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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Farm-to-Fork"”.
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Farm to Fork: A Culinary- and Farm-Enhanced Nutrition Education Program
… This dissertation in practice proposes to design a nutrition education program, integrating farm and culinary activities into a nutrition education curriculum. The program is designed as a stand-alone program, but for this practice, implementation integrates the nutrition education …
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Blockchain from farm to fork - a new business model for tracing local South African market food supply chains using blockchain technology
… model that makes use of blockchain technology to track the produce supply chain of a local South African farmer's market, the Oranjezicht City Farm Market. The research analyses existing literature surrounding food supply chain management approaches that leverage distributed ledger …
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Effect of Soil Type, Composting, and Antibiotic Use on Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microbial Community Composition in Dairy and Beef Manure Applied Soils
… of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from farm to fork. A microcosm-scale study evaluated the effect of prior antibiotic use (manure-based soil amendments generated from dairy and beef cattle with or without antibiotic administration), composting, and soil type on the quantity of ARGs and …
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Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Interventions Used in Cattle Processing Plants to Reduce Escherichia coli Contamination in Beef
… Risk Assessment (QMRA) has been undertaken to utilize research on Shiga-toxin Escherichia coli (STEC) contamination in beef for the benefit of public health. The QMRA operates as a 2nd order Monte Carlo simulation to create stochastic mathematical models that incorporate all of the key …
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Post Harvest Transmission of Salmonella enterica to the Roots and Leaves of Butterhead Lettuce Packaged With Intact Roots
… risks are present at every aspect of the farm to fork continuum, post-harvest practices holds the potential for cross-contamination of large amounts of product. Post-harvest contamination risks for hydroponically grown lettuce packaged with intact roots and sold as "living lettuce"" are …
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Investigations on Environmental Risk Factors Responsible For High Prevalence of Food Borne Diseases : The case of Temeke Municipal,Dar es Salaam.
… at any stage in the process from food production to consumption (“farm to fork”) and can result from environmental contamination, including pollution of water, soil or air. This study will be conducted to investigate the prevalence of food borne diseases from local environmental risk factors in …
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Farmers Market Access by Snap-eligible Mothers of Young Children: Barriers and Impact on Nutrition Education Programming for Cooperative Extension
Providing improved access to farmers markets and other local food outlets for low-income audiences is an increasingly popular nutrition intervention strategy to promote consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and address obesity. The USDA encouraged more farm to fork initiatives and efforts to …
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Novel Approaches to Exposure Assessment and Dose Response to Contaminants in Drinking Water and Food
… public communications, the overarching goal is to improve public health. Thus, this dissertation focuses on risk assessment and applying novel methods for exposure assessments and dose responses to contaminants in drinking water and foods. Factors that greatly impact contaminant exposures and …
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Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Model to Estimate Exposure to Campylobacter from Consumption of Chicken in the United States
… of foodborne campylobacteriosis are estimated to cost more than a billion dollars in the United States annually. This pathogen has been primarily associated with chicken production and processing which is a ~$33 billion industry. To further identify practices that could reduce Campylobacter …
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An empirical study on the building blocks of resilience in British food supply chains
Food is, of course, essential to the continuation of human life, and today’s food supply networks or as they are also known “farm to fork” are becoming more diverse and dynamic. It is an undeniable fact that the changing climate has resulted in more extreme weather conditions than before. …
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Alternative Food Landscapes. Designing Food-Sensitive Landscapes beyond Urban-Rural Bonundaries
… change, integrating sustainable food systems into urban-rural landscapes has become a crucial strategy for developing resilient environments and communities. Contemporary food systems' weaknesses have been exacerbated by global crises like COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions, revealing …
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Η συνεισφορά της εκπαίδευσης σε ζητήματα διατροφής στο πλαίσιο κοινωνικοεπιστημονικής προσέγγισης
… (European Green Deal) και της στρατηγικής Farm to Fork, στοχεύοντας στη μετάβαση προς ένα δίκαιο και υγιεινό σύστημα τροφίμων. Παράλληλα, το πλαίσιο ικανοτήτων GreenComp προωθεί την καλλιέργεια δεξιοτήτων βιωσιμότητας στους πολίτες αναδεικνύοντας τον ρόλο της εκπαίδευσης ως βασικό μοχλό …
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Effect of Composting on the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Cattle Manure
… health threat, making infections more difficult to treat and increasing fatalities from and cost of treatment of associated diseases. The rise of multidrug resistant pathogens threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era where even the most common infections may be impossible to treat. It is …
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COMPARISON AND EVALUATION OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
… resource use, have significantly contributed to these problems. The Paris Agreement aims to limit the global temperature increase to below 2°C above preindustrial levels, necessitating rapid decarbonisation across all economic sectors. The global food system alone accounts for nearly one-third …
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ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT AND BURDEN OF POSTBIOTICS IN ANIMAL NUTRITION
… additives regulation is one of the goals of the Farm to Fork strategy. Its primary objective is to encourage innovation in feed additives, especially those that help reduce the use of antibiotics, improve animal welfare, and lessen the environmental impact of animal production. This will support …
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Effect of Standard Post-harvest Interventions of Fresh Vegetables on Bacterial Community Dynamics, Pathogen Survival and Antibiotic Resistance
… with fresh-vegetable consumption, in part due to lack of a microbial inactivation step before consumption. Raw manure or improperly composted manure applied as soil amendments is an established source of pathogenic bacterial contamination. However, less is known about whether such soil …
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Phosphorus speciation, agronomic performance and soil nutrient testing for waste recovered fertiliser use in Northern Irish soil
… bodies in the United Kingdom (UK) are failing to meet Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for fresh waters under the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive. In Northern Ireland (NI), agronomic and environmental targets for soil P are based on measurements of sodium bicarbonate …
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From food waste to resources: the impact of a socio-environmental project on the community
A insegurança alimentar e o desperdício de alimentos são abordados pelos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da atual Agenda 2030, desenvolvidos pelos países membros das Nações Unidas (ONU). Cada um dos estados-membros da ONU promoveu planos, programas, estratégias e / ou legislações …