Sentences with phrase «from food lobbying»

Days after receiving several campaign checks from the food lobby last May, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who is up for re-election this year, sent a letter raising concerns about the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to develop voluntary guidelines aimed at toning down the marketing of junk food to kids.

Not exact matches

As these regulations were hammered out, nothing was more disheartening than watching as our elected representatives — from both parties, by the way — cave in like cheap suitcases in the face of Big Food's lobbying efforts.

Some food activists saw the hand of the agricultural lobby behind USDA's initial suspension of the caps, and it's true that legislators from beef and grain producing states were in support of making this rule change permanent.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

Global impact: The proposed new rules take no account of the global impact of foods exported from the EU, the need to ensure that they are in the right language, or how they will help corporations lobby for weak global trading standards and agreements (such as TTIP 14 or Codex 15).

Saturday On Saturday, I slept in until it was time to head over to the lobby of Belmont University's Trout Theatre where there were a variety of silent auction items from purses and paintings and baby food makers to gift certificates for restaurants and family music classes, and more.

There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the entrees tend to fall into the «doctored junk food» category of pizza, chicken nuggets and hot dogs.

This helped to counter heavy - duty lobbying from the baby food industry, US Chamber of Commerce and US State Department against new baby food regulations.

From congressional legislation to school lunch policy, the food pyramid and what we are actually led to believe we need to live and thrive is in more ways than you would imagine completely dictated by these corporations, their lobbying efforts and Madison Avenue advertising agencies.

The result, she said, is that lobbying from the food industry has historically influenced the agency's nutrition advice, including the composition of the new pyramid.

In fighting the menu change, the American Frozen Food Institute spent $ 543,000 lobbying last year, up from $ 334,000 in 2010; Schwan spent $ 50,000, and ConAgra Foods Inc spent $ 400,000.

That includes its high - tech ReFuel food area in the lobby, space for musical performances, interactive giant LED display panels hanging from the ceiling and special soft seating in the XYZ Bar lounge — so named because Aloft is the «sequel» to Marriott's «W» brand of hotels, Fox explained.

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.

That means staying away from fast foods and getting take - out from the hotel lobby.

This can be great ammunition for junk food companies that claim there is no research to confirm sugar is unhealthy, and keeps politicians from implementing useful policies directed at improving the health of their constituents (especially considering that Big Sugar lobbies overshadow them).

As soon as the middle - aged protagonists arrive at (the wondrous playground — a slide into the lobby — of innovation — so many gadgets and programs that make life easier for the consumer — and perks — an area for napping during work hours, free food and drink from the cafeteria, and color - coordinated bicycles to roam around the campus — that is) the company where they take an unpaid internship with the hope of landing a full - time job, the screenplay by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern all but dismisses that latter element.

The Food Ambassadors Club put to good use lessons learned from reading Michael Pollen's The Omnivores Dilemma when they lobbied the city department of School Food to serve healthier menu options at CHAH.

We'll accept donations of unopened wet or dry cat food from 9 am — 3:30 pm both days in the lobby of our Boston headquarters in Boston's South End.

The ARL will take donations of unopened wet or dry cat food from 9 am to 3:30 pm both days in the lobby of the organization's Boston headquarters located at 10 Chandler Street in the South End.

We brought dogs from the local animal shelter to the law school each month (several have been adopted by students), successfully lobbied for Meatless Mondays on campus, screened documentaries, and tabled for five weeks to educate students on five animal issues (food, experimentation, pets, clothing, and entertainment).

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The resort is smallish 4 story 4 blocks enclosing the pool area with palms and large gum trees a bar and casual dining was buy the pool with tasty morsels of well priced snacks and lunch menu and very alert to remove the items when you where finish eating ether by the pool or by tables near the bar the breakfast buffet was at first glance a bit simple but as you looked closer they had extra bits like smoked salmon cheese board mixed nuts and roasted coconuts for your cereal eggs to order or from the buffet and of course the usual cooked breakfast stuff for the price of $ 31.50 kids half price the restaurant had excellent dinner I can highly recommended the whole barramundi you can take food to your room but you must put the empty plates outside your door as your apartment is not owned buy the hotel you can order food in the lobby.

I'm always reluctant to carry food from outside restaurants through the lobby.

Food, drink and entertainment: the hotel's main restaurant La Jaquita serves meals buffet style featuring local, national and international dishes, lighter less formal meals are available from the terrace restaurant Café Babor, snacks from the poolside bar and drinks are served from the lobby bar, poolside café / bar, and the disco bar.

Food, drink and entertainment in the Castle Harbour: the cafe / bar adjacent to the pool area throughout the day / evening, drinks are available throughout the day from the poolside bar and lobby bar.

Link@Sheraton Lounger, by the lower lobby, serves up drinks and delicious food such as Maui onion soup and Kobe beef meatloaf sandwiches, from 5:30 pm to 10 pm.

This series of photographs features photographer and dancer Mickael Jou, appearing to defy the laws of gravity in a host of seemingly normal situations — from doing his weekly food shop, to soaring through a museum lobby.

From the Globe and Mail: Environmental Defence, a Toronto group that has been lobbying Health Canada to ban bisphenol A from food and beverage uses, praised the retailer and said other companies should follow its lFrom the Globe and Mail: Environmental Defence, a Toronto group that has been lobbying Health Canada to ban bisphenol A from food and beverage uses, praised the retailer and said other companies should follow its lfrom food and beverage uses, praised the retailer and said other companies should follow its lead.

This is true for all sorts of places: from convenience store parking lots, to shopping mall food courts, to hotel lobbies and hotel swimming pools, commercial establishments may face legal liability for injuries and harm experienced by their visitors, customers, clients, and guests.