Agricultural Extension Essay

Prompted by trans-Atlantic interactions, indentured servitude and slavery enabled labor systems to begin to evolve in the time period from 1600-1763 in the British North American colonies. The rapidly increasing need for labor in the colonies drastically impacted the evolution of labor systems. Impacts included new imports of slaves and changes in previous colonial relations between American Indians and African Americans. While slavery was still a dominant source of labor, there were drastic…

with the two and their own physical appearances affect the audience’s perception of them. When Ariel first speaks with Prospero onstage, spectators see that he is willingly subservient, because Prospero saved him from arboreal imprisonment and, by extension, from Caliban’s mother Sycorax. In this exchange and in the subsequent one between Prospero and Miranda, the audience hear what the others think of Caliban before they have the opportunity to see the character themselves; he is immediately…

Socialization is the first means of communication among humans, ‘it is the process by which individuals learn the culture of their society’. There are four agents of socialization; Norm, values, language and culture. A norm is a guide to actions society defines as acceptable and appropriate in certain situations for example young men should not wear a head covering in church or other buildings, this is considered disrespectful in Jamaica. Values is a belief that something is good, it explains…

modernisation theory of the family is that within countries, nuclear family forms predominate in urban areas, while extended family forms are more prevalent in rural areas (Burch 1967). To a very large extent, this so-called residence hypothesis is an extension of the socio-economic argument, since there is nothing intrinsic about urban living that engenders this supposed transformation in family and household…

concern regarding genetically modified babies is that they violate the laws of nature and other’s philosophical beliefs. In Goldbas’ article, she says, “genetic modifications engender ethical issues such as creating designer babies and an unlimited extension of the human life span thus violating the creator’s will” (Goldbas 21). For those who practice any religion, this idea threatens all that they stand…

Keystone XL is a pipeline that will carry crude oil from Alberta, Canada’s tar sand oil reserves to Nebraska and Texas where the crude oil will be refined. This pipeline was first proposed in 2005 by the TransCanada Corporation, and the extension that we know as Keystone XL was proposed in 2008 where its purpose was to increase American jobs in the Midwest as well as decrease our dependence on foreign oil supplies. This pipeline has been surrounded by controversy since the genesis of the…

data, and warnings. It would also be “faster and cheaper to implement than command-and-control regulation, and it represents a more politically palatable approach to the problem of CAFO pollution both locally and abroad” (Braunig, The National Agricultural Law Center, 2005). Another benefit to this process is that it more easily allows consumers to share their concern for alternative farming practices and opens the door for lawsuits against corporate…

man, Bailey was well respected and very knowledgeable about these topics which encouraged individuals to listen and accept the report Bailey wrote regarding agriculture and country life in America (Banks, 1994). This report lead to a Cooperative Extension system which encouraged the beginning of 4-H. 4-H began as a Sunday morning lesson, expressing rural life especially through World War II. The club met by “seeking the blessing of God upon the land, the seed, the cultivation of the earth, and…

produce much nectar, even if they’re not withering away to nothing) and very wet weather is bad because the bees are less likely to leave the hive and can soon run out of food.” Brown (2014) cited in his article that Allan Williams, an agriculture extension officer in St. Vincent and the Grenadines explained “unfavorable climatic conditions such as continued heavy rainfall, reduce the honeybees’ access to nectar and pollen, weakening the colonies, which do not have enough food. This threat was…

The Civil War represented a critical turning point in the history and development of the United States. In 1860, the U.S. Constitution had been finally ratified just 80 years before, creating officially the Union of "The United States." The events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 put increasing pressure on the federal Union with individual states seeking their independence from federal rule for several reasons, and then a number of Southern states openly defied the existence…