Organic certification

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The Lawn Care Services (NAICS Code 333112) is the industry of making powered lawn mowers, and lawn tractors as well as other lawn care equipment (Naics 2014). This equipment makes maintaining a lawn, or garden more convenient to the user. It makes the consumer do less work, as well as do it in a shorter amount of time. A few well-known brands are John Deer, Toro, Honda, and Kubota. All of these companies manufacture machines that make the lawn easier to maintain every single…

Grand Valley Dani In the film presented in class, we watched and study the Dani. The Dani is a tribe that lives in the highlands (Indonesia), they are a horticulture tribe. A hollow cloths is the only clothing that the Dani wear (is called a penis sheath). They survive upon their lands. In the documentary, I saw that the women do the part that has to be with planting, weeding and harvesting the lands. However, the men have to do the parts that implicate the cleaning of the irrigation systems…

When drone experts, ranchers and farmers hear the word “drone”, they really feel “up in the air.” Did you know that last year the National Agricultural Aviation Administration spent $106,000 lobbying against drones in Congress? Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles and include everything from gliders to military aircraft. The agricultural industry has heard about the use of drones for only three years and a big concern is the legality of using drones. Agricultural people have been very…

Whole Foods Market understands its position in the market and capitalizes on the increasing demand for non-GMO, sustainably-sourced, natural and organic foods and household items. However, WFM also understands the opportunity to expand their generic brand to capture more of the market: “Whole Foods may be the Cadillac of the supermarket industry, but not every customer wants a Cadillac -- and more importantly, not every customer can afford one” (Motley Fool). Whole Foods Market has its own line…

Many people debate on whether organic food is actually better for you. Advocates believe organic foods are safer and more nutritious. Although organic sales have been steadily increasing, “many experts say there’s not enough evidence to prove any real advantage to eating organic foods” (“Is Organic”). Much of the organic movement has been driven by social trends and misinformation about health benefits. In terms of synthetic pesticides, it is true that organic crops have about one-third the…

In Liu and Hanauer’s gardens of democracy, a metaphor referenced as the garden metaphor is used. Discussed is how we look at the economy as a giant machine that should just run smoothly with no hiccups, and will just be take care of without us. However as we look in on this metaphor we as citizens need to make the change and treat our economy like a garden. We expect it to just run on its own with no care, when we need to be tending to our garden. A garden requires gardeners, watering and care.…

Chipotle has a lot of potential and they need to continue to work with their sustainable food movements. Addressing their lack of transparency for their own strategic benefit but as well as to provide themselves with more credibility moving forward. Chipotle can take lead and disclose more clear and detailed information about their food and how it is sourced. In their ability to connect with their consumers they should find their credibility grow stronger if they disclose some of their failures…

organization of these organic farms is connected to a market that wants and desires better and healthier foods. In the documentary we saw how the organic foods trade show has grown over the years. Large companies have bought up these organic farms because of the large market. The example the documentary gives is that of Stonyfield and how they wanted by Wal-Mart. The question is will these organic farms maintain its identity under large corporations. 1. Wal-Mart picking up organic foods shows…

The Common good would be a good moral principle for Whole Foods because they are trying to making the best outputs for their managers, employees, and customers which were mentioned by Mackey when he mentioned the zero-sum game. He stated that he wants everyone to win with fewer .losses rather than have a select few win and a lot of losses. All the seven principles namely: Dignity of Human Life; this refers to respecting the dignity of human race regardless of age or race. Human life is sacred…

such as bodily changes and identities among others. Circulation is the flow of goods and information; for example, how food ideas and techniques reach people. Access has to do with which sectors of people get to consume a certain food; for example, organic food being expensive might not be accessible for people of low income.…