Sentences with phrase «sustainable food policy»

UCS combines technical analysis and effective organizing and advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for addressing global warming, sustainable food policy and agriculture, energy and transportation, fighting misinformation and reducing the threat of catastrophic nuclear war.

Longtime collaborators Lindsay Lochman and Barbara Ciurej mounted a solo exhibition of work that addresses sustainable food policy at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver.

While in Colorado they met fellow photographers, worked with high school students, participated in a panel discussion with other artists and members of the Denver Sustainable Food Policy Network, undertook museum research, scouted sites for future projects, and met with the director of a gallery in Fort Collins who promptly offered them a show.

But difficult is not impossible, we will work with student unions, clubs and societies, university administration and students to create knowledge networks that can contribute to the formulation of sustainable food policies.

They will discuss how the Institute's Food for the Parks initiative can provide support and expertise to accelerate the adoption and implementation of sustainable food policies throughout the 392 - park National Park Service system.

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Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

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

Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

«Opportunities for Amplifying Agroecology: A Review of Policies, Frameworks and Mechanisms related to Food Sovereignty and Sustainable Food Systems in Africa» was prepared by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North Amerfood labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North AmerFood Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

IATP works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

In a video message Laudemir André Muller, Minister for Agrarian Development, Brazil, talked about a set of public policies for a more sustainable production model, in particular the National Plan on Agroecology and Organic Production, designed for rural development and healthier food.

No other event brings together such a wide range of farmers, food entrepreneurs, food policy stakeholders, sustainable agriculture visionaries, and community members all in one place.

Michael McCain, president and chief executive of Maple Leaf Foods, was pleased by the news and applauded the federal government's leadership and consultative approach to building a national food policy as the foundation for a more sustainable food system.

Information derived from satellite images can soon be made available to governments to help guide policy making related to food security and sustainable development, particularly in rice - growing areas.

As the Midwest's premier annual celebration of the growing Good Food movement, the Good Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we Food movement, the Good Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we Food EXPO continues to bring together regional and national leaders in local, sustainable food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we food — from farmers to chefs, entrepreneurs to policy makers — to discuss the movement that's transforming the way we eat.

Making Europe's production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but it will require a major shift in public attitudes, policies and knowledge and seizing current opportunities for change, according to a newly published European Environment Agency (EEA) report.

He also works with the world's largest food companies, such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Starbucks, to create more humane, sustainable purchasing policies.

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources develops and implements policies and programs to ensure Australia's agricultural, fisheries, food and fore stry indust ries remain competitive, profitable and sustainable, and supports the sustainable and productive management and use of rivers and water resources.

Anna Taylor talks to us about making food policy deliver a better diet for Britain as well as what can be done across the supply chain to improve access to healthy and sustainable diets for all.

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

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Field Trip: Sustainable Food Purchasing Policy at Large Urban InstitutionsBy: Sunny YoungEarlier this year I started research on Phase II of The Lunch Box.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091, [email protected] CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, the Good Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, the Good Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, the Good Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-food that is sustainable, -LSB-food that is sustainable, -LSB-...]

I have spent some time writing about school lunch topics on my blog as well, but have recently been focusing on wider subjects in the sustainable food system as they pertain to government policy and activism.

«We are excited to see Chicago Public Schools continue to be a leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness, quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.

As most of you know, Food Day is an annual, nationwide celebration of healthy, sustainable and affordable food and a campaign for better food policFood Day is an annual, nationwide celebration of healthy, sustainable and affordable food and a campaign for better food policfood and a campaign for better food policfood policies.

We champion programs and policies that strengthen food security across the United States and around the globe, including the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, Feed the Future, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal Child Nutrition Programs.

In such circumstances, «when ecosystems are able to support sustainable diets, nutrition programmes, policies and interventions supporting the use of supplements, RUTF [ready - to - use therapeutic foods], fortificants and infant formulas are inappropriate and can lead to malnutrition, and the marketing of these food substitutes and related products can contribute to major public health problems.»

Access to wood fuels for cooking must be considered when formulating policy to deal with food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers who advocate expanding the effort to improve wood - fuel systems and make them more sustainable.

«We're generally opposed to these developments,» says Richard Young, policy director at the UK's Sustainable Food Trust.

«Sustainable food systems and environmental protection may be important, but these issues don't belong in discussions of healthy eating,» wrote Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., in an op - ed in The Des Moines Register today.

Communications, advocacy and policy change on behalf of healthier food choices and more sustainable food systems;

During a panel discussion with senior global leaders at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Symposium «Advancing Food and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilFood and Nutrition Security at the G8 Summit» in Washington, Jeff Simmons urged leaders to take action now to address the challenge of developing more efficient food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilfood production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term, sustainable solutions to hunger, food inflation and food availabilfood inflation and food availabilfood availability.

Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural policy to favor sustainable home - grown food where possible in the interests of health and national security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones on the bandwagon.

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John E. Sheehy, International Rice Research Institute, e-mail to Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute, 1 October 2002; Pedro Sanchez, «The Climate Change — Soil Fertility — Food Security Nexus,» speech, Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020, Bonn, Germany, 4 — 6 September 2002; USDA, op.

The 2008 Land Grab for Food and Financial Security (Barcelona: October 2008); Joachim von Braun and Ruth Meinzen - Dick, «Land Grabbing» by Foreign Investors in Developing Countries, Policy Brief No. 13 (Washington, DC: IFPRI, April 2009); Klaus Deininger and Derek Byerlee, Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

Climate change, food insecurity and chronic diseases: Sustainable and healthy policy opportunities for Australia

Bioenergy challenges a sustainable food future most directly when government policy causes diversion of food crops into ethanol or biodiesel for transportation.

By concurrently pursuing policies that encourage solar energy development, policymakers can catalyze far more energy growth in a manner fully compatible with a sustainable food future.

The Initiative collaborates closely with countries in the Near East in the development of coherent and evidence - based policy and programmes to meet their demands on food security and nutrition whilst building resilience and promoting sustainable agriculture.

Friel, S., 2010: Climate change, food insecurity and chronic diseases: Sustainable and healthy policy opportunities for Australia.

It you believe as I do that the key to our sustainable future (in the US and rest of the world) is to be able to build and re-build our cities to be environmentally sustainable (water, air, food and shelter) and economical to live in for all income groups then we need analytical processes and public education to support the identification of the policies that will lead to this outcome.

We believe political involvement is critical for holding governments accountable to their constituents and for creating policies that ensure a sustainable world with safe food and clean water.

Food Tank is for farmers and producers, policy makers and government leaders, researchers and scientists, academics and journalists, and the funding and donor communities to collaborate on providing sustainable solutions for our most pressing environmental and social problems.

While there are many elements to a sustainable regional food system - supportive public policy, efficient distribution networks, successful marketing - the most important is a stable land base.

The RUAF Foundation, its partner ETC Foundation and PPO of Wageningen University are organising a series of thematic meetings in the Netherlands to foster policy debate on sustainable food consumption and production, to discuss opportunities and constraints for enhancing both intra - and peri-urban agriculture in the Netherlands and to facilitate exchange and dialogue in the learning community «GROW the City».

Bill McKibben, 350.org founder Naomi Klein, activist and author of the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 99 posse, Italian hip hop / reggae band Caparezza Florent Compain, President of Les Amis de la Terre France Mark Fodor, Director, CEE Bankwatch Network Johan Frijns, Director, BankTrack Elena Gerebizza, Re: Common Sebastien Godinot, Economist, WWF European Policy Office Rafael Gonzalez, Dakota / Puerto Rican Water Protector James Hansen, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch Rachel Heaton, Mazaska Talks co-founder and Muckleshoot Tribal member / Duwamish descendant Danielle Hirsch, Director, Both ENDS Ziva Kavka Gobbo, Chairperson, Focus Association for Sustainable Development Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Chair, SolarAid; Founder and Director, Solarcentury Simon Lewis, Professor of Global Change Science, UCL Lo Stato Sociale Erri De Luca, Italian novelist, translator and poet Olivier de Marcellus, Coordinator, Climat Justice Sociale

Experts discuss key policy issues related to enhancing carbon sinks and reservoirs while protecting food security and sustainable development.