Sentences with phrase «industrial food practices»

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By that point, Bethencourt hopes, even industrial pet food makers will have realized they need to reform some of their worst practices.

A partner in the firm and co-chair of Fox's Franchising, Licensing & Distribution Practice Group, Gerhards leads a team of more than 40 attorneys in 21 offices who represent franchise and distribution companies in industrial, retail, food, entertainment, service, technology and home - based businesses.

Her first book, At Home in the Okavango, examines belonging and connections to land among the white citizens of northwest Botswana, while her second book, Illness, Identity and Taboo among Australian Paleo Dieters, explores the industrial food system and contemporary consumption practices via the Paleo diet.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

Although officials largely stamped out the practice of adding melamine to food, most people continue to be exposed to the substance, an industrial chemical also used in other plastics, flooring and whiteboards.

Growing practices currently used for industrial nut production focus heavily on pesticide use, and do not care for the soil and trees that generate what should be highly nutritious foods.

«Dietary practices influence [our] exposure to pesticides, [toxic heavy] metals,... and industrial pollutants... A diet high in fish and [other] animal products, for example, results in greater exposure to [these pollutants] than does a [more] plant - based diet, because these compounds [may]... accumulate up the food chain.»

The unfortunate truth is most of the food produced today has had most of the health - promoting components bred out of it through hybridization, genetic manipulation and other modern industrial agricultural practices.

The following chapter examines food production, comparing industrial and smaller - scale farming practices.

This is mainly because the extremely complex international industrial food system has internal problems such as nutrient - deficient soils and crops, along with agrichemical and animal drug residues that call for entirely different, ecologically sound, sustainable and humane farming practices.

An expose of the agri - industrial food chain and the dangers of hidden ingredients and the corporate practices.

These new farming practices avoid the destructive trap of industrial food production and its financial burden.

Because organic agriculture and other biodiversity - friendly farming practices generally have lower yields than industrial agriculture, REDD will therefore encourage a shift toward from more productive forms of food production.

Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.

Can we learn to feed ourselves locally, after decades of reliance on industrial agricultural practices that have taught us to think food comes from grocery stores?

With one of the largest practices in the region, Walker Morris LLP draws on its considerable resources to provide a wide variety of expertise to clients from the food and drink, retail, waste and energy, healthcare, technology and IT, industrials and financial services sectors.

He focuses his product liability practice on defending claims against manufacturers of specialty plastics, aircraft components, commercial food processing equipment, building materials, commercial vehicles and other industrial equipment.

With more than 20 years of experience practicing in the area of intellectual property litigation, Angileri has lead council for a wide variety of clients that spreads across various technologies and industries including, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial technologies, food and beverage and home appliances.