The challenges associated
with sustainable food production and local consumption will be a central focus of the Sustainable Foods Summit scheduled for March 27 to March 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Not exact matches
Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «
Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food product
Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food product
With Integrity»
sustainable farming campaign by teaming
with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food product
with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial
food product
food production.
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.
«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 strategy contributes toward global action on reducing
food waste by aligning
with Sustainable Development Goal 12 — ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns — in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable D
Sustainable Development Goal 12 — ensure
sustainable consumption and production patterns — in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable D
sustainable consumption and
production patterns — in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable D
Sustainable Development.
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.
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:
To continue building my capacity in the field of plant pathology so I can provide farmers
with practical scientific solutions to reducing in - crop and post-harvest losses, thereby contributing to
sustainable food production, increased financial stability and
food security.
A
sustainable food supply balances efficient
production with environmental, social and economic impacts
with Beef Quality Assurance protocols.
By approaching global
food security from different directions,
with equal emphasis on reducing waste, improving supply and working
with consumers and governments to move towards more
sustainable patterns of consumption and
production, we can truly make a systemic difference.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of
sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten
food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent
with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.
The study is also in keeping
with the theme of the challenge «
Sustainable Resources:
Food, Energy, and Water,» which will develop strategies that link optimized agricultural practices, water management, and energy
production
Universities should work
with funding bodies to reverse the decline in subjects relevant to a
sustainable intensification of
food crop
production, such as agronomy, plant physiology, pathology and general botany, soil science, environmental microbiology, weed science and entomology.
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 availabil
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 availabil
food production systems and pressed for policy alternatives that provide long - term,
sustainable solutions to hunger,
food inflation and food availabil
food inflation and
food availabil
food availability.
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.
The scope of this chapter,
with a focus on
food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional
food security, forestry and fisheries
production; review key future impacts of climate change in
food crops pasture and livestock
production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for
sustainable development.
This will encourage development of
sustainable, low - carbon fuels that avoid conflict
with food production and minimize harmful environmental impacts.
Alternatively, REED students interested in
sustainable agriculture can learn the basics of organic farming
with a vision to design urban gardens and systems to promote local
food production.
However, the Roundtable on
Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) hopes to begin certifying environmentally friendly biofuels that don't compete
with food production or water sources.
The 10 - Year Framework of Programmes on
Sustainable Consumption and Production with its programmes on buildings and construction, food systems, tourism, consumer information, public procurement and sustainable lifestyles, hosted by UN Environment Programme, the Climate Technology Centre and Network, that we jointly host with the UN Industrial and Development Organization, the 18 regional seas conventions and programmes that we support, and the UN REDD + partnership are just some of the vehicles that can be used for this transformat
Sustainable Consumption and
Production with its programmes on buildings and construction,
food systems, tourism, consumer information, public procurement and
sustainable lifestyles, hosted by UN Environment Programme, the Climate Technology Centre and Network, that we jointly host with the UN Industrial and Development Organization, the 18 regional seas conventions and programmes that we support, and the UN REDD + partnership are just some of the vehicles that can be used for this transformat
sustainable lifestyles, hosted by UN Environment Programme, the Climate Technology Centre and Network, that we jointly host
with the UN Industrial and Development Organization, the 18 regional seas conventions and programmes that we support, and the UN REDD + partnership are just some of the vehicles that can be used for this transformative change.
With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benef
With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition
with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benef
with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at
sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both
sustainable and delivers real carbon benefits.
Such a change would enable democratic decision - making over the source of our electricity, dramatically expand locally - generated renewable energy and — in tandem
with efforts to expand the
production of local
food — help create a thriving and
sustainable local community.»
There's a debate at Mother Jones that slings some mud and arrows on our collective idea of local, organic
food and the problems
with scaling up
sustainable production.