Sentences with phrase «government food benefits»

This comes a year after the company offered the same discount to folks who receive government food benefits.

Not exact matches

India gives broad government food subsidies to its farmers and poor consumers — a benefit that has allegedly undercut fair - market agriculture prices and is at the heart of a World Trade Organization dispute that has irked the U.S.

Samantha Stapley from the organisation said: «Issues with benefit payments remain the main reason why people need a food bank parcel, and with issues caused by Universal Credit increasingly reported by food banks as a concern, we urge the Government to take steps to make sure people don't face going hungry.»

The challenge for frozen food brands, and indeed government, is to better educate consumers as to the health and sustainability benefits of frozen food to overcome negative perceptions, and drive greater usage of the freezer to reduce food waste.

Governments and food companies are not doing enough to encourage people to eat less meat, despite the well documented benefits to people and planet — and the public's evident willingness to do so.

Through YieldWise, The Rockefeller Foundation will engage private, nonprofit, and government actors across the food supply system, focusing on linking small and big businesses that can mutually benefit from diversified sources for products and enhanced markets.

Sustain has welcomed commitments from shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's health.

Governments, companies, research institutions, and international agencies should refine methods for quantifying the economic, environmental, and social benefits of food loss and waste reduction.

The Trust warned that this was only a partial picture of food poverty, and concluded that the rise was due in large part to the impact of government austerity policies that have either reduced or delayed benefit payments.

Labor, benefits, food and utility costs skyrocket by dollars while government reimbursements inch up by pennies.

Most meal programs in Vermont operate in the red, according to Horton, because government reimbursement rates are lower than the actual costs of food, labor and worker benefits.

«Without urgent action we only see the situation getting worse because the government has decided that both tax credits and safety net benefits will no longer keep up with rising prices, so more families will face the stress and stigma of relying of food aid just to give their children a basic healthy diet.»

With wages in decline compared to inflation, zero - hours contracts, food banks, the benefits cap and the bedroom tax, the unemployed and lowest paid have undoubtedly suffered more than any group under the coalition government.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Ghananewsagency.org Planting for Food and Jobs is a government initiative Five thousand farmers in Agona East are to benefit from the Planting for Food and Jobs programme this year.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Ghananewsagency.org Planting for Food and Jobs is a government initiative Five thousand farmers in Agona East are to benefit from...

They define social welfare as having five components: health care spending; education spending; cash retirement benefits; other government cash transfers such as unemployment insurance and the earned income tax credit (EITC); and non-cash aid such as food stamps and public housing.

Friends of the Earth's GM Campaigner, Clare Oxborrow said: «Instead of helping the GM industry to use the food crisis for financial gain, the Government should be encouraging a radical shift towards sustainable farming systems that genuinely benefit local farmers, communities and the environment worldwide.»

Westchester County DA Janet DiFiore and her former live - in nanny committed no wrongdoing while the nanny applied for and received Medicaid, food stamps, and other government benefits, an internal investigation found.

Beginning today, almost 3.2 million people in New York will see their food assistance benefits cut as the federal government ends a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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.

«That's why the federal government must keep pace with current technology by enabling more low - income families who rely on SNAP and live in food deserts to be able to use their benefits to order healthy food online.

The Christian charity also reported that government use of sanctions against benefit recipients was «increasingly harsh» and that half of those who had been referred to food banks in 2013 - 14 had suffered benefit delays or changes.

The fact that both of these CLAs have demonstrated health benefits in a host of studies over the past 2 decades has won them an exemption from recent government rules requiring that food labels list concentrations of heart - threatening trans fats (see No Hiding Most Trans Fats).

While Dr. Beals» analysis no doubt proves the case to those open minded consumers willing to spend the time in research, old habits die hard and the government stance that «raw milk is dangerous» still needlessly scares away far too many consumers who could truly benefit from this nutrient dense food.

If you follow what the government and food industry tells you like a broken record, you probably still believe that soy has some health benefits and that it's a good idea to consume at least some.

If you listen to the government and the Big Agra companies it supports, GMO foods are perfectly safe, and their benefits include lower cost crops, more productive farms and even healthier foods.

[11] Like foods and unlike drugs, no government approval is required to make or sell dietary supplements; the manufacturer confirms the safety of dietary supplements but the government does not; and rather than requiring risk — benefit analysis to prove that the product can be sold like a drug, such assessment is only used by the FDA to decide that a dietary supplement is unsafe and should be removed from market.

Financial Benefit: ReFED defines this as a strategy's aggregate financial benefit to society (consumers, businesses, governments and other stakeholders), minus all investment and costs per ton of food waste diBenefit: ReFED defines this as a strategy's aggregate financial benefit to society (consumers, businesses, governments and other stakeholders), minus all investment and costs per ton of food waste dibenefit to society (consumers, businesses, governments and other stakeholders), minus all investment and costs per ton of food waste diverted.

«Our professional development programme is inline with the curriculum demands, as well as government food teaching guidelines in schools, and will equip teachers to be able to implement engaging food lessons and healthy school initiatives, for the benefit of all their students.»

It is widely hoped that the government's introduction of universal free school meals for infant pupils this term, as recommended in the School Food Plan, will give young people a healthy start in life and benefit families.

And he too is worried about the fact that government stimulus (transfer payments, unemployment benefits, welfare, food stamps, etc.) has had a major effect on consumer spending, but as people fall off extended unemployment benefits (and they are, by the hundreds of thousands each month) personal income could actually drop.

Low - income residents who are qualified to redeem these free services for their pets are those with active government assistance benefits including Food Stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Food and Nutrition Services.

Forests provide essential services in reducing poverty, providing energy and ensuring food security across the world, yet government policies fail to harness these benefits, said the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisatfood security across the world, yet government policies fail to harness these benefits, said the UN's Food and Agriculture OrganisatFood and Agriculture Organisation.

The decision to resubmit accounts follows a Sunday Telegraph investigation into the finances of TERI Europe, which has benefited from funding from other branches of the British Government including the Foreign Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

I would say that making the food, fuel and energy more expensive, that the subsistence farmer in Nepal uses, in exchange for slowing the rate of growth of global warming by.01 C per century (just an example) and slowing the Nepal government from slowly providing electricity to their citizens would not be good idea (on a cost benefit analysis).

Formed in 2012, the coalition includes the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and other governments around the world, united to address short - lived climate pollutants and to deliver action and benefits on: «climate, public health, energy efficiency, and food security.»

This includes, but is not limited to every contract with the principal purpose of furnishing food, lodging, automobile fuel, souvenirs, newspaper stands, and / or recreational equipment, regardless of whether the services are of direct benefit to the Government, its personnel, or the general public.

To protect the beneficiary's government benefits; however, the trust should not be set up to provide directly for basic shelter, food, or payment of cash to the special needs family member.

This measure does not take into account government benefits (eg, SNAP), income tax credits, or family expenses (eg, child care, income taxes) and has not fundamentally changed since 1969 except for annual adjustments for food price inflation.

Further, custodial parents who seek government benefits, such as welfare or food stamps, may be required to name the child's father and participate in child support enforcement actions.

Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

In addition to the positive outcomes for children and families, summary data indicate a number of cost - saving benefits for Federal and State governments and agencies, including reduced spending on Medicaid, food stamps, and other assistance programs.

Governments are beginning to see benefits to localizing food production.