Sentences with phrase «national food systems»

If you really want to improve school meals, here are 10 effective ways to support the hard - working school nutrition HEROES who are reshaping local and national food systems, teaching kids about where food comes from, and feeding millions of children their best meals of the day — every day — in thousands of schools across our country.

For the past decade, supermarket chains have been positioned as the pre-eminent actor in global and national food systems.

Urban agriculture to a large extent complements rural agriculture and increases the efficiency of the national food system in that it (IDRC 1998) provides products that rural agriculture can not supply easily (e.g. perishable products, products that require rapid delivery upon harvest), that can substitute for food imports and can release rural lands for export production of commodities.

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The outbreak caused a national panic and the company rebounded by strengthening its food safety systems and investing in a major advertising campaign.

What we're working on now is developing a national brand of locally grown produce that reinforces regional food systems by creating opportunity for local urban micro-agribusiness to augment year - round supply in any metropolitan area.

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FAO's Strategic Objective 4 Enabling more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems at local, national and international levels includes the Output on Evidence - based food loss and waste reduction programs developed at national, regional and global level.

He is the co-chair of the Food Systems Integrity committee and on the executive committee of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

As a trusted advisor to government and food safety regulators, we have a national role in Australia's food regulation system and provide scientific advice that shapes national food safety regulations.

The broader F&A ecosystem also has an important role to play, being responsible for creating an environment that supports growth by reducing existing barriers to export, strengthening food safety and biosecurity systems, assisting with knowledge sharing and promoting Australian F&A at a national level.

The conference featured a robust education program including keynote presentations by award - winning actress, social advocate and mom of three, Jennifer Garner and organic industry pioneer John Foraker, co-founders of Once Upon a Farm; and national bestselling author and internationally recognized expert on food systems, Anna Lappé.

FamilyFarmed is a national leader in building the Good Food movement and developing regional, sustainable food systFood movement and developing regional, sustainable food systfood systems.

With increasing national and state support for local food system development, the political climate is favorable for the development of a packing house

Following successful trials in OAL's UK test centre at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, part of the University of Lincoln, the customer chose the OAL Steam Infusion Vaction ™ Pump cooking technology to be integrated into a complete cooking system by OAL's Spanish partners, Raimaber Fluid Tech.

Michael McCain, president and chief executive of Maple Leaf Foods, was pleased by the news and applauded the federal government's leadership and consultative approach to building a national food policy as the foundation for a more sustainable food system.

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

Nearly 200 national governments — including the Obama administration — have already pledged to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030, and 117 cities have signed a pact to develop and implement strategies that improve their local food systems.

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Information and schedule highlights of this leading national event — which promotes a healthier, more environmentally sustainable and more economically dynamic food system — are below.

Recognising the lack of vision and leadership on these profound questions, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance was formed in 2010, consciously linking Australia to the global movement for food sovereignty, with the aim of promoting a different, values - based national conversation on the future of our food and farming systFood Sovereignty Alliance was formed in 2010, consciously linking Australia to the global movement for food sovereignty, with the aim of promoting a different, values - based national conversation on the future of our food and farming systfood sovereignty, with the aim of promoting a different, values - based national conversation on the future of our food and farming systfood and farming systems.

It is time that we look upon our broken food system, too, as a matter of national security.

These initiatives include the National Produce Program, which identifies key strategies to introduce fresh produce into the emergency food system; the Healthy Food Bank Hub, which encourages good nutrition among Feeding America clients; and the Feeding Possibilities Program, which builds the capacity of its member food bafood system; the Healthy Food Bank Hub, which encourages good nutrition among Feeding America clients; and the Feeding Possibilities Program, which builds the capacity of its member food baFood Bank Hub, which encourages good nutrition among Feeding America clients; and the Feeding Possibilities Program, which builds the capacity of its member food bafood banks.

I also have a strong personal commitment to working for fair and sustainable food systems in general, having been centrally involved in the People's Food Plan process as the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliafood systems in general, having been centrally involved in the People's Food Plan process as the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty AlliaFood Plan process as the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty AlliaFood Sovereignty Alliance.

Nick Rose, Secretary and National Coordinator for AFSA, is currently establishing a new body in Australia called Sustain: The Australian Food Network, which aims to do similar work to support and connect local government authorities and other food systems stakeholders across the counFood Network, which aims to do similar work to support and connect local government authorities and other food systems stakeholders across the counfood systems stakeholders across the country.

[1] National Coordinator, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance; Project Coordinator for Food Systems, Food Alliance, Deakin University.

FamilyFarmed is a national leader in the Good Food movement and developing regional, sustainable food systFood movement and developing regional, sustainable food systfood systems.

The Churchill Fellowship coincides with a new post I began in September last year, to coordinate the establishment of a Food Systems Network (Victoria / National), with the Food Alliance.

From June 2010 — December 2015, I was the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem inNational Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrFood Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem innational alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrity.

The product standards resulting from our quality systems exceed those required by all national and global food agencies.

In Cuba, a national strategy was adopted in 1993 to convert to the agricultural model into a self - reliant food supply system.

Last November, EPA supported a national Summit to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders representing different areas of the food system.

«The need for a food labelling system is as acute now as it was 25 years ago, but the health environment has changed yet again and it is appropriate to ask where we go from here,» says The Heart Foundation's National CEO Mary Barry.

The Chef Instructor Training Program begins with two - weeks of intensive exposure to the world of school food, including an overview of the National School Lunch Program from an historical and policy perspective; the driving forces behind, and the consequences of, the modern American food system; the unique characteristics of, and limitations and opportunities within, a typical school food service operation; and in - depth exposure to the Cook for America ® curriculum and teaching methodology.

On the one hand, Chicago - area school systems are following the national trend of creating healthier menus, primarily by reducing the fat content of entrees; on the other, borderline junk food entrees - pizza and chicken patties - remain the most popular items among students.

Among other things, she addressed the complaints from grassroots reformers that they — not Jamie Oliver — should be getting attention and credit: «Those of us who are truly concerned about the welfare of America's children, health care system, and food supply should be grateful that long - awaited and much - needed attention to what has become at best a national embarrassment, and at worst a national crisis, has finally arrived.»

Nevertheless, as the authors point out, a national food policy would shine a brighter spotlight on these conflicts and would also likely raise public awareness about and support for meaningful improvements to our food system — a much needed first step toward change.

In the American school lunch system, school lunch budgets are allocated via federal funds and school lunch menus are designed to add national food products (that are available through the USDA).

ANMS, Austin New Mothers Study; GWG, gestational weight gain; IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; NMIHS, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey; NR, not reported; PIN, Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study; PNSS, Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System; pp, postpartum; PPWR, postpartum weight retention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SES, socioeconomic status; WIC, Women, Infants and Children Food and Nutrition Services.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

According to the National Data Lab (NDL), most of the calorie values in the USDA and industry food tables are based on an indirect calorie estimation made using the so - called Atwater system.

Moreover, brain - imaging studies by researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Oregon Research Institute show that the brain's reward systems in overweight individuals respond weakly to food, even to junk food.

«Sustainable food systems and environmental protection may be important, but these issues don't belong in discussions of healthy eating,» wrote Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., in an op - ed in The Des Moines Register today.

Health, food security, climate change, sustainable energy, urban systems, digital technologies, and space will be the national priorities; they will be further refined and periodically revised by a newly created strategic research council, chaired by Prime Minister Jean - Marc Ayrault, with input from the French national research agency (CNRS) and five large research - coordinating networks.

«This progressive colonization is thought to be important for development of immune system tolerance... lack of such tolerance possibly leads to food allergies and chronic inflammation,» the researchers write in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

UC San Diego Health System recently celebrated Food Day by serving antibiotic - free beef and poultry as part of a national effort to raise awareness of antibiotic - resistant infections linked to the food we Food Day by serving antibiotic - free beef and poultry as part of a national effort to raise awareness of antibiotic - resistant infections linked to the food we food we eat.

WAPF members have been reading for several years about the problems that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) poses, and have more recently been alerted to the federal food safety bills that are pending in Congress.

These types of opportunities and efficiencies exist throughout the local food system but are almost completely impossible to realize on the industrially controlled, chemically dependent, national / global scale of our modern economy.

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.

The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) isn't just about tracking food animals, especially with the government's interest in controlling food through new legislation.

DeBess is part of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, which collects and tests food on a monthly basis and produces annual reports of its findings.