers, the Australian Beverages Council has compiled the following statement: «The criticism levelled at many of our Members, that their policies and «commitments varied substantially», is not noteworthy.

In response to the release of a Deakin University report on the nutrition policies of Australia's food and beverages manufacturers, the Australian Beverages Council has compiled the following statement:

Her food policy experience includes having served as the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Food Law Committee (2014 - 2015) as a Board Member of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic industrfood policy experience includes having served as the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Food Law Committee (2014 - 2015) as a Board Member of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic induspolicy experience includes having served as the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Food Law Committee (2014 - 2015) as a Board Member of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic industrFood Law Committee (2014 - 2015) as a Board Member of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic industrFood Policy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic indusPolicy Advisory Council (2011 - 2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic industries.

Help campaign for the European Council to accept ambitious food waste reduction targets, which will set EU food waste policy for the next 14 years.

High degree» will be held on March 20 — 22, 2014 in Exhibition Hall of Odessa Sea Commercial Port Official support to projects is provided by: • Assembly of European wine producing regions; • Association of cultural and tourist exchange (ACTE), in collaboration with Council of Europe; • Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; • Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; • Antitrust Committee of Ukraine; • State Agriculture Inspectorate of Ukraine; • Ukrainian corporation on viticulture and wine producing «Ukrvinprom»; • Odessa Regional State Administration.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

At a symposium hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, several Champions will demonstrate to policy advisors, companies, and leading global research institutions how reducing food loss and waste is a pillar for achieving food security.

This is according to a policy paper by EY for the country's apex food body, the Australian Food and Grocery Counfood body, the Australian Food and Grocery CounFood and Grocery Council.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2017 CONTACT: Rodger Cooley Chicago Food Policy Action Council [email protected] 773-354-2091 Colleen McKinney Center for Good Food Purchasing [email protected] 206-920-0945 Chicago Food Policy Action Council secures Good Food -LSB-...]

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) has been working with the Mayor's Office to bring the Good Food Purchasing Program to Chicago over the past three years.

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The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) is a 501c3 non-profit that advocates for responsible food and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic changes creating self - reliance for all communities in obtaining their fFood Policy Action Council (CFPAC) is a 501c3 non-profit that advocates for responsible food and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic changes creating self - reliance for all communities in obtaining theirPolicy Action Council (CFPAC) is a 501c3 non-profit that advocates for responsible food and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic changes creating self - reliance for all communities in obtaining their ffood and agriculture policy recommendations and promotes systemic changes creating self - reliance for all communities in obtaining theirpolicy recommendations and promotes systemic changes creating self - reliance for all communities in obtaining their foodfood.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

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The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute applauds the Mayor, the City Council, the Office of School Food and Nutrition Services, and all of the advocates in the Lunch For Learning Campaign who have worked so hard to bring us to this day,» said Jan Poppendieck, Senior Fellow, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and author, Free For All: Fixing School Food in America.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

Much more relevant to most people will be the debate that same afternoon brought forward by John Hemming MP, about the charging of council tax to benefit claimants, and the debate the following day about the government policy on horse meat in food.

The Council will also take interest in regional and global policies and trends that bear implications for food security in Nigeria.

The council's vice-chairman, who is also the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, later told State House correspondents that the council would strengthen all existing policies on food security including policies on trade, agronomy, national planning and national security.

«To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what his estimate is of the number of boats in the UK that would require a licence or other form of authorisation to facilitate recreational fisheries under Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy; [249749]

The council, in its assignment, is also expected to take cognisance of regional and global policies as well as trends which have implications on Nigeria's food security.

While saying that «Inaugurating the Food Security Council, was one of the good policies of Buhari administration,» he appealed to the council to work assiduously to roll out more ways of empowering, especially Nigerian rice fCouncil, was one of the good policies of Buhari administration,» he appealed to the council to work assiduously to roll out more ways of empowering, especially Nigerian rice fcouncil to work assiduously to roll out more ways of empowering, especially Nigerian rice farmers.

Empower older kids to sit on nutritional councils, form cooking clubs, or contribute to decisions about food policy.

During a panel discussion with senior global leaders at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Symposium «Advancing Food and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilFood and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilfood production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilfood inflation and food availabilfood availability.

The AVMA was encouraged by the Delta Society and the Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine to make a policy statement concerning the public health risk of feeding pets raw food diets adapted from the Delta Society's own position on the matter that forbids members to feed raw food to their dogs.

Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell says «There are serious health concerns about whether Bisphenol A is safe, not only for adults, but for children and infants,» and is concerned that the Food and Drug Administration's policies on BPA are «entirely dependent on two studies» that are both funded by a subsidiary of the American Chemistry Council, which represents plastic resins manufacturers.»

Sara Morris, President of The Beecher's Foundation, will be speaking at the Inaugural Seattle Food Tank Summit, titled «Growing Food Policy,» which will be held in partnership with the Environmental Working Group, Food Action, Garden - Raised Bounty (GRuB), the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Seattle University's Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability on March 17, 2018.

She will be speaking at the Seattle Food Tank Summit, «Growing Food Policy,» which will be held in partnership with the Environmental Working Group, Food Action, Garden - Raised Bounty, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Seattle University's Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability on March 17, 2018.

It has received significant buy - in from fellow land trusts, farmers, food policy and hunger advocates, leading chefs and restaurateurs, and government at all levels, including the New York City Council.

On March 6, 2014, the Berman - run Environmental Policy Alliance ran a full - page ad in the Wall Street Journal attacking Food & Water Watch, the Sierra Club, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) as «big green radicals» and announced its new website, BigGreenRadicals.com [64] Food & Water Watch responded with a blog post saying:

John Piotti, President of American Farmland Trust, will be speaking at the Inaugural Seattle Food Tank Summit, titled «Growing Food Policy,» which will be held in partnership with the Environmental Working Group, Food Action, Garden - Raised Bounty (GRuB), the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Seattle University's Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability on March 17, 2018.

Recent reports by the National Research Council (NRC), the New England Complex Systems Institute (CSI), the UN Committee on World Food Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel policies put upward pressure on food and feed priFood Security (CWFS), and Iowa State University (ISU) all acknowledge that biofuel policies put upward pressure on food and feed prifood and feed prices.

Published by The Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard's Food Law and Policy Clinic, the report explains the confusion created by the current paradigm of inconsistent food dating policies and proposes improvemeFood Law and Policy Clinic, the report explains the confusion created by the current paradigm of inconsistent food dating policies and proposes improvemefood dating policies and proposes improvements.

The United States is responsible «many times more» than India for the world food crisis because of its higher food consumption, said Ramesh Chand, an economist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, which advises India's government on farming policy, in the International Herald Tribune.