Sentences with phrase «for local food production»

The majority of Transition Towns, in fact, have expanded or repurposed green space for local food production.

Several cities already promote urban agriculture in floodplains, develop rooftop gardens in dense urban settlements, include urban forestry in new housing schemes and preserve peri-urban greenbelts for local food production.

Not exact matches

He argues that local food production, for example, is actually less efficient and less secure than the global system we have now.

For example, the rise in immediate cost of transportation, in a context where its indirect effects on speeding the melting of the glaciers are recognized, will almost certainly favor local production of food.

Certified organic growers follow strict guidelines for organic food production and, as with all food producers, they must comply with local, state and federal food safety and health standards.

Retailer direct is retailer - owned or managed food production operations for resale in store and vertical and local greenhouse farming has become more prevalent.

For example, ingredients that let food manufacturers reformulate recipes to include local raw materials, or use production processes that reduce CO2 consumption.

The Code sets maximum residue limits for certain chemicals used in food production, and no Australian juice whether produced from 100 % local fruit or a blend of local and imported produce can exceed these limits.

To be truly effective, food safety must be tailored for local production methods and regulations.

In a wide - ranging speech titled Why Australia must be responsible with agriculture, delivered at a business lunch today, David Farley called for the government to renegotiate indigenous land titles and pastoral leases, to establish an emergency food bank, in addition to a number of other initiatives to boost Australian food production and export to meet local and regional demands.

The challenges associated with sustainable food production and local consumption will be a central focus of the Sustainable Foods Summit scheduled for March 27 to March 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Our long history of designing and supporting reliable product inspection solutions for the food industry gives us a unique depth of market and application knowledge, enabling us to develop comprehensive inspection technologies to suit your production needs and facilitate compliance with international and local food safety standards.

The concept of local food processing precincts, with waste products being combined for regional renewable energy generation and organic fertiliser production is not mentioned.

This process could be reversed by re-establishing local and regional food supply systems and substituting «near for far» in production and distribution systems.

«Though the over-reliance on the mono - economic system is also a contributory factor to this financial impasse but I can assure every citizen that the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari would not rest on his oars at repositioning the nation's economy by ensuring adequate production of foods for local consumption as well as for export.

So does the food system, once you get away from growing food [in] oil which is our current preoccupation and one that isn't going to last much longer, the need for local production and control and whatever food has the same, and I was trying to argue at the end I think much the same thing is sort of happening with culture as well, that we have simultaneously this incredibly interesting global thing, the Internet and it's allowing you to live very locally and globally at the same time.

The impacts of land use and land management for food production and forestry have been shown to have considerable influence on local and regional climate, particularly for climate extremes.

From community - supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community - based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

Given a report like the New England Food Vision, which sets a goal for the region to produce 50 % of the food it consumes by 2050, local demand must align with foods especially suited for local productFood Vision, which sets a goal for the region to produce 50 % of the food it consumes by 2050, local demand must align with foods especially suited for local productfood it consumes by 2050, local demand must align with foods especially suited for local production.

FThe global industrial food system relies on crops that have been bred primarily for higher yield and ease of transport, while farmers involved in local food systems often place a higher value on plant varietals that are more nutritious by virtue of their variety (i.e., not bred for yield alone) or by their method of production.

One of my key sources of water ran out, my local food and resource production was exposed as being nowhere near good enough for self sufficiency, and my colonists started starving to death.

Local farmers welcome children onto their farms to share experiences of food production at a commercial scale, and are often invited to visit the schools, along with local food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farLocal farmers welcome children onto their farms to share experiences of food production at a commercial scale, and are often invited to visit the schools, along with local food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farlocal food heroes, to give presentations and share their passion for food and farming.

With grounds abundant in natural resources, the family behind the Harewood Estate since 1738 had not only spotted an opportunity to leverage its lesser - known legacy for food production, but to champion the best the local Yorkshire community had to offer.

Their varied practices include growing food, cooking food, raising animals for food, and engaging communities around local food production as well as instigating new artist - based economies.

There is no shortage of support needs for communities to address the impacts of climate change in agricultural systems, including support for adaptation for vulnerable regions and transformation to sustainable and resilient food production systems, built around local food economies.

Jointly with Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI, Italy), the RUAF Foundation implemented the EU - funded project «Enhancing food security and development opportunities for disadvantaged groups in Freetown, Sierra Leone»; the project established youth - led agroenterprises and enhanced food security for most disadvantaged groups through local production of nutritious food.

It also supports local agriculture to reduce dependency on imports, to lower greenhouse gas emissions and energy requirements for food production, transport and storage, and to improve food security and livelihoods.

The impacts of land use and land management for food production and forestry have been shown to have considerable influence on local and regional climate, particularly for climate extremes.

The building, designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification, will use (not surprisingly) Cradle to Cradle Certified materials and feature rooftop greenhouses to help reduce wind loads as well as provide food production for the local community.

It is only through a broad spectrum approach that we will find the local solutions necessary for the future of food production.

One thing the tech industry is very good at is automation and building efficient processes for production, both of which are essential to successful indoor growing, and this trend toward indoor farming and local food production has been attracting some attention from that sector.

The zone will be in the convention district of downtown Atlanta, where Phase One will be initiated by participating food service operations pledging to «recycle, reuse spent grease for the local production of biofuel and compost or donate food residuals.

When Lays Goes Loco: Locavores are up in arms over Frito - Lay's new campaign, but is eating local really the only solution for sustainable global food production?

«Farmers markets are popping up in new places, food hubs are ensuring regional distribution, and the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill supports local production — for good reason, too,» Campbell said.

This process could be reversed by re-establishing local and regional food supply systems and substituting «near for far» in production and distribution systems.

Many farmers will be unable to meet the fall deadline for planting new seeds in 2010, implying a massive loss of local food production in 2011.

Often confused with community gardening, which is typically noncommercial, urban farming is concerned with the production of food for local sale and distribution.

An established, local food manufacturer, are currently recruiting for a maintenance engineer due to the new installation of a brand new production line taking place in January 2018.

Improving remote area housing to include infrastructure for storage and preparation of food is also vital; in one study, this was serviceable in less than 6 % of houses.22 Local food production, including that of traditional foods, may hold promise in some areas.

With the increasing interest in local food production, Bryan knows her yard — at 50 by 170 feet, it's larger than the average Chicago lot — is enviable for city dwellers.