Monoculture

As spoken by a preeminent American food writer, M.F.K. Fisher, “first we eat, then we do everything else.” Food is a basic necessity, that is demanded constantly around the globe, however its problems are often overlooked and reside behind a veil of industry. Through an analysis, of both industrial and small-scale agriculture, these two strategies of organization can be further examined; to evaluate the potential benefits and possible market failures from each of these different market…

It can be perceived that empathy to the environment and people can be related to buildings or a city. One of the examples that can be considered as key embodiment of such empathy is in downtown Los Angeles architected by Frank O. Gehry, i.e., the Walt Disney Concert Hall. An intelligent strategy of inclusiveness and hybridization is led by the micro and macro design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. With its skyscrapers stretching to the side and with the central business district, on the edge…

We all know someone who loves to eat just about anything. Then again, who doesn’t love a good meal every now and then. However, Wendell Berry seems to think we can’t truly enjoy our meal if we don’t know how our meal arrived to our plates. Berry wrote an essay back in 1989 about the issues within the food industry, and the reasons on why we won’t be able to truly enjoy a meal until the issues are solved. In one of his most famous essays, The Pleasures of Eating, Berry talks about how in 1989…

legitimizing the perception of Kanye as an extreme narcissist, which had spread through the flood of “Imma let you finish” memes following his VMA antics. Author Steven Hyden notes that following the 2009 VMAs, “Hating Kanye became a brief form of monoculture: people who normally disagree about everything came together to denounce him,” as both President Obama and now president-elect Donald Trump denounced West’s actions (Hyden). Kanye realized that he needed to reconcile with the public, and in…

OIL PRICE IN THE WORLD AND ITS INFLUENCE TO AZERBAIJAN CURRENCY (devaluation) 1.OPEC 2.The oil content in the world and changes in its price 3.Devaluation in the Azerbaijan,its results and analyses Research background—Why discussing this topic is relevant, what are you going to discuss/how/why? 1.OPEC The existing oil stocks in the world equal to 1317 bin barrel. About 75% of these resources belongs to OPEC. OPEC (The Organization of the…

not under protection from the state and can be altered. While most of the vegetation used to be wet prairies and flat woods, basin swamps, and pine ridges and scrub, the area had been drained and most of the vegetation had been converted to pine monoculture. This, in turn, caused a decrease in the wildlife that lived there. This new beachside community targets people from any age, that either want a relaxing weekend on the beach, or an exciting party trip with friends. Also, the price to stay in…

In now a day’s the global demand for the fossil fuels are rapidly increasing due to the high prices remains same in the gasoline. These all increase the concerns about the climate changes and alternatively increase in the oil based industry to prepare for the alternate biofuels. As we know the biofuels are the potential revenue source and we can control the climate change, weather conditions by using the replacement of gasoline in motor vehicles. Now people are using the corn based ethanol as…