Sentences with phrase «from food and fuel»

«You're looking at an economy where a lot of consumers are under some serious pressure from food and fuel costs.»

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Resistance is also fueled by the massive and often inappropriate use of antibiotics in agriculture; for decades these precious drugs have been used to promote growth and fend off costly infections that can result from the cramped conditions of industrial - scale food animal production.

When your body is lacking in nutrients or food, it's ability to function properly is halted, causing the organs to go into overdrive and the body to compensate by pulling from any and all sources of fuel in order to survive.

According to the latest data from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, nearly 1 billion packages of hot dogs were sold at U.S. retail stores in 2014, fueling the meals of people that prefer to eat at home instead of at a fast food joint.

But excluding both fuels and food, import prices ticked up 0.1 % last month from January, their first increase since May 2014.

They give us a paycheck to help them milk the wealth from our land in the form of fossil fuel, minerals, raw materials and food; pay us to process it into pretty, Twinkie - packages of stuff that we «just can't live without», and then sell it back to us and others at a profit that puts them on easy street.

Jan. 30, 2013 — There's a wobbly new biochemical structure in Burckhard Seelig's lab at the University of Minnesota that may resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on earth began to evolve - long before they became ingredients for new and improved products, from detergents to foods and fuels.

Jan. 30, 2013 — There's a wobbly new biochemical structure in Burckhard Seelig's lab at the University of Minnesota that MAY (emphasis mine) resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on earth began to evolve - long before they became ingredients for new and improved products, from detergents to foods and fuels.»

The organization found that the government officials have gained massive personal fortunes from arms deals, oil and gambling to fuel one of the world's deadliest conflicts that has been happening since 2013 andhas left tens of thousands dead and almost half the country with food insecurity.

A report from the Global Harvest Initiative states that the demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel will likely outpace food production in 2050.

When Dave and I got back from our wonderful weekend getaway to Florida, we didn't have a whole lot of food to fuel me through a day of work yesterday.

Much of this energy still comes from the burning of fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas, which release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and contribute to extreme weather patterns that imperil everyone on earth — especially our food producers.

But as human population expands and subsistence farming gives way to mechanized agriculture, food production has become reliant on fossil fuel and fertilizers to increase yield from rapidly shrinking farmland.

In effect, we're «mining» solar energy from previous millennia trapped in the ground as fossil fuel and introducing it into our closed system as we grow our food, heat our homes and drive to work.

To make its efforts possible, OBR is fueled by donations of food, BBQ rigs and volunteer support from restaurateurs and pit masters.

Fueling the Future with «Free - from» Foods She and Simple Mills CEO and Founder Katlin Smith agree that the market for free - from foods has expanded far beyond those who have a diagnosable disease that requires the avoidance of specific foods and now includes many consumers who are experimenting with their diets to see what foods are most effective in helping them fuel their daily activities.

Earnings before interest and tax from continuing operations (excluding fuel and home improvement) fell 4.9 per cent to $ 2.32 billion as Australian food profits declined 2.4 per cent and losses at Big W offset modest growth in liquor, New Zealand supermarkets and hotels and gaming.

The downturn in the supermarket channel, fuelled by intense competition between leading brands - led by discounting from Sara Lee - and the growing popularity of private - label foods, has led Patties Foods to forecast a slightly weaker profit for the full year.

Demand from Muslim millennials has fuelled the growth of a Halal food market in Europe keen to address negative perceptions and tap into affluent communities eager to spend the «Muslim pound».

Despite the lack of evidence, this notion took off throughout the healthcare world and was fueled by the vegetable oil and food processing industries that sought to benefit from this finding.

We've nicknamed it «How to Cook Like a Grown Up» and I've gone from someone who regarded food as fuel, as your correspondent does, to someone who actually enjoys cooking.

Coconut trees in the Philippines have already been on the decline for decades, and the coconut oil from coconuts is also now valued as a fuel source in bio-diesel production, resulting in less coconut oil availability as a food source each year.

From this experience we learned the importance of whole food nutrition and the way God made our bodies to function and heal with the proper fuel.

Yes ia m one of those fans myself and my son pay a lot of money to travel from Staffordshire to see them play, the palace game cost us over # 200 membership / tickets fuel food and parking

The purpose of this second lunch is to curb your evening appetite, refuel your muscles from your workout earlier in the day (or fuel them for an after - work session) and align your food intake to your circadian rhythms.

My own experience working in the beauty department of a health food store for eight years definitely fueled my own desire to question why and how we have strayed so far from «natural,» as a collective society.

Fuelled by profits from the baby - foods market (which includes but is not limited to infant formula and generates $ 30 billion in global sales annually, with growth projected to reach $ 35 billion in 2016), these companies have funnelled money to projects like the Singapore - based Asia Pacific Infant and Young Child Nutrition Association (APIYCNA).

I feel like from 6 - 8 months everything was just a tester and food was really just for fun; now food is for fun but for fuel as well and we've gotten into a great eating flow.

Connecticut truckers, food stores and energy suppliers are asking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow commercial vehicles carrying food, fuel and emergency supplies an exemption from his storm - related ban on trucks along I - 84.

«The challenge of feeding growing populations healthily while minimising environmental damage - particularly as food and fuel prices continue to rise - should remind governments that this is not a time to step away from tackling our food system,» he said.

The pulp is used as fuel and to make paper, the seed is used in foods, and the oil from the seed can be used as a base for paints and varnishes.

In Britain most of the debate around risk has ignored food and fuel in favour of finance: reducing high levels of borrowing by households and the government and finding ways to stop banks from courting another disaster.

At the very least, Reinhardt hopes the planners will consider biogas, fuel material from food waste and wastewater treatment plants, for combustion instead of the natural gas.

«From the Tories designating steel a low - priority industry, to the vulnerability of Bridgend Ford, to the warning signals from the agricultural community and the expectation that the price of food and fuel will rise, we are seeing what Brexit will mean for businesses, families and workFrom the Tories designating steel a low - priority industry, to the vulnerability of Bridgend Ford, to the warning signals from the agricultural community and the expectation that the price of food and fuel will rise, we are seeing what Brexit will mean for businesses, families and workfrom the agricultural community and the expectation that the price of food and fuel will rise, we are seeing what Brexit will mean for businesses, families and workers.

At least 70 percent more calories would be available if farmers shifted from growing crops for feed and fuels to food production

In order for the shorebirds known as red knots to survive their annual migration from the Southern Hemisphere to the species» Arctic breeding grounds, they rely on a series of site along the way to provide enough food for their stay and to fuel their onward flight.

There is not enough oil from plants such as soy and canola to supply even a fraction of the 60 million — plus gallons of jet fuel burned every day by U.S. aircraft, nearly one quarter of global use, even if all such sources were converted to fuel (which would significantly impact food supplies.)

In its lobbying drive, it has gained support from the food industry and others concerned that fuel demand is keeping the price of corn high.

And those five problems are climate change, petro - dictatorship — the rise of Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela — energy and natural resource supply, and demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciAnd those five problems are climate change, petro - dictatorship — the rise of Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela — energy and natural resource supply, and demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciand Venezuela — energy and natural resource supply, and demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciand natural resource supply, and demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciand demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciand we see that from food to fuel today, biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now in the middle of the sixth great extinction phase in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electriciand finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch in their life because they've no direct grid electricity.

Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth.

Food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions when one tallies those from fossil fuels used in growing, preparing and transporting food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer Food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions when one tallies those from fossil fuels used in growing, preparing and transporting food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer use.

It was the height of the last ice age, and survival required desperate measures — especially from those in Eurasia, where food and wood fuel ran low.

Those shifts most likely stem from the copious quantities of carbon dioxide spewed by fossil fuel — fired power plants that are changing the climate and, thus, the tiny plants known as phytoplankton that serve as the base of the oceanic food chain.

The finding from this study — that the increased availability of food on deep - sea hills is fuelling increased seafloor biomass — is important because there are approximately 25 million abyssal hills and seamounts — they are thought to be the most common landform on the planet.»

In industry and commerce, applications range from food and fertilizer manufacture to crude oil cracking to utilization as an energy source in fuel cells.

'» Among the new priorities that Marshall would like to pursue is «research to make titanium ink for 3D printing from Australia's mineral sands, produce cleaner diesel fuel from coal, and breed «new strains of food and agricultural products that are healthier, more sustainable and highly differentiated.»

That method could make a difference in cellulosic biofuel plants, which produce ethanol from waste products — corn husks and cobs — rather than edible kernels, a major advance in addressing the tradeoff of using agricultural land to grow corn for fuel rather than for food.

McKibben: Yeah, and there are you know these are kind of calculations that'll start to sort themselves out once you remove the sets of subsidies from fossil fuel and food and things; [we'll] begin to get a better sense.

After all, if the nanoparticles can boost photosynthesis in those simple cellular organisms, then fuel, food and other products derived from algae might become more viable.

It is stupid to use irreplaceable fossil fuels to produce food with the by - product of carbon dioxide pollution, when we can do the same using energy from sunlight and actually remove CO2 from the atmosphere.