Organic matter

The Plight of the Bumble Bee With the demand for food constantly increasing, modern farmers have taken on new practices to keep up with demands. Some of these practices include genetic modification of plant species and animals, destroying habitats to make room for farm land, and spraying toxic pesticides to keep insects from consuming crops. Some would argue that these practices are necessary for keeping up with todays food demands, while others may argue that their negative side effects are…

The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities (2012) by Will Allen with co-writer Charles Wilson contends that the United States has two disparate food systems, one for poor people and one for rich people. It follows a poor neighborhood whose residents in the “projects” of Milwaukee, Wisconsin turn to and benefit from urban farming. Allen won a MacArthur Genius Fellowship in 2008 for his work in food security and urban farming. The work was praised for its poignant…

Homepage At Muscle Blends, we believe that healthy food should be tasty, easy to prepare and affordable. Our mission is to produce delicious organic superfood blends that nourish your body and mind, making them readily available to you. We select only the highest-quality raw and organic ingredients for producing our blends, ensuring that you will be getting the healthiest, safest and most savory alternative to homemade foods whose preparation is difficult and time-extensive. Ideal for people…

SBU: Juergen Scherer (SBU Europe Head), Frank Schillinger (SBU Europe Operations) Local management: Ali ?zbudak (Plant Manager) Key messages Product The plant manufactures a wide range of open head and tight head metal drums from 20L to 218L, including cylindrical and conical large or small drums, with or without interior coatings. This is the only plant in the Mauser Group producing conical large drums, a product mainly used in the food industry (particularly in fruit and vegetable…

Co.opmart is a leading pure Vietnamese supermarket with more than 15 years of experience. The supermarket was established based on a simple desire of customers, a modern market but very friendly and close to the popular class - a supermarket for everyone. To deal with the fast development of the Internet combining with the dense competition in the retail industry in Vietnam, Co.opmart tried to innovate their supermarket system, from the form to the quality of business and service, to bring true…

Potato chips industry in Ireland has reached the maturity status. The market growth rate is relative stable and it is expected to keep the same growth pace till 2016. The market share was dominated by two major companies, Largo foods (Tayto) and PepsiCo (Walkers). The share of the two companies exceeded more than 90% in 2011. According to a market research from MarketLine in 2012, the total sales of potato chips in 2011 was 105.7 million Euro. The sales increased by 1.7% comparing to the sales…

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…