Community-supported agriculture

This has led to many deaths and raids that have left the community with lack of food from their livestock. This conflict has had a major impact not only on the health of the community but also education. The constant raids have led to school and health facilities closer. Politics has played a role in facilitating this conflict as each community is straggling for control over power of resources. The community with the most resource has better livestock and thus become more prosperous…

shows that meat production at this level to sustain the ever growing population is simply not sustainable. The use of land and energy and resources required to sustain a meat-based diet is far more than that for the vegan diet US Department of Agriculture, (2001). The principle defining why the vegan diet is more energy efficient than the meat diet is naturally at each stage of energy exchange between all trophic levels there is a loss of energy as no exchange is 100%…

Enterprise Sustainability” by Dr. Dennis Mathaisel and Dr. Clare L define Sustainability as the “ability to endure” (2011). “Recently, the term has been used more in the context of “green”, which refers to having no negative impact on the environment, community, society, or economy” (2011). It is essentially a way to provide everything in terms of fruits and vegetables while causing…

Genetically Modified Organisms In recent years there has been a growing debate about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply. A GMO is created by injecting genetic material from plants, animals, or bacteria into a crop in hopes of creating a new and beneficial trait (Blackwood). The use of GMOs is typically touted as a way to enhance or create a specific trait, such as pest and disease resistance or to increase the nutritional content of a crop. Those on both sides of…

Farming refers to the activity of someone growing plants or crops from the ground. However, did you know there are different methods of farming? Today, two types of farming practices are used in agriculture, and they are organic and conventional farming. These two farming methods have been under constant debate, says New York Times journalist, Kenneth Chang (2012). For those that support organic farming, they believe that the using of natural fertilizers and no pesticides and genetically…

Genetically modified organism (GMO) is living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering, and they are the source of genetically modified foods that contained corn, soybeans, and sugar beets. Insulin, the typical medication treatment for diabetes, was the first GMO products; rennet, an enzyme that is use to make cheese, is the first approved GMO product for food use. Also, consumers can easily find GMO ingredients in food…

It seems to me that in this world people are becoming more and more preoccupied with the food that they eat and unreasonably so if that’s possible. There even seems to be a cold war in effect between advocates of the “organic” movement and those who staunchly defend conventional practices. This proverbial war is being waged vehemently within the realm of meat production. As more and more horror stories circulate about just how the beef in our Big Macs and the chicken in our McChicken come to be…

cannot, the soil will become barren and will not be able to be used for farming. If the soil can resist erosion is another characteristic looked upon. This is because if the soil erodes away easily, then human life and farming would not be able to be supported in the area. The last major characteristic is whether or not the soil can store and filter water. This is the basis for whether or not anything will be possible within the…

Soil erosion is one of the most serious threats in our world. Humans cause 40% of soil erosion. Soil erosion is topsoil, which is organic soil made up with rich nutrients. Erosion can be caused by careless farming techniques that lead to water erosion. When it is raining and you are walking to class you can see soil erosion where they have been working beside the English building. Soil erosion and water erosion is practically the same thing. No one will ever notice soil erosion because nobody…

Contrasting to the ‘good’ values, Belasco (2008) argued that convenience is seen to be ‘decadences’ including laziness, neglect, apathy, obesity and moral disrepute (Degreef, 2015).In addition to values and material of convenience, advertising as the communication attributes in convenience works as the guidance of what is good to eat and how does it taste, as people believed more on the advertising, rather than their own palate (Vileisis, 2008). Botonaki&Mattas (2010) also stated that the…