Sustainable agriculture

capital of Mexico, dedicated to sell home gardening kits to promote organic agriculture, green spaces, urban agriculture and a healthier lifestyle, and devoted to satisfy its customers through quality and great experiences. To this day there is only one competitor in the Mexican market, but it is not organic certified and does not have our added values, mainly the Fair Trade we plan to achieve in order to promote sustainable livelihoods within the indigenous communities from Oaxaca, México.…

every year. Many people decide to buy organic food instead of conventional food every day. But organic food is not only better for the human body, the organic food industry will also help overcome many problems. In the majority of our history, agriculture could be described as organic. But in the 20th century, scientist discovered a wide range of new chemicals which were useful for growing food. The organic farming movement started in the 1940s in response to the use of chemicals. This movement…

Being a grass, it shares the common trait with other members of the grass family for the ability to grow with low input, and thus is suited for sustainable production (Mannetje, 1992). Elephant grass is a multipurpose plant but mainly used in cut-and-carry systems and fed in stalls, or made into silage or hay (FAO, 2015). The young leaves and shoots are edible to humans (Burkill, 1985) and considered…

Organic Struggle, written by Brian K. Obach provides an in-depth overview of the organic movement in the United States. The author covers the history of the movement, the people involved, as well as the policies governing organic production. Obach also covers social justice and the future of the organic movement. Throughout the text the author ties together the political, social, and economic conditions of the movement. Obach details various schools of thoughts and major role players in the…

Sustainable, organic, biodynamic. Immigration? Today the buzz word when talking about American agriculture is immigration. Immigration continues to be at the forefront of topics because of the current administration’s push for immigration reform. The Trump administration needs to be careful that the policy change they propel in regards to immigration are appropriate and well conceived. The president has already put into action plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…

Problem Statement/Definition of Research Area Permaculture – is this idea of sustainability the way of the future? The idea of permaculture (permanent agriculture or permanent culture) was developed by two Australians in the 1970’s, David Holmgren (a graduate student) and Bill Mollison (his professor) (Sullivan, 2008). There are many branches to the permaculture movement, all of which are related to ecology, sustainability and the idea of working with nature rather than against it.…

CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The production of food is basically through agricultural activities and by livestock. The amount of food produced is directly related with the relationship established between the species of interest for production and the other plant, animal, microbial and parasitic biological systems that compete for resources available in the environment (Ueta et al., 1997). Among the species that threaten the agricultural production there are the weeds that,…

substances(biochemicals), plants and microbes. All the natural products are not biopesticides. Some are chemical pesticides if they acts on the nervous system in the pest. Through the use of biopesticides in the wider way, health programme and agriculture can be beneficially effected. There are many disadvantages that associated with the use of chemicals pesticides like genetic variations in the plant of populations,and reduction of beneficial species,that damage to the environment or water…

When living in a rural, farming community, it is easy to see the prominent signs of the agricultural overbuilding due to the last era of prosperity. There are still many farmers enjoying their luxurious equipment purchased from 2005 to 2013, a period commonly known as the farming boom (“US Farmers Respond to Changing Crop Demands”). During this phase, many aspired to have their share of the windfall profits associated with growing corn and soybeans. Consequently, the previously depleted grain…

The Organic Movement defies Industrialization and Commercialized Agriculture “We think more about food, know more about food, care more about food than we did 20 or 30 years ago. Food has become both an upscale fetish and a poor people's radical agenda, a transformation of the most intimate everyday practices that cuts across class” (Solnit 55). Over time, the societal obsession with food and the American agricultural system began to differ as a result of ongoing societal changes. My Organic…