Sentences with phrase «local sustainable food systems»

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With a mission of changing the world one bite at a time and passion for a sustainable food system, SPUD's goal is to use its connection to local and organic food to help improve the places where we live and work.

Its annual Good Food EXPO — America's longest - running sustainable and local food trade show — brings together key stakeholders to be inspired, do business, and learn the many ways in which producers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, advocates and members of the general public can work, individually or in concert, to build a better food sysFood EXPO — America's longest - running sustainable and local food trade show — brings together key stakeholders to be inspired, do business, and learn the many ways in which producers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, advocates and members of the general public can work, individually or in concert, to build a better food sysfood trade show — brings together key stakeholders to be inspired, do business, and learn the many ways in which producers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, advocates and members of the general public can work, individually or in concert, to build a better food sysfood system.

It leaves the reader with the impression that much could indeed be gained if the different stakeholders in Kerala's organic farming movement would enter into an open exchange and work together to build a sustainable food system which integrates local and global trade.

We can choose to support a more equitable and sustainable food system by purchasing local, organic or small - scale produced food as well as adopting a plant - based diet, low in animal products - which have the highest eco-footprint.

As a B Corporation, we work closely with value - similar suppliers, producers, and local communities to help create more informed eaters and more resilient, responsive and sustainable regional food systems.

CHEF KATE ADAMICK, Principal of Food Systems Solutions ® LLC, is a New York City - based consultant specializing in integrating operational changes, site - based programming, and public - private partnerships to implement, reinforce and support the healthful transformation of institutional meals programs and aid in developing local and sustainable agriculture sSystems Solutions ® LLC, is a New York City - based consultant specializing in integrating operational changes, site - based programming, and public - private partnerships to implement, reinforce and support the healthful transformation of institutional meals programs and aid in developing local and sustainable agriculture systemssystems.

We connect producers, consumers, businesses, and organizations to grow a healthful, just, and sustainable local food system in Southern Wisconsin.

Founded in 1989 in protest of traditional charity models, the organization uses career training, job creation, and sustainable business practices to strengthen local food systems and reduce disparities in health and economic opportunity.

The summit attracted foreign and local investors including; the Consul General of the Embassy of France in Nigeria, Laurent Polonceaux; the Nigerian Director of a French Group known as Proparco, Olivier Follin; the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy, as well as director of an Irish organisation, Sustainable Food Systems Ireland.

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.»

«Budget cuts to local and central government will inevitably diminish public sector capacities to continue the (albeit sometimes faltering) steps in the right direction of a sustainable food system,» it stated.

«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.»

Zorah Magdaros» arrival means a complete disruption of the local ecosystem, and it's the Fifth Fleet's job to not only find out what those disruptions are and why they're happening, but to restore the monster food chain to its normal, sustainable system.

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's Guide to Federal Funding for Local and Regional Food Systems will even help schools find the funding they need to get started on gardens of their own.

New Entry improves local and regional food systems by training the next generation of farmers to produce food that is sustainable, nutritious, and culturally - appropriate and making this food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio - economic status.

BILL McKIBBEN JOINS SUSTAINABLE FOOD EXPERTS IN DISCUSSING «FOOD FOR THE PARKS» AT THE INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE Co-hosted by Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Program Addresses Benefits of Local Food Systems in America's National PFOOD EXPERTS IN DISCUSSING «FOOD FOR THE PARKS» AT THE INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE Co-hosted by Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Program Addresses Benefits of Local Food Systems in America's National PFOOD FOR THE PARKS» AT THE INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE Co-hosted by Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Program Addresses Benefits of Local Food Systems in America's National PFood Systems in America's National Parks

«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.

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Thanks to Peak Moment TV, which is dedicated to building local reliance, you can meet our Port Townsend NWEI North American Gathering co-hosts by clicking here to watch a clip from their interview about their work creating more sustainable local food systems and a more vibrant, healthy community.

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

Director of the Local Economies Project at The New World Foundation Bob Dandrew — «The New World Foundation's Local Economies Project envisions a region where family farms and related businesses are at the heart of a sustainable regional food system.

The development of urban agriculture and urban food provisioning systems is increasingly considered an important part of sustainable and resilient urban development by local and national governments around the world.

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.

Others we've met at a Green Festival, the MREA's Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, or a farmer's market are finding creative ways to solve our problems today with renewable energy, energy conservation, and sustainable food systems, all while thriving in a locSustainable Living Fair, or a farmer's market are finding creative ways to solve our problems today with renewable energy, energy conservation, and sustainable food systems, all while thriving in a locsustainable food systems, all while thriving in a local economy.

We support local efforts in Los Angeles and across the State of California to make possible the transition to fully sustainable food, energy, and infrastructure systems.

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And while we're seeing a resurgence of interest in so - called «real food» or slow food and local food, it's going to take a lot more than a few urban rooftop farms in big cities, or the expansion of certified organic shipping container farms, or an explosion in countertop gardening units to go from our current wasteful food and agriculture system to a model that is ultimately sustainable and future - focused.

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

A sustainable food system should be supported by a backbone of local food.

[T] he only way we can reclaim control over our food systems is to [first] step away, to any extent that we can, from the dismal presumption that it's too late, because it's not, it can't be (we owe this to our kids to try) and to try whatever we can to reinvest in [and re-energize] our local [diversified and sustainable] food systems.

Its new series of core courses is beginning in February, with continuing education classes focusing on principles of sustainable agriculture, including those related to not only food and food systems, but also home energy and water conservation, tools for local economic development and quality of life improvement.