Food security

growth will place enormous pressure on the food production industry as crop productions and livestock grazing must increase to support the growth (Ruiz et al. 2013). However, the competition for land between residential and agricultural uses has limited the availability of cultivable land (Ruiz et al. 2013). Thus, sustainability is a major concern as production industries are forced to move further out from the capital cities and thus, will drive the cost of food up (Ruiz et al. 2013). The…

In “Purdue researchers tackle global hunger through innovation,” Hayleigh Colombo discussed the effects of GPS and drones on farming in the United States and Africa. Colombo used Chuck and Brian Shelby’s farm in Lafayette, Indiana as an example of farming that used modern GPS equipment to boost the efficiency and profitability. However, in Africa the story was portrayed much differently. Farmers used hand tools to scratch at the hard, solid ground that was difficult to break through, while…

in order to preserve some of the nutrients in the ground. This practice was thought of and mostly used by manors in western Europe. 2. Factors like a supportive government, plentiful resources like gold, sugarcane, silk, etc., and a large amount of food all supported growth in the post classical era. A supportive government was essential for commercial industry to kick off for example the Byzantine empire allowed trade with other empires through Constantinople and their commercial industry…

According to the UN, the world needs to produce 70% more food in the next forty years to sustain each human been on the planet. Yet, the world keeps getting overpopulated, and the resources more limited. The planet’s situation is now unsustainable, and people keep ignoring the warning signs. For this reason, Dunne and Raby created a series of projects “Foragers,” which explored this situation. The Foragers are groups of people who “take their fate into their own hands” (A. D. Raby 2013). By…

Food production is as central an issue to human populations as there is, along with access to freshwater they are essentially the prerequisites to human life. In addition to food production, it is of course necessary in any monetarily-based society to pay for that food in one way or another, assuming you are not solely a subsistence farmer. The socioeconomic philosopher-giants Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx all have their own polarizing understandings of the influences of food…

Many of us have the luxury of going home to running water and we tend to take that for granted. If the average American knew that less than 50 percent of households in Haiti have access to safe water, they would count that blessing each day. However, water is just a fraction of what the typical human body needs in order to be healthy. We must consume proteins, sugars, grains, and many other things that Haitians cannot afford. Starvation in Haiti is due to slow agriculture, contaminated water,…

Changing the World 101: Ending Hunger as a Case Study for System Change The symposium on Changing the World 101: Ending Hunger as a Case Study for System Change held on April 18, 2016 was very educative. There were four speakers, with faith, international, political and grass root perspective on the issue of ending hunger. The opening remark was given by Matthew Myer Boulton, his view from a faith perspective was quite insightful. He stated that the subject of hunger is a systemic problem thus…

Regulations found at 7 C.F.R. § 273.9 indicate a household’s income must be used to compute an eligible households SNAP monthly allotment. In this case, the Department based the calculation on the household’s monthly gross income from Social Security benefits and earned income from employment at Sky Chefs Incorporated. Both the Department’s Representative and the Appellant agreed that the unearned income received in the household was $289.96 with an SSP payment of $22.10. There was no dispute…

agriculture and pollutes water, land, and air with toxic agricultural by-products. Food at the farmers market is transported shorter distances and is generally grown using methods that minimize the impact on the earth. Many farmers participating in local farmer's markets use organic methods to grow their produce. The consumer can be confident that they are buying a more organic, less chemically grown product. Much food found in grocery stores is highly processed and grown using pesticides,…

A major worldwide issue that has been a concern for many years and has been improved upon since the beginning of the decade is famine and starvation. Over 795 million people worldwide are not receiving food and the right nutrients that are parts of the necessities of life (“Famine and Starvation”). Many organizations are finding options to help and nourish those who are sick and dying. Starvation has become more of a target for organizations to overcome ever since the United Nations established…