Sentences with phrase «local sustainable food production»

Our interest in local sustainable food production, however, developed over time — and, only in the last few years has it taken on a more urgent tone.

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.

Not exact matches

Despite the region's large production of sustainable foods, local markets are small in size, according to Organic Monitor.

The challenges associated with sustainable food production and local consumption will be a central focus of the Sustainable Foods Summit scheduled for March 27 to March 28 in Sao Pausustainable food production and local consumption will be a central focus of the Sustainable Foods Summit scheduled for March 27 to March 28 in Sao PauSustainable Foods Summit scheduled for March 27 to March 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

«EbA can accelerate income gains, improve health, and secure food production, all while ensuring the sustainable development of local resources.»

«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.»

Every so often, farming processes included adding harmful toxins in herbicides and pesticides, not mentioning the feeding of animals in confined conditions which has drastically changed food production from the small local and sustainable farm model that the informed general population would want.

Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat, and dairy at a steep cost: the exploitation of animals; the risky use of antibiotics and hormones; and the pollution of our air, soil, and water.

We were holding a meeting to assess a project to train farmers in sustainable production methods, a collaboration between the UN World Food Program and the local government in a rural village in Nusa Tenggara Barat province, Indonesia.

«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.»

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.

The 100 - mile diet is a great way to learn about your local farming and food production community, get healthier, and choose a sustainable way of eating.

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

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.

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.

When Lays Goes Loco: Locavores are up in arms over Frito - Lay's new campaign, but is eating local really the only solution for sustainable global food production?

Of course, the biggest obvious benefit would come through more local food production and the transition away from growing the (mostly) useless crop of grass in yards and toward a more sustainable model of homegrown food and DIY living.

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

Such a change would enable democratic decision - making over the source of our electricity, dramatically expand locally - generated renewable energy and — in tandem with efforts to expand the production of local food — help create a thriving and sustainable local community.»

However, as TreeHugger's Green Basics: Eat Local Food points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rLocal Food points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&raFood points out, the local food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rlocal food concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rafood concept isn't just about distance, but is about the entire lifecycle of our food, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rafood, «integrating production, processing, distribution and consumption on a small scale, creating sustainable local economies and a strong connection between farm and table.&rlocal economies and a strong connection between farm and table.»

There's a debate at Mother Jones that slings some mud and arrows on our collective idea of local, organic food and the problems with scaling up sustainable production.

Via AlterNet More on Will Allen & Urban Agriculture Growing Power: Urban Aquaponics, Vermiculture and Sustainable Agriculture Urban Agriculture Leader, Will Allen, Named MacArthur Genius Urban Agriculture Grows in the City Urban - Edge Communities Can Retain Agricultural Benefits The Urban Aquaculture Center: Aquaponics Goes Big Agriculture Needs a Fundamental Rethink in the 21st Century Five Dire Green Myths Causing the Greatest Global Harm 25 % Reduction in Global Food Production by 2050: Organic Agriculture Part of the Solution, UN Says Organic vs Local?

FThe food sovereignty movement argues that the focus solely on food security, without addressing the production of food, has caused poor, food - insecure countries to import cheap, subsidized food to the detriment of their local farmers, economies, and cultures, thus adversely affecting longer - term and sustainable food security.