Manure

The first step that must be taken in order to mitigate the food shortage problem in Cuba is to raise awareness by training and educating the general population. Teaching them how to prepare for food shortages and learning how to cope when faced with one serves as a means to ensure that the country will be able to recover from any climate change event and the resulting socio-natural disasters. An awareness-raising campaign can be carried out by different means, including literature on…

Organic Agriculture ≠ Better: For You or the Environment Picture a world with widespread famine and polluted water. Small withered plants surrounded by weeds and pests trying to grow out of nitrogen deficient soil reeking of animal fecal matter. You seek to find the forest of your youth, that you used to play in, but it is no longer there. Instead you see only more malnourished farmland. One out of every five people are dying of hunger. You go to take a drink of water, to find it has to be…

Eating Bugs One of the biggest worries for the upcoming years is the growth of the world’s population and how we will feed everyone. It is estimated that by the year 2050 the world’s population will be nine billion. So reliable alternatives for animal protein are in high demand, and one of the alternatives that has been researched is insects. Marcel Dickes speech “Why Not Eat Insects” filmed during the TEDGlobal 2010 explores the benefits of eating insects to gain protein. Dicke explains how…

alone. This affects our natural resources like water, land, and fossil fuels. Factory farming creates large amounts of pollution. With as many animals that are being raised in all of these factories, there are tons of manure and other waste that is being put into lakes and rivers. Areas around the factories will have lakes and rivers that are contaminated will tons of bacteria and harmful microorganisms, making it unsafe for human consumption. The dirt that surrounds…

Jasmine Flowers have always been a symbol of love. It defines the beauty of nature as well. Among flowers, there are certain kinds which have prominent status. Jasmine is one of them. Because of its beauty, fragrance and appearance it always inspired poets and writers to use this particular flower as a metaphor for the expression of their love. The word jasmine has been used differently in different ages. But its eternal meaning didn’t change with different cultures. In literary term,…

Phosphates Phosphates are chemical compounds containing phosphorus. Phosphorus is a non-metallic element which is necessary for life and is found in rock as inorganic phosphates. As water runs over and through rocks it carries off small amounts of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and phosphates. Phosphates are chemicals containing the element phosphorous, and they affect water quality by causing excessive growth of algae. Read more :…

Burkhalter, E. (2014, January 25). FDA 's new policy on animal antibiotic use draws scrutiny from farmers, advocates and industry. Anniston Star, The (AL). [popular] This article is from an Alabama Newspaper and discusses the effects of regulating antibiotics in the poultry and cattle industry. I plan on using this article because it provides quotes from experts in the cattle and poultry production industry. Experts in the cattle and poultry industry worry “the changing of the way farmers…

waste that must be stored and disposed of while incessantly confining a large number of animals mostly indoors, “with some operations producing as much [waste] as an entire city” (HSUS 2008). The USDA Agricultural Research Services (ARS) estimated the manure output from farm animals…

An empty space either it could be a balcony,patio or an open terrace is good enough to start growing organic veggies for a family.The enormous benefits of the usage of space results in the availability of plenty of oxygen, beautiful greenery which enriches the look of the surroundings and mainly spending some time to take care of plants is a good exercise to body and mind to relax. Finally the output of your hard work in the form of veggies coming from your unused space is a big enjoyable moment…

Like they believed that the chicken farms were a large form for pollution. They believe the chicken farms are polluting the bay, because of the chicken manure. Phosphorus runs off the farms and into the estuary and bay, where it enriches algae. Most of the pollution in the bay is from agricultural. Perdue and Tyson own chickens and fee but not the waste. Factoring faming growth caused more water pollution…