Sentences with phrase «sustainable food system because»

«Buying local supports a more sustainable food system because true sustainability goes beyond the methods used in food production to include every step that brings food from farm to plate.»

Not exact matches

Because there should always be a bit of time dedicated to voicing our support for a healthy, sustainable food system, I wanted to share these with you.

«The WNYREDC identified MAP's Farmhouse as a priority project because it creates a model for neighborhood - based, sustainable food systems development as a key component of community revitalization.»

This is mainly because the extremely complex international industrial food system has internal problems such as nutrient - deficient soils and crops, along with agrichemical and animal drug residues that call for entirely different, ecologically sound, sustainable and humane farming practices.

Further, Hansen includes «carbon farming», or rebuilding carbon in our soils i.e. growing soil, but, again, only includes Big Ag acreage when, in fact, sustainable systems will have far more widespread areas of acreage being holistically farmed because the food system must localize and be resilient.

[T] he only way we can reclaim control over our food systems is to [first] step away, to any extent that we can, from the dismal presumption that it's too late, because it's not, it can't be (we owe this to our kids to try) and to try whatever we can to reinvest in [and re-energize] our local [diversified and sustainable] food systems.