Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts. Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. Historically, humans secured …

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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 21 December 2024 English

Sectors Group Responsible ADB Division Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office (SG-AFNR)


WHO: World Health Organization · 15 December 2024 French

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Member State capacity in chemical event response, food safety and zoonoses should be strengthened, and


LDI: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics · 20 November 2024 English

Cross-posted with permission from Health Affairs Forefront. [Original Post: Kathleen Noonan, Mary Naylor. Building A Longitudinal Community Supports Model, Health Affairs Forefront, November 5, 2024, https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/building-longitudinal-community-supports-model, Copyright © 2024 Health …

address health-related social needs (HRSN) such as food insecurity, […]


GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 Spanish

Este capítulo es un resúmen de un informe de GAIA que extrae del estudio LBNL recomendaciones para políticas.23 El ciclo de vida completo del plástico se inicia con la extracción …

Indonesia Leads to Toxic Chemical Contamination of the Food Chain [La inundación de residuos plásticos en Indonesia trade-offs of introducing bio-based plastics in the food packaging value chain. Journal of Cleaner Production M. (2023). Disposable Paper-based Packaging for Food. (Envases desechables a base de papel para alimentos) ZeroWaste Europe (2024). Factsheet: What's inside food-contact paper packaging? Plastic and M. & Mme Recyclage ZeroWaste Europe (2024). Factsheet: What's inside food-contact paper packaging? Plastic and M. & Mme Recyclage


Centre for Cities · 20 November 2024 English

This report explores the economic and social contributions of the visitor economy across UK cities. Based on a detailed analysis of over 30 million card transactions, the report categorizes UK …

visitors accounting for half of in-person shopping and food and drink spend. Other cities in the ‘top ten’ include relative size of total accommodation spend versus food and drink spend. 27 Other spending contains expenditure cities have high visitor spend share in retail, food, and entertainment Source: Fable Data. • Notes: destinations or not, visitors have an outsize impact on food and drink spending. Visitors spend more in total spending on food and drink places is from visitors. The spending data identify over 700 separate food and drink


GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 French

Dans le cadre du traité sur les plastiques, les entreprises qui innovent dans le domaine de la réutilisation (notamment de la recharge) et de la réparation bénéficieront de la croissance …

Indonesia Leads to Toxic Chemical Contamination of the Food Chain. GAIA | 2024 - www.no-burn. 23 https://ipen trade-offs of introducing bio-based plastics in the food packaging value chain. Journal of Cleaner Production M. (2023). Disposable Paper-based Packaging for Food. The false solution to the packaging waste crisis ZeroWaste Europe (2024). Factsheet: What's inside food-contact paper packaging? Plastic et M. & Mme Recyclage ZeroWaste Europe (2024). Factsheet: What's inside food-contact paper packaging? Plastic et M. & Mme Recyclage


GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 English

This would be important in order to complete the drafting and agreement on treaty text including all the core obligations needed to end plastic pollution across the life cycle of …

carbon budget on plastic instead of essentials like food and electricity production. Even if every other Indonesia Leads to Toxic Chemical Contamination of the Food Chain. GAIA | 2024 - www.no-burn.org 19 https://www deforestation, increased use of agrochemicals, and food insecurity (biobased plastics)81 to disruption of trade-offs of introducing bio-based plastics in the food packaging value chain. Journal of Cleaner Production cardboard for their use as food packaging or other food-contact applications. Many food-contact single-use paper-based


SFRI: Scanlon Foundation Research Institute · 19 November 2024 English

The 2024 Mapping Social Cohesion report provides a comprehensive analysis of social cohesion trends in Australia amidst a backdrop of national and global challenges. Conducted annually since 2007, this eighteenth …

VIC) “Multiculturalism is good. I mean, we eat the food from India, China, from everywhere, and it is good


UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 19 November 2024 English

and boost drought resilience for the benefit of people and planet.In-person event organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Brussels

people and planet. In-person event organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 19 November 2024 English

Azerbaijan Organizers: UNEP This is an official pavilion-event of the UNFCCC COP29. Description: Food loss and waste generates 8 to 10 percent of GHGs and is a methane hotspot. Methane is a powerful greenhouse greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) primarily emitted by human activities. Food waste reduction is a critical and necessary action required for meeting our climate and equity targets delivering food systems that incorporate circularity, protect natural resources and community health, and preserve biodiverse traditional foods, and food sovereignty. This event will initiate a Food Waste Breakthrough

UNEP EVENT Food Waste Breakthrough: Tackling food waste as an essential climate action 19 November 2024 pavilion-event of the UNFCCC COP29. Description: Food loss and waste generates 8 to 10 percent of GHGs pollutant (SLCP) primarily emitted by human activities. Food waste reduction is a critical and necessary action has occurred for us to meet our goal of delivering food systems that incorporate circularity, protect natural biodiverse traditional foods, and food sovereignty. This event will initiate a Food Waste Breakthrough under


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