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30 Oct 2009, 9:00 am
Recent Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan announcements to help diversify the economy include: 30 new initiatives to create 13,000 green jobs and grow New York City's green economy. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 8:34 am
By diversifying farmers can grow more types of food crops, which in turn could improve their income earning potential while alleviating some of the risk inherent in production.Baragona reports that despite the recent investment pledge of $20 billion from the G8 nations, currently only 5 percent of donor dollars for aid are committed to agriculture, despite the belief among experts that agriculture development remains the key to fixing the global hunger problem. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 10:00 am
It will also allow them to continue to diversify their product lines and enter a wider market to be more competitive with other companies in their industry. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 8:34 am
To start, we call on the World Bank to develop a new trust fund to support the new Food Security Initiative for low-income countries announced last summer. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 2:30 pm
We are helping to create new incubators that range from university sponsors to facilities for technology and financial startups to a new kitchen facility for food-related businesses. [read post]
2 Aug 2009, 9:46 am
HHS Secretary shall establish scientific-based regulations for growing, harvesting, processing, packing, sorting, transporting, and holding raw agricultural commodities, and shall take into consideration, consistent with ensuring enforceable public health protection, the impact on small-scale and diversified farms, and on wildlife habitat, conservation practices, watershed protection efforts and organic production methods. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 7:00 am
It also serves as a major boost to our efforts to diversify New York City's economy. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 4:00 pm
Like our efforts to bolster growth industries like media, bioscience and tourism, protecting our existing industrial jobs and taking steps to add new ones will help achieve our goal of diversifying our economy and offering opportunities to all New Yorkers. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 9:00 am
A variety of uses surround the site, including the Castle Hill Houses, a NYCHA housing complex, and a Best Way Food Store. [read post]
24 May 2009, 11:30 pm
But Laxer explains that the U.S. actually poses serious security concerns for Canada; for guns, banned drugs, explosives, pornography, toxic waste, and some animals, plants and food products. [read post]
24 May 2009, 4:18 pm
But Laxer explains that the U.S. actually poses serious security concerns for Canada; for guns, banned drugs, explosives, pornography, toxic waste, and some animals, plants and food products. [read post]
3 May 2009, 5:00 pm
"We also need to diversify supply sources as we are heavily dependent on imports from the U.S.The article reported that the investments are likely to focus on Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary as possible investment targets.Japan's efforts are part of an increasing trend.The map above is associated with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) report issued in April titled, Land-grabbing by Foreign Investors in… [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 11:54 pm
The State shall conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency and assure the availability of agriculturally suitable lands. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 11:27 am
He has also served as associate counsel with the Organization for Competitive Markets; and he clerked with Justice Jerry Larson of the Iowa Supreme Court.Doug was raised on a diversified family farm in Iowa. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 3:26 pm by Dean C. Rowan
In particular, CBO estimated how much of the rise in food prices between April 2007 and April 2008 was due to an increase in the production of ethanol and how much that increase in prices might raise federal expenditures on food assistance programs. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 8:42 am
Elissar Khalek - Food and Water Watch The dilemma of how to regulate food safety in a way that prevents problems caused by industrialized agriculture but doesn’t wipe out small diversified farms is not new and is not easily solved. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 6:17 am
  The family protection policy offers coverage for food, housing, education and transport for surviving family members, while the cancer policy provides coverage for diagnostics, funeral expenses and hospitalization. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 2:30 pm
For the purposes of this section, “full course meal” means a diversified selection of food which ordinarily cannot be consumed without the use of tableware and which cannot be conveniently consumed while standing or walking. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 11:58 pm
He calls for major revisions to farm subsidies and regulations, to permit and reward old-fashioned diversified farms instead of monocultures. [read post]