Sentences with phrase «on food commodities»

Then from 2010 to 2011, the price of wheat doubled — fueled by a combination of extreme weather events linked to climate change, oil price spikes and intensified speculation on food commodities — impacting on Syrian wheat imports.

In addition, they are often conducted on food commodities, not necessarily the processed products one finds in the grocery store.

Not exact matches

The Federal Reserve and its chairman on Wednesday repeated their position that the surge in commodity prices — such as oil and food — would be «transitory.»

As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.

Ours is indeed a consumeristic culture, the kind that too often turns people into commodities, and I believe Christians can speak into that culture in a unique, life - giving way — not only as it concerns sex - on - demand, but also as it concerns food - on - demand, celebrity - on - demand, stuff - on - demand, cheap - goods - on - demand, pornography - on - demand, entertainment - on - demand, comfort - on - demand, distraction - on - demand, information - on - demand, power - on - demand, energy - on - demand, and all those habits that tend to thrive at the expense of the dignity and value of our fellow human beings or our planet.

On the other hand in some less fully developed regions, there must be substantial growth in the use of some essential commodities either for food production or for industrial production.

«The backbone of the business is Italian specialty foods, but as time progressed, we went on to Italian commodities, and today, we import from Europe, South America and Asia,» Bill Sauro says.

This also suggests that trade agreements that apply greater tariff reductions on potentially hazardous food items may catalyze a «hazardous substitution effect,» in which populations replace less hazardous food items with more hazardous commodities that are subject to lower tariffs.

While claiming to promote food security and benefit small farmers, Grow's focus on a few high - value commodities — like potatoes, maize, coffee, tea and palm oil — exposes the programme's real objective: to expand the production of a handful of commodities to profit a handful of corporations.

«We've had to really focus on all of our cost categories — food costs in particular — because the commodities have gone up so much,» Ferland laments.

The $ 90 billion food and grocery sector risks turning high - margin, high - growth categories such as health and beauty into commodities through over-reliance on promotions, says Procter & Gamble's Australia and New Zealand managing director Antoine Brun.

The capital will be spent on new plants and upgrades that will help Murray Goulburn shift its sales mix towards «value - add» dairy foods such as cheese and infant nutrition and away from commodity products such as milk powder.

World food prices posted their biggest monthly rise for four years in June, buoyed by a surge in sugar and increases for most other edible commodities, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

Based in New York City, with offices located in major markets and key countries producing tropical commodities, and a global network of partners, the Rainforest Alliance works with over a million producers whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest timber and host travelers.

Australia falls in the middle of OECD rankings on food traceability due to having a high quality or mandatory system for specific commodities, such as livestock identification, but not all commodities.49

The sector is traditionally commodity based, with bulk commodities making up 88 % of Australia's food and beverage exports.13 Comparator regions such as New Zealand and the UK realise more value per kg of exports by keeping a greater share of food processing on shore.

Our research on the safety of Australia's food supply starts at the farm, where we help the $ 10b red meat and dairy industries, in particular, ensure their raw commodities are as free from bacterial, fungal and chemical contamination as possible.

Wood's commodity predictions are based on Bernstein's Food Commodities Index, which tracks the price of 14 ingredient commodities, including milk, coffee, cocoa and sugar, and 6 related to packaging, such as crude oil, aluminiCommodities Index, which tracks the price of 14 ingredient commodities, including milk, coffee, cocoa and sugar, and 6 related to packaging, such as crude oil, aluminicommodities, including milk, coffee, cocoa and sugar, and 6 related to packaging, such as crude oil, aluminium and PET.

What should have been presented is decade long trends about: farm and processor bank debt; return on equity; full and part - time employment trends; farm and processor business numbers; domestic versus overseas value adding to commodities; volume and value of imported ingredients and products; international versus Australian processing costs comparisons for major foods like meats, flour, oils, milk products; and the farm gate price share of the consumer dollar for fresh foods like fruit and vegetables, milk, meats, bread, juice, eggs.

The benefits of coconut sugar are making it a hot commodity in the health food world — this form of sugar does offer some trace nutrients and may have less of a dramatic impact on your blood sugar than other types of sweeteners.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

The FAO Methods and Standards have used these data and the available information on waste coefficients, stock changes, and types of utilization (feed, food, processing, and other) to prepare a supply and utilization account for each commodity in units of weight.

Food balance sheets are compiled every year by the FAO mainly with country - level data on the production and trade of food commodities (Food balance sheets are compiled every year by the FAO mainly with country - level data on the production and trade of food commodities (food commodities (18).

Specifically, the PBFA has called for: Support for specialty crops; research on plant protein; removing» anti-competitive» policies to bridge the large competitive gap between commodities and specialty crops; support for organic crops; inclusion of transparency and accountability provisions; and referencing «plant - based foods that are major sources of Nutrients of Concern» in 7 USC Section 3157 under «competitive special and facilities research grants.»

We're operating under an antiquated farm policy that still benefits Big Ag today and results in the dumping of cheap, unhealthy USDA commodities and precooked processed food on U.S. school food programs.

We may refuse some super processed foods from commodities that are heavy on preservatives, or are what we refer to as «County Fair» foods, like corn dogs and hot dogs and chicken nuggets.

It is heavily dependent on United States Department of Agriculture commodity foods (the main ones being meat, soy, corn and wheat)

But my point is, the school lunch program rests on subsidies, free commodity food, and governmental reimbursement.

Americans in the early twentieth century were still becoming acquainted with mass advertising, which was designed to create new needs where none had existed before, such as for mouthwash or deodorant, or to promote products, such as baby food, that responded to and enabled a more fast - paced life brought on by technological innovation.67 With the mass production and advertising of goods, memorable packaging and branding became an essential part of the product, «an integral part of the commodity itself,» as one business executive noted in 1913.68

«For years we could depend on a certain amount of food coming from government commodities,» said Mary Ellen Durbin, executive director of the People's Resource Center.

To get serious about school food and its consequences, policy makers need to focus less on tinkering with funding formulas, surplus agricultural commodities, and % of calories from fat while focusing more on stopping kids from devouring plate after plate of hamburgers and cheesy noodles.

[This links to a great piece by Ann herself on the troubling intersection between food manufacturers and the USDA commodity food program.]

Includes information on Congressional action needed for: SNAP / Food Stamps, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Support Policies to Enable Easier Food Donation, Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

Temtsen called on other commodity associations to emulate RIFAN in partnering with the apex bank to make Nigeria a food sufficient nation.

Regarding water access, the production of agricultural commodities along the food supply chain depends on the local availability of water through precipitation or irrigation.

Collecting stories about the political commodity of water and food in third - world countries and how a people either are fed or starve depending on whatever entity is in control.

EXCLUSIVE: It is a very real issue around the world, but few realize how bad it is: the political commodity of water and food in third - world countries and how a people either are fed or starve depending on what entity (government / corporate) is in control.

Water is not immune to other external and immediate challenges, such as the recent economic and financial crisis and the volatility in the price of food and other commodities, and their impact on water is complex and needs to be better understood.

In addition, the federal government reimburses costs for the dinner program under the Child Care and Adult Food Program and provides free surplus commodities based on the number of meals served.

Overall, APE holds good food for thought on physical books and ebooks, on writing, publishing and reading, on books as artistic expression and as a saleable commodity.

Most of these stores depend on their convenience food business to make a profit, since they usually sell gas or other loss - leading commodities.

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In a 2010 article in Harper's Magazine, Frederick Kaufman argued the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index caused a demand shock in wheat and a contango market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, contributing to the 2007 — 2008 world food price crisis.

Food distributor Sysco (SYY), which reported 5.9 % food inflation in the latest quarter, has passed commodity price increases on to restauraFood distributor Sysco (SYY), which reported 5.9 % food inflation in the latest quarter, has passed commodity price increases on to restaurafood inflation in the latest quarter, has passed commodity price increases on to restaurants.

However, increasing commodity costs will force the fast food chain to raise prices and could have an impact on profit margins and earnings.

People should begin to think about the need to grow their own food and rely on locally produced commodities of all kinds.

Though Russia is ranked 115 out of 163 nations surveyed and classified as a medium - risk country, the recent heatwave's impact on grain production and the nation's ban on grain exports, combined with a 25 % decrease in Canadian grain production in June, due to flooding, is causing fluctuations in commodity prices, in turn increasing food insecurity in the most vulnerable nations.

This is somewhat in synch with Krugman's thinking at the end of his most recent column on this «finite world» (which was on commodity prices generally, not food):

He went on to explain that in the recent food commodities surge, which includes products like wheat, soybeans and rice, corn has gone up to $ 6 a bushel — making everything from animal feed to cereal more expensive.

The report warned that increasing production of liquid biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, could increase the price of agricultural commodities with negative economic and social impacts, especially for the world's poor who spend a large proportion of income on food.