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Organic Foods: Extraordinary or Average? Should two nearly identical products have different prices and different perceptions of nutritional value? Morgan Bahl, student at Iowa State University, does not think so. In her article “Organic Foods Are Not Better than Conventionally Grown Foods”, she discusses the role organic labels play in the actual quality of the product and the prices paid for these foods. Organic foods, despite having “clean ingredients”, may not be significantly nutritionally…

local and identifying an issue within the state of Florida would best suit our group. We decided to explore the side of livestock farming within agriculture, due to the controversies attached to the practice. Not only in Florida but on a national level as well. Statistics state that there are about more than 20,000 factory farms in the United States. Livestock farming is a major contributor to Florida and has become in recent years, one of many controversies in agriculture. One of the major…

I also produce organic raspberries and such, but it grinds my gears to know that people are saying that GMO and conventional farming are bad for everyone when they really aren’t. These are mostly people who do not know the first thing about growing food. These people want to go back to the times when we had no GMOs. If this happened, there would be no way to feed the world with…

nutritional value than convenient food. This can be because the plants that are grown in the natural soil boost their production of vitamins and antioxidants. Up to the 1920’s, all agriculture was generally organic. On the second World War the farming methods changed drastically. The modern organic movement originated in Europe while some farmers were experimenting with the alternatives to the industrialization of agriculture. J.I Rodale also helped with the development of it around the 1940’s…

higher rates of crop assisting worms. Worms help the plants gain more air and water, and they break down organic matter into things that are beneficial to the plant. Conventional farming destroys the topsoil, and infects the water around the area because of the chemicals in the pesticides they use (Organic). Organic farming does not pollute the waterways, because they do not use any pesticidal chemicals (Dauncey). Pesticides end up killing organisms along with their intended target. Many living…

In the article Why You Should Stop Drinking Milk, wrote by a student studying Public Relations at the University of Texas, Leonor Martins’ main focus is to warn her readers on not only the harm dairy milk does to the human body, but also the maltreatment of the producing cows. The emphasis on the health concerns pertaining to ingredients found in dairy milk and the mistreatment of the farm cattle is organized into a distressing warning. It seems that the audiences that Ms. Martins is targeting…

ORGANIC FOOD MARKET Introduction Organic food market is an outcome of organic farming which uses organic fertilizer, and avoids pesticides and chemicals. The recent researches demonstrate that organic farming is an important vehicle to maintain environmental balance. Due to the fact that consumer concerns on health and environmental issues related to food, organic farming has drawn great attention in Europe, including EU members as well as non-EU members during the last couple decades. The…

A “vegan” is a person in which does not use or consume animal products.It is estimated that around 22.8 million people lives are a plant based life. Choosing a vegan lifestyle can contribute many beneficial factors to one’s life. This lifestyle could benefit one’s physical and emotional health, the environment around them, and many other aspects that contribute to the way one’s life is determined. Being a vegan not only means not eating any animal product but also not using the animal product in…

sorghum and millets as they require little input than other crops. Respondents indicated that coarse cereals can adapt to harsh conditions such that in all extreme conditions one can harvest grain for food which can sustain the family to the next farming season. These crops are also quick to mature than maize and other crops. Red sorghum cannot be eaten by birds and the seedlings are very strong. Maize can be mixed with sorghum to make thick and thin porridge. Farmers also acknowledged the…

When we talk about agriculture, indigenous knowledge has been practice before coming up of modern technology/science. Indigenous knowledge is a product of the adaptation of farming practices to the local Environment, creating unique indigenous farming practices and food culture. So Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge that is unique to a culture or society. Other names for it include: ‘local knowledge’, ‘folk knowledge’, ‘people’s knowledge’, ‘traditional wisdom’ or ‘traditional science’.…