Sentences with phrase «sustainability of food production»

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In this 36 - minute video, taken on Sept. 17, 2008, Pollan, Grant, and Sonal Shah, a development expert at Google.org, talk about the sustainability of food production.

Demystifying the Environmental Sustainability of Food Production, a paper by Jude Capper, Roger Cady and Dale Bauman, demonstrates either a lamentable misunderstanding of the impacts of livestock production practices, or a willful effort to misrepresent the facts.

Around the fringes of the agricultural establishment more and more individuals are repulsed by the threat to the sustainability of food production built into the industrial model.

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And with many questioning the sustainability of importing so much food from so far away, we are beginning to ask if switching to a vegetarian diet to cut emissions caused by meat production is as sustainable as one might think.

But in addition to the impact of air miles, global land and resource use determine the sustainability of the food we eat - food production can destroy or displace natural resources in order to supply growing demand.

«The dilemma,» Holmes says, «is how do you improve the sustainability of water supply to increase food security and food production as we go out into the future?»

Poster at: 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, May 31 - June 3 2005.

Paper at: 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 - 23, 2007.

Sustainability is an essential ingredient in the food industry's business practices and encompasses a gamut of production touch points including environmentally friendly farming methods, green operational practices, cleaner food preparation and customers» perceptions.

«The Sustainable Consumption Institute encourages staff and students to think about the sustainability of the food they eat, and to play their part in reducing carbon emission associated with meat production,» says Lynda McIntosh, the SCI's communications and marketing manager.

The SDAS audit will satisfy Kerry's requirements on quality, food safety and traceability at farm level while the evaluation of performance on sustainability criteria such as environmental management, animal health and welfare, pasture management, and health and safety will ensure more sustainable production.

For example, the upcoming Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco kicks off Jan. 18 - 20 with seminar sessions and interactive workshops dedicated to food production and supply chain sustainability and the impacts of food and packaging waste.

«Before food even reaches a consumer, we focus on reducing the amount of food waste being generated during the production processes, through standard operating activities at every stage from planning to post analysis,» says Kathleen Cacciola, Senior Director for Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility.

Along with fair trade, there are a number of sustainability certification programs for farming and food production.

PET is widely used for packaging in the non-alcoholic beverage and food industries, allowing brand owners and manufacturers to reduce production and transportation costs while taking advantage of this material's greater design flexibility and increased sustainability.

The Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia With Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) aims to improve food security and gender equity, and alleviate poverty through optimizing productivity and sustainability of irrigated rice production systems.

Food prices are determined by the cost of production and manufacturing and are affected by changes in commodity costs, as well as production, including sustainability efforts.

«Because of the impact of drought in recent years, many Australians would be well aware that water is a key element of food production and processing, and so water is a key element of thinking about sustainability.

Those models will look at impacts such as regional average temperature change, sea - level rise, ocean acidification, and the sustainability of soils and water as well as the impacts of invasive species on food production and human health.

Operated by CESA, it covers every area of food production, including food safety, distribution, kitchen design, new technology and sustainability.

The concept of sustainability is visible in a concrete context via the school's greenhouse and food production model.

The public health benefits we bring include safer and more secure food supplies, more efficient production for increased food supply, improved sustainability, and prevention of the transmission of zoonotic diseases.

For instance, this summer at Smack Mellon Amy Lipton curated «FOODShed,» a group exhibition (open through this weekend) that explores aspects of food production and sustainability.

Amazingly, with an enrollment of only about 800 students (for the record — that's roughly the same size as my high school), the college offers majors in Environmental Studies, Renewable Energy & Ecological Design, Wilderness & Outdoor Therapy, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production, Animal Conservation & Care and numerous minor options in the environmental and sustainability space.

Extreme weather causes crop production losses, but until now, scientists «did not know exactly how much global production was lost to extreme weather events and how they varied by different regions of the world,» said Navin Ramankutty, a professor of global food security and sustainability at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, and one of the study authors.

The weekly half - hour programme features host Janaia Donaldson's conversations with guests about a broad range of topics including local food production, renewable energy, transportation alternatives, sustainability, economic localization, and personal responses to the changes ahead.

His current research includes a global assessment of the sustainability of future food production under socioeconomic and climate change, and water scarcity.

While some folks questioned the sustainability of keeping «unproductive» cows alive, it was still a useful reminder that there are different ways of approaching food production than the relentless drive for efficiency and scale.

Her work explores the environmental implications of food production and efforts to move it to greater sustainability.

Productive green roofs combine food production with ecological sustainability, such as reduced rainwater run - off, temperature benefits such as potential reduction of heating and cooling requirements (resulting in reduced emissions), biodiversity, improved aesthetic value and air quality.

Oahu Kauai Maui & Hawaii About Blog Our mission is to enhance Hawaii's food security and economy by increasing the number of local agricultural producers by offering those with an interest in agriculture a combination of knowledge, experience, and support designed to assist them in becoming viable production growers, and accomplish this in a manner that encourages sustainability.