Sustainable development

southforkangus.com.au - Important Factors When Training Cattle for Winter Grazing When winter rolls in with its snowfalls, you may feel that you need to bring out the feed wagon each day to provide nourishment to your cattle. You are mistaken in this, though, since you can train cattle to find the grass by digging in the snow. By understanding the following key facts, you can successfully train your cattle to participate in winter grazing, even with snow being on the grass. Understand That…

Cultural Context While the location of the audience, in Benton and Upper Lane County, is important for the purpose of access to Turpen Family Farm’s physical location, the purpose of this campaign is to target a specific subculture in which members value healthy lifestyles. The first norm of this group is the value of local products. They often shop at health food stores and farmers market to meet their desire for healthy, fresh and organic produce and farm products; in this same vein is the…

The purpose of this paper is to compare two webpages written about the the beneficialness of organic foods for their credibility and reliability. The two webpages are similar in terms of audience and content. In fact, both webpages refer to the same study, from Stanford University, about the health benefits of organic foods. The selected webpages are from respected, reputable organizations. The first article, Organic Food Conclusions Don’t Tell the Whole Story was published in Environmental…

What if Farming is valuable to our life, community, nation, and world. Without it life wouldn’t be as easy as it is now. Many may not notice this at first glance/thought but it’s more than true. We need farming as farming sustains us and our future, especially in Alabama, a state whose main industry is farming. So just think about it, what if farming went obsolete from our society. Imagine the consequences, imagine the struggles, and imagine the adaptations that would have to be made. From our…

Whole Foods Market is one of the leading food companies with the most followers on Twitter. With more than 4.7 million followers, Whole Foods has found the most efficient ways to promote its brand loyalty, using only140-characters each time. If you are not familiar with Whole Foods Market, it is the world’s leader in natural and organic foods, with 427 stores in North America and the United Kingdom . The healthy-conscious grocery store uses specific Twitter strategies to create an atmosphere…

The Worst Mistake in Human History Jared Diamond says that agriculture was the worst mistake in human history. According to Diamond, “in many ways, adoption of agriculture was not progress but a catastrophe from which humans have never recovered.” Diamond suggests that agriculture may have led to a decrease in health, starvation, and the spread of disease. Diamond did also mention a few positive things about agriculture as well, such as more leisure time and more crops per acre.…

"You will never be able to share a bond with something like your cows, and FFA is the best for showing that." Is something my Poppy has always told me, ever since I was first starting out as a farm girl, it is something I have agree with. A great activity my school offers is the FFA, FFA stands for Future Farmers of America. First, it is a club that lets me experience the natural world that God created. It is like having a science class, except it is fun. It is based on helping kids learn…

Mayor versus Mayor I was walking in a graveyard when I saw a green door. There was also a strange person who said to me, “If you go through that door, something bad will happen.” I didn’t listen. I was a little afraid because I have never seen a green door in a graveyard. The green door was unusually big with a big door knob. I was a little nervous but excited, too, so I tried to touch the big knob. Then the door made a funny noise. I was scared, but after a while, I opened the door. I opened…

Rural America, these two words are a broad topic in the world. But not only is a broad topic it is most defintily an very important one. When people ask you what is Rural America what would you respond? Well first off you could answer this question in many ways, but when I think about Rural America I think about the livestock industry as being one of the most important part of it. First off, our food is from livestock so therefore we need them to eat and stay healthy. The following article I…

Walking into the supermarket there is a variety of choices. Those choices presented include organic food and regular or GMO food. Budgeted consumers typically choose the least expensive products, while ‘health conscious’ consumers lean towards organic products. After writing a rhetorical analysis on the film Fed Up, there were questions that came to mind. One in particular was: What are the differences between GMO foods versus organic foods and why do health conscious shoppers steer clear of…