National Organic Program

King Farms Safety and Health Policy King Farms, a dairy farm located in Sturgeon, Missouri has hired me, as a safety and health manager to develop a safety and health policy to protect all employees at King Farms and provide a culture of safety. The organization has twenty employees and as a mission to treat each employee as a member of their own family. King Farms wants to send their employees home after each day healthy and without any injuries. The overall goal of this policy is to implement…

The documentary Food Choices: How Our Diet Affects the Environment produced by Michal Siewierski and Kaiser Permanente, a non-for-profit health plan, while different non-fiction forms of communication that share a common mission of providing important information on the effects of the food we eat and how changing our diet can improve our lives. The documentary Food Choices advocates the benefits of eating a plant-based diet and begins by discrediting long believed myths about eating land animals…

American Dreams Offered to Janie The American Dream can be defined as many different things. The definition of the American Dream depends on who you ask; it differs from person to person. For example, if you ask a farmer what their American Dream is they may say it is caring for their crops and livestock and living a stable life. However, if you ask a corporate executive what their American Dream is they may say it is rising to the top of the corporate ladder and making a lot of money. The point…

Case 3 - Case 9-2 Student Number: 212222576 Bearer Plants Grapes and grape vines are biological assets, necessitating the fair value model if they can be accurately valued (as this is WI’s business, this is the case). Grape vines are bearer plants, and are exempt from fair-value accounting. Thus, the grapes and grape vines must be recorded separately. Thus, grape vines would be recorded at cost, and depreciated during their useful life. While growing, any increases/decreases in the fair value…

He writes about the benefits of growing, and purchasing organic as opposed to non- organic produce. Most non-organic produce has many unhealthy attributes and effects to be aware of. These include that pesticides and genetic modification are being widely used, and also that most of the time produce is being shipped over long distances…

a luxury, people are starting to ask if foods labeled as ‘organic’ are actually better for your health or a way to scam people out of money. Allison Aubrey, an NPR reporter, tackles this question in her article “Why Organic Food may not be Healthier for You”. For someone trying to eat healthy, this article will educate you on if buying something with a label is worth the money. Her argument is that there is a lack of evidence that organic food is healthier. Aubrey presents evidence that…

ride in a combine. I was not expecting much out of this project because I thought I would just ask a few questions and be done with my 5 hours. I enjoyed it so much that I spent another 6 hours helping out in an organic soybean field and being able to learn a few things that go into organic farming. Going back even further, I signed up for this class thinking I could learn more about stars and the sea, not the environmental factors to the planet itself that would lead me to an actual real life…

Institutional structure Nestlé follows a mission statement claiming, “commitment to enhancing people’s lives by offering tastier and healthier food and beverage choices at all stages of life and at all times of day.” From this, three core institutional goals were created; balanced diets of nutritious and healthy nature, sustainable financial performance, and last but not least stakeholder trust in the product and company. Nestlé is therefore known for, “Creating Shared Value” (CSV), creating a…

Question: Do Snow Green pea plants grow faster in a mixture of 25% potting soil and 75% compost, in 50% potting soil and 50% compost, or in 75% potting soil and 25% compost? Hypothesis: If Snow Green pea plants are grown, starting from seeds in three different ratios of soil to compost (25% potting soil and 75% compost, in 50% potting soil and 50% compost, and in 75% potting soil and 25% compost) then the peas that were in the 75% potting soil and 25% compost soil will grow the fastest.…

From the onset of its existence, Whole Food Market Inc. has been respected as an evolving company with quality standards, a devotion to community and environmental responsiveness, highly-regarded employment practices and a healthy-growth model. There are various strategies that this company implementation with respect to their growth, store location, product line, pricing, merchandising and even it’s social responsibility and community citizenship initiatives that has helped tremendously in its…