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customers. First, Whole Foods Market claimed that they select and sell organic foods over chemical agriculture; however, their position starts to fade out because of high competition. When Whole Foods Market faces with new competitors from other grocer chains and organic farms have more choice to expand their products, it causes Whole Foods Market to set lower organic standard. Moreover, their conventional farmers can receive a higher ranking than organic grower by doing things such as setting…

Most people will agree that healthy eating takes place when we regularly consume a variety of foods that are filled with nutrients. Nutrients are typically found in foods that contain, grains, proteins and fiber. A daily consumption of these foods will provide the body with the essential stuff that it needs. Fruits, vegetables, and fish, are just three foods should be eaten daily. It is the nutrients that are found in these foods allow the body to operate at its optimal potential, gives us…

“Nothing can be conceived in the world, or even out of it which can be called good without qualification, except a good will”.(261) In the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant defines the good will (duty/ universal law)as a rational basis for morality that would be correct for all people at all times and in all circumstances.(260) Kant saw that the good will contrasted with good fortune or what many people believed to be happiness/good character (ex Aristotle’s virtues). He…

The Chemistry of Baking If there is one thing in the world that brings people together, it is food. No matter who a person may be, or what their background is, everyone can enjoy an excellently crafted dish. In particular, many people enjoy selections of pastries, sweets, and bread. There are hundreds to thousands of crafted desserts and bread around the world. When a person first bites into a macaroon, slice of asiago bread, or a perfectly-shaped chocolate chip cookie, they might not consider…

Sidney Mintz in Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History interprets the Caribbean history by analyzing the Caribbean production of sugar and its European consumers. Mintz approaches the methodologies of cultural history, Marxism historiography, and anthropology in analyzing the production and consumption patterns, plantation slaves and industrial workers, and the usage and its meanings in modern culture. Mintz claims that sugar necessitated European imperialism, and that empire…

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.” Although Benjamin Franklin wasn’t thinking about the economics of the Atlantic Sugar Trade when he said this quote, it does reveal several key ideas during this time, such as the desire for profit, that influenced the decisions and eventual outcome of this trade network. The back and forth relationship between the core and the periphery was the basis of…

What if I were to ask you if you considered yourself obese or even boarder line obese? Would you know what that means or what the qualifications consist of to be put into the obese category? Would you be surprised if someone were to advise you that obesity affects approximately 78.6 million Americans? (Unknown, Adult Obesity Facts, 2015). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths within the United States.…

The absolute beauty of the Internet is the power it has to report on new findings almost instantly. What is even more incredible, is how the Internet allows old versions of news to stay current, for example, the newspaper. The New York Times does a fine job of allowing all different types of articles to be printed, especially since their motto is, “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” The New York Times has such great diversity through the fact that the paper will print articles about Business,…

On the one hand, Naguib Mahfouz chose Alexandria as a setting for Miramar. He wrote about it after the Nasser's revolution when only few traces of the cosmopolitan still there. However, it seems from the comparison he made between Cairo and Alexandria that Alexandria is drastically affected by the departure of the Alexandrians with foreign origins and foreigners. Alexandria in the novel is not only a setting or environment, but also a state of mind, symbol or a philosophy. Each character has…

moral compass that they keep hidden away. Cannery Row, a novel by John Steinbeck, is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, and is centered around the people who live among the sardine canneries. Main characters include Lee Chong, a grocer; Dora, the owner of a whorehouse; Doc, a marine biologist; and Mack and the boys, a group of homeless men. The main plot is Mack and the boy's multiple attempts to throw Doc a surprise party. In John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, the recurring…