Sentences with phrase «local food environment»

Take a look to find out more about the brilliant work that is underway to revolutionise the local food environment in our two Food Flagship boroughs.

Take a look to find out more about the brilliant work that is underway to revolutionise the local food environment in our two Food Flagship boroughs.

A total of seventy four applications were received, which demonstrates the enthusiasm and engagement across both boroughs, and highlights that schools continue to serve as vital catalysts for change in the local food environment.

«You always have to be careful about suggesting cause and effect,» says Mari Gallagher, whose Chicago consulting firm carries out case studies of local food environments.

Not exact matches

Learn2Serve's food safety training certification programs will equip managers on handling food safety issues, maintaining a food safe environment and local statutes relating to food safety.

Thinking about this, if nothing else, is a nice reminder about how the act of consuming food is so much more than just nourishing ourselves... and one more reason to consider seasonal / local grains and produce as healthy — for ourselves, for the environment, and for others.

This dialogue is essential to the co-creation of an effective, coherent and evidence - based regulatory environment that enables a strong and thriving local and fair food economy.

Concerned about the soil, environment, energy conservation, and fresh, local, healthy food, he began by selling vegetables to restaurants, local food co-ops, and at farmers markets.

Food and Drink - Summer 2010 -(Page 130) > r RETAIL greenstar co-op natural foods market Local Heroes GreenStar includes serving the community and the environment in its bottom line as it sells locally produced and organic foods.

It not only provides the best taste, cutting out the middle man and transportation time, but also supports local food artisans, and is great for the environment.

Supporting a sustainable local economy, nurturing the environment, preserving the craft of food artisans, and contributing to change that will one day make cleaner, more nutritious, better tasting burgers available to everyone!

This session will feature a panel discussion focusing on how state and local governments help create a favorable environment for successful food recovery.

Commercial real estate developers should pay attention to the trend toward urban food halls packed with local restaurants, bars and cafés, urges Anthony Deen, Creative Director, Branded Environments, for CBX, in a March 9 column on GlobeSt.com.

Explore dozens of vehicles in a safe, supervised environment with local food trucks, kids» activities and face painting.

Code 37-13-137 (2010) requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training for food service directors food service managers of local school districts on marketing healthy foods, creating a healthy cafeteria environment, effective and efficient food service operations, the standards and expectations of food service staff, and other topics as identified by the department.

(Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment - A Guide to Local Action) Food Allergies: School Guidelines for Managing Students with Food Allergies The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network www.foodallergy.org/page/school-guidelines-for-managing-students-with-food - allergies

The Market brings fresh, local foods and produce straight to you in an open air and fun environment.

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Win for the school kids, win for the local food businesses, win for the local budgets (and win for taste and the environment).

Making your baby's food also has tremendous benefits for our environment — you are forgoing all the packaging involved in store bought processed baby food, you are reducing food miles (especially if you purchase local foods), and if you choose organic, you are reducing the toxin overload on the environment.

I prefer buying local when possible... it's fresher and fewer food miles are better for the environment!

Rethinking School Lunch is a planning framework based on a positive vision: healthy children ready to learn, «food literate» graduates, invigorated local communities, sustainable agriculture, a healthy environment.

I learned Aviva is active in the local and national movement to improve school lunches, make food sources healthier and safer for people and the environment, and alleviate hunger.

Health Education, training, lifelong learning Local government including electoral provisions Social work Housing Planning Economic development Tourism Transport Criminal and civil law Criminal justice, prosecution and rehabilitation Courts Police and fire services Environment and natural heritage Built heritage Agriculture and food Forestry Fisheries Sport Arts Statistics, public registers and records Charities law Bankruptcy

Lake is currently the Plaid Cymru spokesperson at Westminster for the Environment, Food, Rural Affairs, Education, Skills, Health, Communities, Local Government, Culture, Media, Sport and Constitutional Affairs.

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.»

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

The Committee, which is chaired by the Minister for Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffuor, has the Ministers for Trade and Industry; Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Finance; Food and Agriculture; Attorney General; Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation; Monitoring and Evaluation; Education; Health; Sanitation and Water Resources; Local Government and Rural Development; Gender, Children and Social Protection; Employment and Labour Relations; and Fisheries and Aquaculture as members.

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

He called the portal «the Amazon.com of food rescue,» and said it would help local businesses and the environment while giving to those in need.

He designed a questionnaire for the fishermen about their lives and found, unsurprisingly, that local people, many of whom struggled for basics such as food and shelter, did not put the state of the environment high on their list of worries.

«On the basis of morphological and metrical analysis of the faunal remains from Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A hunter - gatherer deposits, we can document that wild sheep would have inhabited the local environment year - round and formed an important resource for the human population to target for food.

Because fluorescence is sensitive to the local chemical and physical environment, this emitted light can «report» on the local properties of the food, the pH, polarity, or in the case of Allura Red, local viscosity or thickness.

«Sustainable tourism, especially ecotourism, shouldn't threaten the food security of local people or their environment.»

The authors note that public health initiatives that could help make the overall environment healthier include restricting the sale of non-nutritious foods in and around schools; menu labeling and providing incentives for food stores to build outlets in local food deserts; creating safe spaces for physical activity that are monitored to reduce the likelihood of crime; and maintaining smoke - free restaurants and public spaces, among others.

But local wildlife were exposed both externally to radiation in the environment and internally from contaminated food sources.

Choosing sustainable palm oil for food and personal care applications means that less land needs to be used, and if the palm is grown using sustainable practices (100 percent organic, regenerative agriculture, third - party certifications, and social programs), it is extremely beneficial for local communities and the environment.

There is considerable variability, mainly in response to food availability in the local environment.

A farmer's market is the best place to buy your food because it is grown in your local environment and picked ripe, plus it supports your local, small - production farmers.

Our metabolisms evolved at a point in time when early humans (or our mammalian predecessors) were eating entirely foraged foods and wild meat from their local environment.

This can happen because some bacteria do incorporate sialic acids from their local environment into their cell walls; and thus gut bacteria will incorporate Neu5Gc from food into cell walls.

«There are usually three core reasons that motivate people: a desire for food safety in terms of pesticide residue, a need to support local farmers and communities as well as the general environment, and an interest in perceived health benefits.»

They still live along Guyana's rivers and rely heavily on the local environment for both food and materials.

Topics covered include: Home life and school, Food, Health and fitness, Family and personal relationships, Free time, Social actvities, Holidays and special occasions, Home town and local area, Natural and made environment, People, Places and Customs

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The Act provides for technical assistance and information from the Secretary of Agriculture to aid state and local educational agencies and school food authorities in establishing healthy school nutrition environments, reducing childhood obesity, and preventing diet - related chronic diseases.]

Not only does this mark a new era of investment alternatives from traditional assets like stocks and bonds for investors to use in order to protect against portfolio risks but as investors allocate to commodities in local Asian markets, the futures growth may help standardize the quality of energy and food to make prices less volatile and their environment cleaner.

The Gold Coast's Hinterland is just half an hour from the world famous Gold Coast beaches, it is speckled with wineries, local food producers and health retreats that offer the perfect environment to while away an afternoon, evening or weekend.

The hotel itself complements the environment beautifully with high quality eco friendly resort accommodation and facilities while local produce features in delicious food and beverage offerings.

Signature to the experience is Le Méridien Hub — the brand's unique lobby concept where a café inspired atmosphere and high impact art, music, and food & beverage experiences set the scene for guests to socialize and exchange ideas in a curated environment, and our Unlock Art program offering free access to local cultural institutions.