Sentences with phrase «over food miles»

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Derstine's distributes food to independently owned restaurants in the 80 - mile radius around its headquarters in Sellersville, Pa. «We have more than 15,000 products in our database and stock over 4,000 of them, which cover all temperature zones,» Derstine says.

Over here in the UK (I must live within 20 miles of him) the stats show that 69 % of all food purchased in this country is precooked - ready to heat and eat -(lobster newburgh in a plastic bag - ugh) It is so bad that it is becoming difficult to find basic ingredients (unless you have a very large bank account) and even when you do thery are in small packets.

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Eat to your heart's content, with a half - mile of food trucks and restaurants spread out over 11 city blocks.

She designed a lot of the book to utilize the same ingredients over and over, to minimize food waste and allow readers to take ingredients the extra mile.

During the two days I spent at the recent Natural Products Expo West — the nation's largest annual foods show — I logged over 14 miles on the massive convention floor and sampled many of the 3,000 - plus exhibitors.

I was not trying to transport numerous heavy boxes of food over on a ferry and up a 1.5 mile hill on a horse - drawn taxi to my room.

680 total students receiving degrees 4,100 folding chairs 560 feet of string lighting 38 doctoral students graduating 70 degree temperature in Cambridge, Mass. 10,000 compostable cups 9 times the word «bully» was referenced in Dean Kathleen McCartney's speech 4,050 feet of crimson colored ribbon (over 3/4 of a mile) 700 pounds of food for the dinner / dance.

Just make sure yours is well fed on good quality foods, But not over fed watch his weight, given a good grooming at least once a week, do nt over bath, keep him exercised they love their walks but do nt over do it, 5 mile runs are perhaps not the best idea and remember he is small but still a dog.

Denver is exactly one mile high in altitude, and boasts over 300 days of sun a year, a vibrant food and music scene, and over 200 parks within the city limits.

\ «Over the Edge \» just a mile away towards Rum Point, great food.

There is still some debate over the carbon accounting and the circumstances will differ by product but its safe to say that a focus on food miles is unmerited by the evidence.

While thousands of people participated in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the New York City over the weekend, on Saturday a smaller group of activists set out on a 313 - mile march to Washington DC, taking on corporate control of the US and (increasingly) international food supply.

Over the course of the two - week EcoChallenge the car miles converted to alternative transportation, waste diverted from our landfills, energy and water saved, and food sourced sustainably adds up to substantial impact.

The study found «strong indirect edge effects over decades» in forests more than a kilometer (0.6 miles) from oil palm plantations, «suggesting the true global ecological footprint of human food production has been substantially underestimated.»

No food products need to be transported over hundreds of miles to market.

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