Agribusiness

Organics: Paper 2 America is a society that will forever be changing. New advancements in technology arise almost daily with new machines being built, gadgets being created, and applications being constructed. All of the new and upcoming changes in technology sometimes leave consumers feeling overwhelmed and confused. Why were these upgrades made? How does this technology work? How does this benefit me? One thing all Americans should be informed about is the new advancements and technological…

Dilma Rousseff was elected as the Brazilian during the 2010 Presidential elections and assumed office on January 1st, 2011. She represents a historical landmark for Latin America, and all of female politics because she is the first female President of Brazil. Rousseff identifies with the Workers Party of Brazil, which is classified as a left-winged party. Dilma Rousseff has been repeatedly stated in Forbes most powerful women in the world, including the year 2015 (Forbes). Brazil is a country in…

Victor Davis Hanson’s “Introduction” and “What Is So Different about Mexican Immigration?” Victor Hanson’s presents his historian viewpoint of California's immigration issue in “What is So Different about Mexican Immigration.” Hanson goes into depth on how Mexican immigration into the United States has changed over the course of a century and how it is different than other countries immigration. . He supports his argument with four key points that explain his viewpoint and how Mexican…

Organic Agriculture ≠ Better: For You or the Environment Picture a world with widespread famine and polluted water. Small withered plants surrounded by weeds and pests trying to grow out of nitrogen deficient soil reeking of animal fecal matter. You seek to find the forest of your youth, that you used to play in, but it is no longer there. Instead you see only more malnourished farmland. One out of every five people are dying of hunger. You go to take a drink of water, to find it has to be…

Hopeless, starving, and beaten; every day that goes by, another helpless animal is found on the street, suffering or dead. Animal abuse is a very serious topic that more people need to discuss and need to be educated on and aware of. Animals are being abused, neglected, abandoned, being used for profit and starved by people all over the world. Approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year as a result of neglect. About 649,000 animals who enter shelters…

The idea of animal rights has been an important topic around the world for a while, but it wasn’t until 1822 when the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act got passed that the United States recognized it. The passed Cattle Act protected dogs from harsh care. Since that day, the idea of animal rights has evolved and has became a more complex system: there's now different classifications that fall under animal rights. Farm animal rights is one of those sub-categories. 98% of all animals being abused and…

Twelve Drops on a Brick Before the expansion of modern agribusiness, family farms dominated American agriculture and commercially viable communities provided merchandise and services within a convenient travel distance for the local farmers. On the farms, work filled the daylight hours. Therefore, as a convenience for their patrons, businesses in towns stayed open late into the evening to allow shopping after the completion of the daily farm routine. Even though each town set their own…

(JIT), vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and electronic funds transfer (EFT). Now that businesses were using (JIT) there weren’t ordering as much raw materials only ordering the materials when they needed them which saved on holdings costs and lowered the changes of the materials getting damaged. EDI also meant that employees had much less paperwork to do as the system the company implemented did a lot of the work, which meant the employees could now focus on more important duties that benefit the…

Veganism is something I find to be overlooked. Vegans, in addition to being vegetarian, do not use other animal products and by-products derived from animal products. People wonder if we would be healthier with a vegan diet, and I’m here to argue yes, not only would we be healthier with a vegan diet, but there comes benefits to going vegan that could help our ecosystem. Although carnists argue against Veganism due to calorie efficiency, it’s actually easily solved with vitamins and minerals.…

Industry Analysis Goal/mission + Entry barriers Danone is an Agrifood company. The mission of the company is to build a revolution of the alimentation and of the agribusiness. They also want to build a company more respectful of the environment. For Danone, the health is a whole and not just a physical state. Health also integrate happiness, well-being and emotions. Alimentation is a key stake of health. Danone is aware of the cultural dimension of the alimentation in civilisations. Danone…