Sentences with phrase «other food commodities»

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What we didn't anticipate was that other factors, including bad weather and other hiccups in commodities markets, would drive up the price of food in much of the U.S., increasing restaurants» costs at a time when they couldn't easily pass those costs through to budget - conscious diners.
Asia, a major driver of global economic growth, is both a source of competitive imports but increasingly an important destination for exports for the Canadian economy, a growing market for resource - based commodities but also agri - food products, specialized manufactures, financial and other services and, potentially, energy.
Paul Bulcke, the chief executive officer of Vevey, Switzerland - based Nestle, the world's largest food company, said May 19 that food - price increases should be gradual and that companies would try to absorb commodity expenses by reducing costs in other areas.
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.
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.
As Tropical Traditions grew, we began adding other traditional products which were hard to find in commodity food markets such as local chain grocery stores.
This lineup is being supplemented with new, developing programs that include Good Food Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysFood Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming sysfood and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming system.
Global dairy prices leapt up in January rising more than any other group of food commodities in the monthly Food Price Index, published by the UN food agefood commodities in the monthly Food Price Index, published by the UN food ageFood Price Index, published by the UN food agefood agency.
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.
ADM is one of the world's largest food companies and like the other major commodity traders (Bunge, Cargill, Dreyfus and Xstrata) it has the capacity to manage the risk and the volatility that is inherent in international grain markets.
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.
Preventing waste will have financial benefits for businesses, as they will become more efficient — this goes for food as it does for every other commodity.
Tropical Traditions also restored traditional methods of producing coconut oil by hand, and also worked to provide consumer access to other traditional products that had fallen out of favor in the U.S. market, but for which there was a demand from health - conscious consumers interested in sourcing food outside the corporate commodity food supply kept cheap by government subsidies.
We use only canola oil, olive oil, and butter in our recipes and menus, no shortening or lard, or other hydrogenated oils, and try to keep them out of all frozen, pre-made foods we purchase or receive from commodities.
Indeed, for a while Houston and other districts were having real trouble sourcing any fresh fruit at all, from any part of the country, due to the higher demand created by the new school food regulations, which resulted in USDA actually canceling confirmed orders for commodity fresh fruit.
As Janet Poppendieck, Chef Ann Cooper and others have long noted, the fact that the Agriculture Department is both a promoter of U.S. farm commodities and the overseer of the NSLP means that our children's best interests are often in direct conflict with the financial concerns of food producers.
2) Much of the crappy food we serve are commodities which come from the government... we add them to our menu for no other reason than because they are FREE.
They were clearly not designed for widespread, everyday use.42 Without a mass - produced baby food such as that later made by Gerber, Heinz, Beech - Nut, Libby's, Clapp's, or a number of other small manufacturers, there was no solid commodity known as «food» with which to contrast the infant formula.
Temtsen called on other commodity associations to emulate RIFAN in partnering with the apex bank to make Nigeria a food sufficient nation.
The researchers report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that reducing agricultural production in these provinces and importing food commodities from other provinces or nations instead could help China conserve more water.
Using their new technique, the Princeton researchers have now used fermentation and genetically - engineered yeast to produce other chemicals including lactic acid, used in food production and bioplastics, and isobutanol, a commodity chemical and an advanced biofuel.
In many countries the production of food and other agricultural commodities accounts for over 80 % of fresh water use.
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.
Saline combinations of two plant foods, such as potassium nitrate and ammonium phosphate are already familiar commodities, while within the laboratory there remain various others awaiting their commercial development.
Archer - Daniels - Midland Company is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other agricultural commodities and manufactures protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value - added food and feed ingredients.
2) Growth in developing world means more competition for food and energy supplies, and other commodities, which are forcing prices up in those areas.
Most of these stores depend on their convenience food business to make a profit, since they usually sell gas or other loss - leading commodities.
Also, supply and demand imbalances in food commodities that are pushing prices up tend to correct themselves more quickly than in other industries (i.e. in natural resources).
Commodities: Resources which include gold, silver, copper and other precious metals or food products such as pork bellies, wheat, corn, etc..
These regional ingredients found in Acana Cat Food can't be over-emphasized because they are full of nutrients that are usually depleted by long - term storage and shipping and can't in any way be compared to the highly refined commodity ingredients found in many other pet foods.
In addition to food aggression, here are some other things that can become valuable commodities causing dogs to guard:
However, Polke's paradoxical work, with its shoddy representation of desirable foods and other commodities, was above all a parody of western commercialism.
Renewable technology increases the price of energy, and the technology also effects the price of food, manufactured items, and other commodities because manufactures will pass the higher cost of energy to consumers; therefore, the impact could be quite severe for a majority of society.
Maize, groundnuts (peanuts), pistachios, brazils, chillies, black pepper, dried fruit and figs are all known to be high risk foods for aflatoxin contamination, but the toxins have also been detected in many other commodities.
Fueled by surging demand from China and other emerging economies, and boosted by the convergence of food and energy markets in response to American and European incentives for biofuels, the worldwide commodity boom over the past few years helped trigger a land rush that precipitated the conversion of natural forests for farms, plantations, and ranches.
Fueled by surging demand from China and other emerging economies, and boosted by the convergence of food and energy markets in response to American and European incentives for biofuels, the worldwide commodity boom over the past few years helped trigger a land rush that precipitated the conversion of natural forests into farms, plantations, and ranches.
Urban citizens consume food, water, and other commodities, their buildings and appliances consume electricity, and their vehicles consume fuel - the latter two also involving the consumption of raw materials in their manufacture.
If California does commit to tropical forest protection, advocates of REDD hope other states and countries, and perhaps large companies that buy food commodities, will follow suit, creating a substantial flow of funds.
More severe penalties apply to anyone who tampers with a food commodity rendering it injurious to human health or causing a reasonable apprehension in others that it is injurious to human health, or knowingly or recklessly communicates information with the intent to cause a reasonable apprehension in others that a food commodity was tampered with in order to render it injurious to human health.
The cost of living away from home can be surprisingly high when you have to spend extra cash on food, gas, hotels, and other commodities.
This includes various goods, from food and commodities to payment for hotel bookings and other services.
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