Crop residue

As an intern with the United States Department of Agriculture- Natural Resource Conservation I was able to develop myself and my skills. I learned that I was not only there to learn but to assist my co-workers in areas that I had strengths in. As a geospatial information system minor I was able to troubleshoot my co-workers in ArcGIS and other computer software. I was presented with the task of using ArcGIS to produce soil maps for land owners, and LIDAR maps with slope information for the…

Environmental Pollution Environmental pollution is introduction of contaminants into the environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take many forms, some being, chemical substances or energy. Noise, heat, and light are also known as pollutants, pollutants are are components of pollution. They are often seen as foreign substances or energies and naturally occurring contaminants. National income and level of development are critical factors for the differences in pollution types and…

Food Allergies On the Rise Throughout the past fifteen years the amount of people effected by food allergies has concerningly increased. In a research release in 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 1997 and 2011 there has been a fifty percent increase in food allergies among children under the age of eighteen. Every three minutes a food allergy reaction sends someone to the ER. Why we are not worried? Research estimates up to 15 millions of Americans have food…

Today in day, our country argues that our population is facing a really bad health crisis. The main reason why people might argue that our country is facing a health crisis is because of the rising rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and high blood pressure. For example, food activist Michael Pollan argues that our country should stop relying on processed foods and should rely more on fresh organic foods. Michael Pollan also argues, “People eating a Western diet are prone to chronic…

fracking appeared to be responsible for the reason why 82 percent of male smallmouth bass developed into hermaphrodites with male parts that create female eggs. Since this water is usually not clean to drink for any species when applied to plants or crops they suffer the same fate and usually die however some strong plants can grow and absorb the toxins and transfer them to anyone who eats the food produced by the plant that was nourished with toxic water. Liter also affects all forms of life in…

Quinoa is considered as future crop because of its unique growth requirement, allows quinoa to grow in various climate, soil, temperature and altitudes. Quinoa is a highly nutritious grain like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds, with outstanding protein quality and rich in vitamins and minerals. It does not only contain high amount of protein, but supplies complete protein which means by it has nine of the essential amino acids. Quinoa is a botanical fruit of an herb plant, considered as…

income within that area. Due to increase in the production of these biofuel there is an increase in the jobs for the people in the various fields such as agriculture, research and development. However, a wide number of jobs would be in support to the crop production ranging from managers to equipment operators to produce ethanol production. The impact is directly spending by the ethanol industry throughout the economy. There is a huge impact of the employment opportunities expands significantly…

environment and causing serious threats to environment and agro-ecosystem. This procedure can bring about a danger in the human wellbeing. The potential issues in environment brought on by pesticides, inorganic fertilizers, composts, agriculture residues, wastewater, solid waste, sewage, transgenic living beings. The outcomes are an increment in harmful components in air, soil and water…

media represents something other than the simple consumption of images, but is also part of the widening-out process. She also mentioned that people’s usage of and experience of the media increases not just because there is more of it, but because it crops up in different places. Almost all the new disciplines in the arts and social sciences make use of pop imagery, be it in adult education, degree courses or on project work with unemployed young people. The author argues that it is not…

requirements of individuals who care their own particular wellbeing, as well as the kids’ health (Huxley, 2003). Thus, it is reasonable for consumers to diminish their own and the kids’ exposure to different health complications from the pesticide residues. Hence, health can be considered as an important factor and has positive relationship to consumers’ organic food purchase decision. In spite of the fact that health benefits is considered as a key helper stated under a few studies however some…