Biodynamic agriculture

Throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, I made a promise to the Numenii to become an archaeologist. My last night in Italy, I stayed awake listening to Florence's Duomo and I knew there was no other option. Living an ocean away from what I love is difficult. I can get close, but never close enough. After reading about the bog bodies of Northern Europe, I wanted to understand bog mummification. With the nearest bog 4,000 miles away, I made my own. Researching the science of the bogs…

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Farmland into Housing As of 2020, it is stated that 1/3 of the remaining farmland in Ontario will be paved over. This is a huge issue because not only does it take away the farmland but everything that surrounds it. It will clear out habitats, trails, greenspace, forests, and much more. It is shown that a subdivision now a days is about 4-7 units per acre. This means large areas are being consumed and it makes it hard for the people that live in those units to get around by foot and thus far…

with warm summers and mild winters, which is prior to produce apple crop (Climate Action Initiative, 2015; A Guide to BC’s Agriculture Resources, 2014). Apples are one of the most valuable edible horticulture crops in BC. BC produces 21% of apple in Canada (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2013). About 2% of BC apples are grown in the Fraser Valley (A Guide to BC’s Agriculture Resources, 2014). Pests are one of the most serious problem in apple orchards in the Fraser Valley. To control the…

The Doomsday Seed Vault: The Syrian War Prompts First Withdrawal There is a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies. Now for the first time since the vault was opened on the Svalbard archipelago in 2008, seeds have been withdrawn. The original intent or charter if you will is designed to protect crop seeds such as beans, rice, and wheat against the worst cataclysms of nuclear war or disease (Doyle, 2015). Once you crack the seal, or pop the cork as the…

Just like living organisms, potatoes are made up of tiny, living units called cells. Each cell is surrounded by a cell membrane assisting in the transportation of molecules as well as protecting and keeping out harmful molecules. (Tucker, 2006) The reason certain potatoes gained mass while some lose over the 24 hour period is solely affected by the relationship between the concentrations of the solute in the cell verse the concentration outside the cell. As discussion in the introduction, the…

Although GMOs aren’t detrimental to the health of people or detrimental to the environment, GMOs in some way can cause problems among society. When genetically modifying organisms it is mostly about increase the percentage of individuals with desired traits. This relates to the idea of monoculture, where one specific plant is grown in a specific area because society depends on it. GMOs revolves around the idea of producing crops that have all the same desired and beneficial traits. As history…

Section 1: Economics of my product 1.1 Evaluate the economic value of your product to the Australian economy which includes a graph that compares this value to three other products. /10 The Australian agriculture industry is vast and provides approximately $ 39 645.1million to the economy in 2009-2010. (2) To evaluate the place of the pork industry in Australia there are several factors we need to compare other industries with: Amount of properties, domestic gross value, and export. There are…

Hog farming practices have varied greatly throughout history. The industry consolidation of swine farming in the United States started in North Carolina in the nineteen eighties. This industry consolidation is when farms either went big or started raising thousands of hogs, that spend their entire lives inside barns. The mechanization of swine farming started years earlier and, started a chain reaction of technological advances that spread the mass production of hogs nationwide. These…

The climate data took place at the Yuba City, the county seat of Sutter County, California. It also the biggest city of the county. Many cities located at the Sutter County is basically having the similar climate pattern to the Yuba City. Yuba City is located at the Mediterranean climate, which mean it consists of cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That is a big change from the temperature between January and July. The drop can go up to 33 degrees F and almost without any prescription. The…