Sentences with phrase «local food issues»

She also gives great props to those working on local food issues in New York and cities everywhere, so if you're among them, you get some gold stars!

In 2009, our local NWEI team decided to educate our community about local food issues by launching a county - wide effort to start simultaneous, multiple Menu for the Future groups.

In 2009, our local NWEI team decided to educate our community about local food issues by launching a county - wide effort to start simultaneous, multiple Menu for the Future discussion groups.

Representatives have also written letters in support of beginning farmer issues, organic agriculture issues, local food issues, and conservation accountability and crop insurance, among others.

Not exact matches

The company most often held up as the premier example on these issues is Chipotle (CMG), whose «Food with Integrity» campaign promotes the fact that its meat is raised without hormones and antibiotics when «possible» and local and organic produce is used when «practical.»

McKibben proposes that church groups, which have long been interested in food and hunger issues, start to take malnutrition seriously and link up with farmers» markets and local - food movements in order to begin to create a more equitable system for the distribution of healthy food.

To help address the issue of getting healthy, local food in food deserts, Metropolis Farms will operate two buses year - round as food trucks that offer prepared meals in those areas.

The older package is highly possible — the local health food store has had issues with rotating their stock.

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.

Besides being democratic and transparent in group activities and taking interest in studying issues related to organic agriculture, MASIPAG also aims to strengthen farmers control over the selling of their produce while improving productivity and sustainability and achieving food self - sufficiency at local level.

The OzHarvest Food Truck is available to deliver pop - up healthy eating workshops across Sydney teaching the skills and knowledge to help people live healthy, nutritious and sustainable lives, whilst also raising awareness of the local and global issue of food waFood Truck is available to deliver pop - up healthy eating workshops across Sydney teaching the skills and knowledge to help people live healthy, nutritious and sustainable lives, whilst also raising awareness of the local and global issue of food wafood waste.

There is already a nationwide foundation in place that includes charitable organizations, faith - based organizations, businesses, grocery stores, restaurants, food producers, local, state and federal government agencies and other stakeholders that are committed to addressing this issue through prevention, donation, composting and other practices.

As one of the most highly regulated food industries in the United States, dairy must comply with regulations issued by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among other state and local regulatory bodfood industries in the United States, dairy must comply with regulations issued by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among other state and local regulatory bodFood and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among other state and local regulatory bodies.

Pioneered in London by the People's Fridge in Brixton (see Jellied Eel issue 54), these are communal chillers where people and businesses can reduce waste by sharing surplus food with other members of the local community.

For transportation and storage issues, seek out local options for excess food products (donation centers) and build supply chains, including local chains that optimize storage and reduce waste at every stage of the chain.

Meet with local food producers, retailers, transports, food banks, food advocacy groups (NGOs), faith leaders, and food recovery / recycling operations (e.g., composters, biogas producers), to identify local issues and opportunities surrounding food loss and waste.

Despite the sensitivity of this issue, there does not appear significant barriers to accessing fresh, local foods and products in Australia.

Lined up in tiny glass jars like so many naturopathic soldiers at your local Whole Foods or health food store, tinctures offer possible solutions not just for physical ailments (insomnia, constipation, hacking coughs), but emotional and psychosomatic issues (depression, anxiety, ennui).

These summits will provide college students with the opportunity to have conversations with FRN National and other students in the region that go beyond a surface - level understanding of the issue and apply their knowledge to local problems around food waste and hunger.

Additional accountability requirements: Revised Statute 158.856 (2005) requires each school food service director to annually assess school nutrition in the district and to issue a written report to local school board members, council members, and parents.

If the economics were the issue, the real «green» lunch would be the school lunch — it's cheap, it uses a central infrastructure (dishes / trays etc. at the school), and with pressure from parents and other interested parties, can be made from healthy, local and organic foods.

I get it that JO has brought more attention to the school food issue, but it is so often the wrong kind of attention, the kind that seeks to blame those lowest on the food chain — the cafeteria ladies, the local schools, the local nutrition director — for problems which are coming from the top — the criminally low Federal funding that forces schools to rely on cheap processed food; the thicket of government regulation which must be followed no matter how senseless, and hoops which must be jumped through to get the pitifully low reimbursement; the lack of ongoing Federal funds to pay for equipment repair or kitchen renovation, forcing schools to rely on preprocessed food instead of scratch cooking, unless they can pass the hat locally to pay for a central kitchen to cook fresh meals.

Our local team of community experts will help meet the needs of parents as they tackle many challenging parenting issues... sleep, breastfeeding, maternity education and preparation, child and environmental safety, food and nutrition, parenting, and educational and special needs advocacy.

This article from a local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra funding (over and above what the USDA reimburses schools)?

«They in turn issue the food to nearly 40,000 local soup kitchens, shelters and pantries, «said spokeswoman Christine Ott.

In the last month I volunteered, as I try to regularly, at the kitchen of a local homeless shelter; I made a donation to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger; I brought canned food to a food drive; I continued to work toward improving school food in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Pfood to a food drive; I continued to work toward improving school food in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Pfood drive; I continued to work toward improving school food in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Pfood in my district by attending SHAC and Food Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington PFood Services PAC meetings; and I hope I increased awareness of various food policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Pfood policy issues through my writing on The Lunch Tray and The Huffington Post.

A well - organized group of parents with a specific food - related issue — and a specific proposal for change — can be an appealing story to local news media.

The Food Safety Agency has issued guidance to support safe preparation of formula milk in response to flooding and contamination of local water supplies.

Farm to School programs can help expand students knowledge about food, health, and environmental issues, and improve the quality and nutrition of school meal options, while supporting the local food economy.

Eventually, the lingering local reporters were told by a Lee aide that we could have some face - time with the food star — but only if we agreed to stick to the topic of the day: health and heart issues.

We are active within the political system on a broad range of issues that concern every New Yorker, from taxation, conservation to local food availability.

We are active within the political system on a broad range of issues that concern every New York, from taxation, conservation to local food availability.

On the other side is the reveal that it's actually for environmental issues: «Let's choose fresh, local food for our families» and «Let's choose safe, toxic - free toys for our children and grandchildren» with descriptions of Wagner's support for clean water and safe toys regulations.

The Pedro Espada known well to his constituents and to this community is an elected official who organizes food pantries, advocates for tenants, intercedes in immigration issues, supports his local schools and brings home grants to the Bronx.

In addition to the local momentum gained by Mr. Cuomo's backing, elected officials said they believed the increased focus on the plight of fast food workers — who President Barack Obama name - checked in a Labor Day speech — will keep the issue at the fore.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

The results of both teams, published in the 30 June issue of Science, reveal that while factors like the health of local bee colonies and the availability of food sources influence the impact of neonicotinoids, the pesticide's effects are largely negative.

The study grew out of work the authors undertook in the Pacific, where scientists met with community members and local, regional, and national government experts to examine issues such as food security, access to fresh water, quality education, sustainable tourism, and protection of marine and terrestrial resources.

Local foods must have a unique selling point, according to the researchers, who report their findings in current issue of the International Journal of Hospitality Management.

«This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier this year.

Researchers at BU are working in collaboration with Bournemouth and Poole's Sustainable Food City partnership to tackle some of these issues through a new project designed to look at how we can encourage sustainable food and eating practices, particularly through the growth and consumption of local foFood City partnership to tackle some of these issues through a new project designed to look at how we can encourage sustainable food and eating practices, particularly through the growth and consumption of local fofood and eating practices, particularly through the growth and consumption of local foods.

Preliminary analysis, as detailed by Li and co-authors in the December issue of the journal Archaeological Research in Asia, suggests that the irrigation system was built in the 3rd or 4th century A.D. by local herding communities looking to add more crop cultivation to their mix of food and livestock production.

I've gotten bulk items from large health food stores like Earth Fare to small local co-ops and have never had an issue with freshness.

My standards for a «healthy restaurant» include a combination of where they get their food (i.e. do they support local producers), how they prepare it, if they're open to gluten - free, dairy - free, food allergy and sensitivity issues, standards of service and cleanliness of atmosphere.

Whether it is the USDA's «new framework» for interstate regulations, state - level animal ID programs, or issues such as food safety, GMOs, and food processing, now is the time to renew our efforts to protect and grow the movement for local, nutrient - dense foods.

Although I dislike (and disagree with) some of the drama that surrounds the food topics that these books address, as a result of reading them I began to educate myself on our food system and eating in a way that feels right to me while keeping science, and local and global issues in mind.

Alexandra gained experience in marketing and communications, serving as an AmeriCorps volunteer, and working with non-profits oriented towards local food and agricultural issues in Vermont and Hawaii.

We feature compelling stories on our food system, local businesses, Indigenous food practices and food sovereignty, green architecture, and global ecological issues from a local perspective.

Nathan Atkinson, Head Teacher, Richmond Hill Primary School in Leeds, presented a case study describing his local work on the impact of hunger, academic achievement and food waste issues.

They take responsibility for what happens and the decisions are theirs — enabling schools to communicate the importance of sustainably - produced local food and providing a context for looking at food chain issues and understanding where food comes from.