Not exact matches
The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable
agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and
through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as
well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:
Our Madagascan vanilla sustainability programme is making a real difference
through agricultural best practice advice, empowering local women, crop security measures and ensuring education for farming community children.
Our sustainability programme in Madagascar is making a real difference
through agricultural best practice advice, empowering local women, crop security measures and ensuring education for farming community children.
While most farms find that it's in their
best interest to safeguard fresh produce and keep up with
good agricultural practices, errors happen, and mistakes fall
through the cracks, especially since federal regulation has been slow to enforce any wide - reaching inspections that would help prevent and shut down virulent strains.
Carbon sequestration
through tree planting and
better agricultural soil management
practices has a large number of arguments in favor of it.
Global efforts to address climate change can be supported
through the uptake of
best agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, and increases in productivity that protect carbon sinks from encroachment.