Sentences with phrase «food policy director»

Switching to 100 percent cage - free eggs by the end of 2016 is a tremendous commitment that will quickly improve the lives of countless animals and further cement the future of egg production as being one without cages,» said Josh Balk, Senior Food Policy Director, The Humane Society of the United States.

«Hilton Worldwide's new animal welfare commitment will substantially improve countless animals» lives,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director for The Humane Society of the United States.

Josh Balk, senior food policy director for The HSUS said, «Dunkin's commitment to improve the lives of farm animals is taking another positive step.

HSUS Food Policy Director Matthew Prescott said, «Quiznos was one of the first chains to begin using gestation crate - free pork and we applaud the company for now moving the ball forward for animals even more.

«That shareholders of an iconic middle - America restaurant chain like Cracker Barrel have expressed support for getting pigs out of gestation crates is further evidence that these cruel cages» days are numbered,» said Matthew Prescott, food policy director for The HSUS.

«This new policy is further testament that consumers and companies are aligned in shifting the egg and pork industries away from confining animals in cages,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director of the Humane Society of the United States, who has partnered with Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN) on the initiative.

Not exact matches

«We know that guests are increasingly seeking plant - based proteins for personal health reasons and / or to reduce their environmental impact,» said Sara Burnett, Panera's director of wellness and food policy, in the release.

CEO Ron Shaich eats vegan for a good portion of the week, president Blaine Hurst eats a more Paleo - style diet, and director of wellness and food policy Sara Burnett is a flexitarian — someone who mostly eats mostly vegetarian and meat only sporadically.

«Once pollutants get into the ground water, they move pretty freely, so it makes a lot of sense to expand the types of waters covered by the EPA,» said Bob Martin director of food system policy, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

«[It's] one of if not the worst forms of animal cruelty within industrial animal production,» says Josh Balk, senior director of food policy at HSUS.

«McDonald's plan is a bold vision that will help preserve the effectiveness of these critical medications to fight infections and keep us healthy,» Jean Halloran, director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union, said in a statement.

The director of marketing at Yale University's food policy centre said her research showed the company is no longer using the mascot to market directly to children.

«Fast food restaurants are major purchasers of meat and poultry,» says Jean Halloran, director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Unfood restaurants are major purchasers of meat and poultry,» says Jean Halloran, director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers UnFood Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union.

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

Michael Sligh Organization Representative: Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI - USA) Michael Sligh has worked for over 30 years as a Program Director for RAFI - USA where he manages policy, research and education for the promotion of organic, agro-biodiversity, organic seed development, and a wide - range of food justice, fair trade and other value - added food labeling, policy and marketing issues.

Distinguished Professor and Director of the Food Science Policy Alliance, University of Massachusetts

Josh Balk, director of food policy for The HSUS said, «We applaud Ahold USA's move to join its peers in the food industry in addressing one of the most critical animal welfare issues in food production today.

Jack joins the association following her position as director of regulatory and international affairs at the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), where she was responsible for navigating the intersection of science and policy and the promotion of global harmonization of standards to ensure trade equity for frozen foods.

Prior to this, Dr Gulati was Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for more than 10 years (Jan 2001 - Feb 2011).

Dr Karen Brooks Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Waste Not, Warm Not: Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change in a Circular Food System Dr Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr Karen Brooks, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets WASTE NOT, WARM NOT: Both required in the complexity of food waste and climate change, 29 August 2016

«Clarifying and standardizing date label language is one of the most cost effective ways that we can reduce the 40 percent of food that goes to waste each year in the United States,» said Emily Broad Leib, Director, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLfood that goes to waste each year in the United States,» said Emily Broad Leib, Director, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLFood Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC).

Laura Abshire, director, sustainability policy, National Restaurant Association; Andrew Harig, senior director, sustainability, tax and trade, Food Marketing Institute; and Meghan Stasz, senior director, sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Association, represented industry groups at the staff briefing and co-presented with executives from their member companies to raise awareness of how companies are already successfully implementing food waste reduction strategies and what challenges remain in the supply chain that Congress can help provide relFood Marketing Institute; and Meghan Stasz, senior director, sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Association, represented industry groups at the staff briefing and co-presented with executives from their member companies to raise awareness of how companies are already successfully implementing food waste reduction strategies and what challenges remain in the supply chain that Congress can help provide relfood waste reduction strategies and what challenges remain in the supply chain that Congress can help provide relief.

Matthew Dillon is senior director of agricultural policy and programs at Clif Bar & Company, a leading maker of nutritious and organic foods and drink for people on - the - go.

It featured speakers representing different stakeholder groups, including Registered Dietician Dr Clare Pettinger, Melanie Leach, the Director General of the Food and Drink Federation, Professor Jack Winkler who is visiting lecturer at UCL and Lee Sheppard the Director of Policy at apetito UK.

On Thursday 24 November, Professor Corinna Hawkes, Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report's Independent Expert Group and Director of the Centre for Food Policy, City University London, will join Jonathan Dimbleby and other panellists to discuss the economics of nutrition.

My guess is probably 5 - 10 % of the population are still hungry — they still do not have enough to eat,» said Shenggen Fan, the director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.

Professor Bruce Neal is Senior Director of the Food Policy Division at the George Institute for Global Health, Chair of the Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health, and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Imperial College London.

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

By Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute

«We're pleased that Delhaize has made their opposition to gestation crates clear,» said Josh Balk, HSUS» director of food policy.

UNEP's Think Eat Save initiative, in partnership with FAO, raises awareness and promotes practices and policies to reduce food loss and waste,» said Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme and Co-Chair of Champions 12.3.

«The transitional certification program developed by OTA reflects perspectives from across the supply chain, and will provide an on - ramp to producers while safeguarding organic as the gold standard of food label claims,» said Nate Lewis, Farm Policy Director for OTA.

In today's online issue of U.S. News and World Report, Marilyn Schwartz, Ph.D., deputy director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., notes that parents in states without strong laws governing competitive foods can still take action.

We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair of the School Nutrition Association Public Policy & Legislation Committee and guest speakers Sam Kass (White House Assistant Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives), Dr. Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS (Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at USDA), and Melissa Rothstein (Deputy Director, Child Nutrition Programs at USDA).

Guidance Materials: A February 2005 memo to School Food Services Directors / Managers from the state Department of Education provides guidance and suggestions for creating local wellness policies, including links to resources, background information, rationales, and policy process guidance.

The letter was created by food policy advocate Nancy Huehnergarth and me, in consultation with other advocates and food service directors.

Two days ago, the Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece by Robert Gottlieb, director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College, with an update on school food in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

«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.

Tanner left the world of managing retirement portfolios in pursuit of something that would leave «a different kind of legacy,» enrolling as a food policy grad student at New York University with the intention of becoming a school food services director.

Marion Nestle tweeted yesterday about this article from Kelly Brownell, director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, which is all about how the food industry encourages overeatFood Policy and Obesity, which is all about how the food industry encourages overeatfood industry encourages overeating.

Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Mike Brady, asked the Chairman (third from right on the platform, below), Directors and shareholders to reconsider the four - point plan put to the company repeatedly since 2001, which calls on the company to bring baby food marketing policies and practices into line with World Health Assembly requirements.

As Kelly Brownell, director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, once noted, «The Roberts Wood Johnson Foundation is by far the biggest funder of work on childhood obesity, -LSB-...]

But Marlene Schwartz, deputy director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, said schools should not presume that children will shun no - frills milk.

School food service directors, if you dare publicly disagree with the policy direction of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) you are in for an unpleasant surprise.

I am a Cambridge citizen, but also a past Trustee of Sustain, the Policy Director of Baby Milk Action and the UK member of the International Baby Food Action Network.

A review of all the commercial organic formulas on the market by Charlotte Vallaeys, former Director of the Farm and Food Policy at the Cornucopia Institute and now a Senior Analyst within the Consumer Safety and Sustainability Program, concludes that Baby's Only Organic by Nature's One has the least amount of toxins.

As Kelly Brownell, Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, has already pointed out, this all could backfire terribly.

Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six community members (including local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.