Food security

“By 2050, humans will need to produce 70% more food than we currently do in order to adequately feed the global population” (Rangel, 2015). The earth can only hold and sustain so many people. Each species on the planet has a carrying capacity including humans. “Carrying capacity is the maximum number of a species an environment can support indefinitely” (Carrying Capacity, 2016). What are the people going to do when they cannot grow enough food to feed all the people living on…

My admiration for farming developed as a young child as I sought to follow in my grandfather’s footsteps. Spending time on the farm with my grandfather made me gain a love for agriculture. If my grandfather had not been there to inspire me I would not have gained the love I have for agriculture, therefore, is the reason why I am pursuing an education in agriculture through DMACC. There are countless traits I have learned through my time at the farm a few examples are that I am hard working and…

The Causes and Effects of Poverty Currently, poverty is one of the most disastrous problems in the world. There is a huge number of people that die every year due to the lack of good standards for living such as education, jobs, food, and health care. Many countries around the world have a variety of people who need help in order to have the ability to live in difficult circumstances. However, not many people from developed countries help these kinds of people who are in need. Poverty…

Before I can begin the examination of the three handbooks, however, I need to provide an historical context in which the books were written, and it is to this that I now turn. HISTORICAL CONTEXT The nineteenth century saw many changes to daily American life with an increase in population, improved methods of transportation, developments in technology, and the rise in the importance of science. These events impacted all aspects of nineteenth century American life, most significantly those…

smaller-scale organic agricultural practices. The article describes five steps to solving the quandary of increasing our food supply without sacrificing the health of our planet. The first step is to freeze agriculture’s footprint. This means that we need to stop deforestation that create more crop…

I chose to major in agricultural and consumer economics with a concentration in agribusiness markets and management because of my family’s connection to agriculture. My father is a farmer and owns his own agriculture based business. My father’s business has inspired me to work in the agriculture industry and I would like to pursue a degree directly relate to that field. One goal I have for my future is to work in my father’s company and eventually, I would like to become CEO. My experiences…

no real supermarkets, only liquor stores and fast food chain restaurants (Carpenter 9). When she goes into a store she observes that it “had two aisles. Gum, candy, chips, cans of beans, and plastic bags of past were on one shelf; the other was devoted to alcohol” (Carpenter 59). However, she observes these things mostly to illuminate the conditions in the neighborhood to which she moves, failing to conjecture how difficult it must be to get food if you happen to live in a neighborhood like this…

they do not have food at home, they pick up on it through different routes. Lorraine said she relies on observations to tell her when a child is hungry (L. Guillen, personal communication, September 27, 2016). She looks out for children who are depressed and who are often…

Gardeners who live in an area with a lot of hills and rough terrain have to work harder to keep their lawn looking great all year long, especially if they have quite a bit of land to take care of. So it is crucial that they have the right equipment to get the job done more efficiently. And the first item to start out with is a garden tractor. What are the Differences Between a Garden Tractor and a Lawn Tractor? Both a garden tractor and a lawn tractor can be used for cutting the grass. But…

Abstract As news reports and media covers become more regular, the significance of the written language often becomes neglected. Therefore it is important to emphasize the significance of the written language and how this is a means of power. By going back in history, the agricultural communities show that the necessity of a means of power to be able to build a functional and abiding society constituted the result of the written language. Confirmation of its various usability makes a clear…