Sentences with phrase «of olam»

The activities also included an industry tour of Olam, producers of Milky Magic biscuits and various milk products.

Sunny Verghese of Olam says the Singapore - listed firm sees sustainable food logistics as an important business strategy.

Not exact matches

Both he and the organization have a strong belief in fostering a sense of community rooted in inclusion, equality, and diversity - and have a deep desire to help «repair the world» (or in Hebrew, tikkun olam).

TOM, which focuses on assistive technology, takes its theme from the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, meaning «repair the world.»

But even the most orthodox of Jews will admit that GeHenna (named after the dump outside Jerusalem that existed in the Valley of Hinnom and whilch was considered the most unclean of places, where the «fires never went out» and the «worm never died»... a reference seen in Isaiah...) was an idea adapted from Babylonian theology (taken from Zoasterism), not an idea originally developed in the Tanach (thus you will find references to «the world to come» and «tikkun Olam» only in the Talmud, not in the Tanach... which for Jews is not a problem since our view of «scripture» is not the same as a Christians).

Such friendship with each other may in fact be our best hope for tikkun olam — the healing of the world.

The problem for me was that the idea of tikkun olam has become so hackneyed an idea, filled with the eisegetical meaning from well - intentioned political activists, that it has become meaningless.

Christians are to be partners in what has become the watchword of the modernist Jewish religious project: tikkun olam» «repairing the world.»

There's emphasis on tikkun olam, healing the world, and on our partnership with God in bringing about the day when the work of perfecting creation is complete.)

My essay affirms a very orthodox view of Rabbinical Judaism, as our Chukat Olam (eternal law).

El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty) El Elyon (The Most High God) Adonai (Lord, Master) Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah) Jehovah Nissi (The Lord My Banner) Jehovah - Raah (The Lord My Shepherd) Jehovah Rapha (The Lord That Heals) Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There) Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord Our Righteousness) Jehovah Mekoddishkem (The Lord Who Sanctifies You) El Olam (The Everlasting God) Elohim (God) Qanna (Jealous) Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide) Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace) Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)

For Jews on the left who like to give a Jewish cast to their politics, the tradition's tiqqun «olam, «setting the world right,» means whatever is on the left's agenda, and the problem of paganism never is.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The program team will also continue to study the social, economic, and environmental benefits of shade trees (including species such as durian, sesbania, and mahogany) by working with Olam to distribute these to farmers, and develop a monitoring plan that will track trees and cocoa seedlings that are distributed.

Olam is committed to buying and selling Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM cocoa and has provided an incentive structure to farmers, which has greatly enhanced the number of farmers willing to attend training sessions that serve to improve their skills and cocoa quality.

As of October 2016, the project has enrolled 7,000 farmers (88 % of the project's total target), who are registered in the Olam Information System (OFIS); completed basic training in order to optimize sustainable yields and other income opportunities; introduced record keeping practices by distributing log books to 1,000 farmers; promoted farmer group development in a Training of Trainers (ToT) session; trained 10 new lead farmers on best agricultural practices that were then integrated with climate - smart agricultural Practices (CSA) and the Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) Standard; as well as conducted a baseline sampling monitoring survey that is currently being analyzed by the program team.

Olam, which is backed by sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, will lease - back the almond groves and land as well as related farming and irrigation infrastructure for a period of 18 years.

At first glance Olam may have done well out of the investment reporting that it will book a one - time post tax capital gain of $ 45 million upon completion of the transaction.

Adveq's executive director Berry Polmann said the fund was «convinced about the potential of the almond orchards and looked forward to building a farming relationship with Olam, centred around sustainable practices.»

With the new non-GMO and gluten free certifications, Olam product portfolios can meet the diverse needs of customers worldwide.

Olam is amongst the world's leading originators and shippers of coffee beans.

• Edible Nuts Olam is also the leading supplier of edible nuts and nut ingredients.

But as one of 8,000 Sulawesian smallholder cocoa farmers participating in a climate - smart program of the Rainforest Alliance and Olam Indonesia (under Millennium Challenge Account — Indonesia), Syamsuddin soon came to understand the new reality of a changing climate, and the urgent need to adapt his farming practices.

The joint initiative, called the Rainforest Alliance - Olam Partnership for Livelihoods & Landscapes in Western Ghana, aims to conserve the cocoa forest landscape and sustain the agricultural livelihoods of communities around the Sui River, Suhuma, Tano Ehuro and Santomang Forest Reserves — a region where forests are particularly threatened by cooca production.

The acquisitions will be funded via a $ 61 million capital raising, which will also provide funding for the development of further 1000 hectares of almond orchards leased to Singapore's Olam at Darlington Point in the NSW Riverina and an earlier acquisition of 259 hectares of macadamia orchards near Bundaberg.

In Bakersfield, California, Olam Farming, part of Singapore - based Olam International, recently bought George Borba & Son's 1550 - acre mega-dairy and 8000 cows were auctioned off in favour of almonds and pistachios.

The panel members included: Makara Ouk, Director, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute; Paul Nicholson, Vice President and Head of Rice Research and Risk, Olam International; Dechen Tsering, Director and Representative, Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment, and Wyn Ellis, SRP Coordinator.

Alistair Davis from Olam International gave an overview of sustainability certification schemes for agricultural commodities.

Sunny Verghese is co founder and group CEO of commodity trader Olam International Ltd, a member of the Champions 12.3 campaign group advocating for the reduction of food loss and waste.

Announced at the Building Sustainable Futures Forum sponsored by Olam International, the newly - formed GAA is a CEO - led private sector initiative seeking to contribute significantly to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, most notably SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture [1].

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Raising strictly observant Jews, learned in their own traditions, who will work toward Tikun Olam, the repair of the world, that is the school's purpose.

The committee members also sought to know where a quotation allegedly made by Olam Nigeria Ltd for supply of eight metric tonnes of rice which was presented by NEMA to the committee emanated from since Olam duly informed the committee that it did not give any quote to NEMA prior to his engagement for the contract.

«A similar scenario unfolded on 12th September 2017 when he visited the state for the commissioning of a feeds milling plant called OLAM along Kaduna - Abuja Road.

The contract awarded to Olam Nigeria Ltd for 2.4 billion naira and the 600million to 3 Brothers Rice Ltd for supply of rice for the emergency food intervention programme in the North East, he stated, was made at the presidential level and the contractors were selected because they had the capacity to deliver in the huge quantity that was needed.

Another Asia - based firm, Olam International, is developing a 250,000 - acre plantation on about 741,000 acres of land with the government of Gabon that Earthsight claims is on high - value forest that includes great ape habitat.

She was the recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Investigator Award, the Medical Achievement Award from Bonei Olam, and a career development award from Doris Duke.

We envision our Campus for Compassionate Living in Israel as a living embodiment of the Jewish values of empathy, responsibility, and tikkun olam (repairing the world), and of the mandate not to cause tsa'ar ba'alei hayim (the suffering of animals).

Yoga Vacation Rental — Nautilus» in - house restaurant includes accommodations in a luxurious one bedroom villa with one king or two single beds, daily detox shake of greens and cacao, daily wellness breakfast at Olam, one massage session per person, one complimentary healthy power shake per person and a daily yoga instruction by one of our experienced instructors.

The Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam translates from Hebrew to «Repairing the World.»

A group of scientists won the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security for applying advanced breeding techniques to strains of primitive and modern wheat to develop a set of durum wheat varieties that can not only withstand constant 35 to 40 degree Celsius (95 to 104 degree Fahrenheit) heat,

First Climate has been involved in the development and implementation of the standard since 2011 with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Gold Standard Foundation and more than 20 partners, including major international companies and organizations such as WWF, Carlsberg, Bayer, Munich Re, Nestlé, Olam and the International Red Cross.

With California's water levels beginning to hit record lows this spring, Singapore - based Olam International, Australia's largest almond producer, signed a deal to develop 1,480 acres of orchards in New South Wales.

Olam has saved 9.7 billion liters of water since 2009 through its water stewardship program in California.

The deal, which is set for regulatory approval and clearances, will make Olam one of the largest suppliers of sustainable cocoa, and the third largest cocoa processer.

McDermott Will & Emery, Sidley Austin and Jenner & Block have taken the lead advisory roles on Singapore - based agricultural business Olam's $ 1.3 bn (# 830m) acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) global cocoa operations.

McDermott Will & Emery, Sidley Austin and Jenner & Block are leading on Singapore - based agricultural business Olam's $ 1.3 bn (# 830m) acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) global cocoa operations.

Our clinical work prepares people to be active shapers of their personal lives and also, if they choose, to join with others — in the Hebrew phrase, tikkun olam — to repair the world.