Sentences with phrase «local food production system»

Like other urban farming initiatives, rooftop farms promote sustainable living by contributing to the local food production system and to recycling urban organic waste.

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He argues that local food production, for example, is actually less efficient and less secure than the global system we have now.

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Secondly, they want «resilient food production systems», which utilise ecological production methods, and are based on «a multitude of smallholder farmers, gardeners and small - scale fishers who produce local food as the backbone of the food system».

GRAIN believes that the solution to reducing GHGs is an industry - wide transition from «factory farming and agribusiness» to small - scale producers and local food systems that provide moderate production level of meat and «do so in a way that regenerates soils, provides livelihoods to rural and urban communities and makes crops and animals resilient to the vagaries of an unpredictable climate.»

This process could be reversed by re-establishing local and regional food supply systems and substituting «near for far» in production and distribution systems.

«Though the over-reliance on the mono - economic system is also a contributory factor to this financial impasse but I can assure every citizen that the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari would not rest on his oars at repositioning the nation's economy by ensuring adequate production of foods for local consumption as well as for export.

So does the food system, once you get away from growing food [in] oil which is our current preoccupation and one that isn't going to last much longer, the need for local production and control and whatever food has the same, and I was trying to argue at the end I think much the same thing is sort of happening with culture as well, that we have simultaneously this incredibly interesting global thing, the Internet and it's allowing you to live very locally and globally at the same time.

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.

«Buying local supports a more sustainable food system because true sustainability goes beyond the methods used in food production to include every step that brings food from farm to plate.»

From community - supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community - based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

FThe global industrial food system relies on crops that have been bred primarily for higher yield and ease of transport, while farmers involved in local food systems often place a higher value on plant varietals that are more nutritious by virtue of their variety (i.e., not bred for yield alone) or by their method of production.

«It is critical to re-examine the local and global systems we have put in place and advocate more sustainable alternatives that encourage smaller - scale, local food production and more healthy eating habits.»

Portfish's vision is to create a working model of an aquaponics system based on best practices that can be replicated to promote and engage communities in local sustainable food production.

Our interest in aquaponics as a means of supporting local and sustainable food production grew as we continued our research into food, food production, distribution, and the industrialized food system that has developed since World War II.

There is no shortage of support needs for communities to address the impacts of climate change in agricultural systems, including support for adaptation for vulnerable regions and transformation to sustainable and resilient food production systems, built around local food economies.

The Guardian: The existing food system has failed and needs urgent reform, according to a UN expert who argues there should be a greater emphasis on local food production and an overhaul of trade policies that have led to overproduction in rich countries while obliging poor countries — which are often dependent on agriculture — to [continue reading...]

Alternatively, REED students interested in sustainable agriculture can learn the basics of organic farming with a vision to design urban gardens and systems to promote local food production.

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Creating more urban farms and more food production centers closer to where the market is, whether they are traditional outdoor growing areas, rooftop farms, indoor hydroponic and aquaponics systems, vertical farms, or vacant lot gardens, can go a long way toward building a more resilient local food system and reducing the ecological footprint of our diets.

Some of the credits available within the LEED - ND Rating system deal with issues such as wetland and water body conservation, access to public space, local food production, heat island reduction, district heating and cooling and comprehensive waste management.

This process could be reversed by re-establishing local and regional food supply systems and substituting «near for far» in production and distribution systems.

A sustainable food system requires robust networks of local and regional food production and distribution.

Local has become the new buzzword, we now weigh the carbon footprint of our food, and there have been a few recent disasters in our food production system that make one want to look the farmer in the face.