Sustainable agriculture

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…

about new things. Young farmers can replace other farmers that are too old to work. The younger people will be able to gain their money without exhausting themselves by being told what to do. As stated in the article, "Enrollment in university agriculture programs as well as interest in farmer-training programs increased in 2011. More young people pursued farming as a practical option for their livelihoods."(paragraph 1) Since many farmers are older younger people are confident they will be…

“The Horizontal World” People from the Midwest get tired of explaining that they are just like anywhere else in the country. Riding tractors to school is not one of the things Midwest people do. Everyone has a different perspective when talking about the Midwest, but if it weren't for this part of the country there would be a limited amount of food. Not only does the Midwest provide farming land, but there are different things to do that aren’t boring. Many people believe that the Midwest is…

Steinbeck uses corresponding descriptions, literal sentence structure, and the literal meaning of select nouns to convey the strong contrast between the ideals of farmers who work the land they live upon and the “machine man” who shares no connection to the same land they work upon. Steinbeck first establishes notable parallels between the farmer, or the “man”, and the land. The biological makeup of both man and land are what they’re made of, however, this does not define what they are. Just as…

Polyface Farm, a local farm owned by Joel Salatin, is a magic place that is different from industrial farms. It is a farm based on grass, different kinds of grass. First, I want to discuss Polyface Farm and ecology. It is definitely an organic and ecological friendly farm which is home to a wide range of corps and animals, such as tomatoes, sweet corn, berries, different grass and pigs, rabbits, cows, and chicken. According to Anderson (2013), an ecologically sound farmer tends to “maximize the…

for a period of 60 days to investigate the production systems of swine in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts, Bangladesh. The following article has effects on rural America because it helps explain how this country, Bangladesh, is know as the “agriculture country”. Livestock is one of its important components which provides protein, solve unemployment and earn foreign exchange (Taylor and Roese, 2006; Cole 1996). The article states that this country is one of the densely populated countries in…

I believe that industrial is best for us,and will feed the U.S the best because of the way it cancels out its way of being not to unhealthy or being just all out healthy.Industrial farms are mostly based on one or two different crops.Mostly it would be corn or soybeans.People try to make a big problem out of it being not organic,but who cares. In “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” the part that stuck to me the most was the part about “how corn took over America”.In the passage it talks about how most of…

the workers, sustainable methods of production, and the like. Greene and Haines say that an good definitional distance that local food would have to travel is roughly 100 to 200 miles. Local food is often associated with direct marketing from farm to consumers whether they be individuals or institutions like hospitals, schools, senior centers, or prisons. Some prime examples of direct-to-consumer markets include farm stands, farmers’ markets, and CSAs, or Community-Supported Agriculture, while…

"Veal calves, taken away from their mothers shortly after birth, live their entire lives in near darkness, chained by their necks and unable to move in any direction. They commonly suffer from anemia, diarrhea, pneumonia and lameness" (Motavalli N.p.). Veal, chickens, pigs, cows, and all other livestock animals are exposed to horrifying conditions when facing the end of their lives. All of these unethical experiences are due to factory farming. Factory farms are massive, dark, mechanized…

driving more fuel-efficient cars, using energy-saving light bulbs, or taking care to recycle. However, the major contributor to this global meltdown takes on the form of the pot roast on your dinner plate. Multiple complications arise from the animal agriculture industry, whether that is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the lifeline of the livestock or the consequences that inevitably appear such as, water pollution, deforestations, and biodiversity loss. If society is willing to put…