Horticulture

In the Spring of 2016, I graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in Agricultural Education, Biology Education, and Horticulture Education, along with two minors in Agribusiness and Horticulture. Before I even graduated I accepted a job as an Agricultural Education Instructor at Omaha Bryan High School. Ever since I accepted the job I have always wondered why I accepted it in the first place. Was it my love for urban agriculture? Was it my drive to seek diversity? Or was it…

The main wave-a human progress taking into account horticulture and handwork-was a similarly primitive stage that started as civic establishments shaped and went on for a great many years. The second rush of progress the modern unrest covered with the first wave. The modern unrest started in Great Britain toward the eighteenth's end century and proceeded throughout the following 150 years, moving society from a prevalently agrarian society to the urbanized machine age. Steel plants, material…

Chagnon seems to think their hunters and gathers/ horticulture tribes and he doesn't see them as an isolated tribe. Yanomami 3 different types of foods system are basket vegetable food serving, plant and animal food/ some seasonal. Gardening (planting seeds fruit and vegetables), Foraging (seeking plants, animals, fruits and vegetables). Gaming (Just and all out hunting for animals/meat). When the men prepare to go gaming for some fresh meat to eat they take a nice long journey to capture the…

Truth be told, I was only vaguely aware of the Noble Foundation before Jim Johnson, a Noble consultant, was seated next to me at an Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association banquet. While having small talk about summer plans, Jim got out his phone and walked me through the website to find the application. Little did I know that my summer plans would be drastically changed when I took his advice and applied for the Lloyd Noble Summer Scholar program. Being an agribusiness major from Oklahoma State…

Our physiology has been compared with those of modern day primates, due to our similar characteristics, which have all been linked to our ancestors. Hands of humans and primates are prehensile, “which means they can grasp objects and we share the ability to brachiate from “branch to branch contain a “reduced sense of smell,” and a “wide range of tooth types [suggesting] an adaptation to a generalist diet” (MacDonald, 2003, p. 325). All of characteristics suggest that our ancestors were arboreal,…

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According to the article, domestic violence advocates and and researchers are increasingly encouraging program providers to create opportunities for clients’ economic empowerment. This particular program uses therapeutic horticulture (farming) to supply food, provide greater social connectivity, increase knowledge and access to nutritious food, and create a “restorative environment” (Renzetti & Follingstad, 2015). The most interesting additional benefit of a program like this…

Intentionally made to support the education of horticulture students, Reiman Gardens now supports the education of all students no matter the major. Reiman Gardens welcomes all people with different majors, making students feel included and welcomed by the university. The gardens also allow for many people…

Briarcliff Farms was a farm established in 1890 by Walter William Law in Briarcliff Manor, a village in Westchester County, New York. One of several enterprises established by Law at the turn of the 20th century, the farm was known for its milk, butter, and cream and also produced other dairy products, American Beauty roses, bottled water, and print media. At its height, the farm was one of the largest dairy operations in the Northeastern United States, operating about 8,000 acres (10 sq mi)…

“Although most ag teachers enter the profession because of their passion for agriculture and teaching-their passion gets put to the test amid long hours, student projects, contest and events.” (Kick) The fact that young adults have started to pick and choose their career based on the amount of money they will be making in the future, has created the shortage of agriculture teachers. When one chooses a career make sure one has a passion for it and aren’t just in it for the money. The shortage for…