Urban agriculture

Locavores: Necessary or Bonkers? The latest, and arguably most ridiculous, food trend includes going back to our roots and eating local, healthy, fresh food. As much as suburbanites hate to admit it, we aren’t acclimated to “roughing it”, and a batch of fresh (brown?!) eggs from the farmer’s market is as close as we get to it. But. is all of this really necessary? Among the many implications of becoming a locavore, the key issues include how the economy is negatively affected and what local food…

“In 1832, John Ball set out from the East Coast for a new life in the Pacific Northwest. In more than seven months of travel, he and his companions encountered every form of danger and hardship.” (Source 1). Traveling across the country in the early 1800s was very difficult as there were no cities on the plains, or railroads for easy travel. The pioneers’ only guides were the Native Americans, but not all were on friendly terms with the settlers. However, the pioneers still found ways to meet…

Speech Title: The Importance of Factory Farming Purpose statement: My purpose is to convince my audience that industrial farming in beneficial to the population, and even the animals themselves, compared to free-range. Introduction Most Americans do not realize that 99% of the food they eat from animal products comes from industrial farms. Where would we be without industrial farming? Would the population have enough food? America is becoming more and more concerned about where their food is…

In the nineteenth century, the farming industry started to ignite, turning into a market based economy. Instead of producing products for the sole needs of the family, farmers were beginning to produce larger scale to sell their products for profit. The switch to a market based economy revealed a need for a more efficient network of roads, canals, and improved overall transportation. Horse drawn carriages, new canals, railroads, and steamboats were the solution to the problem. Daniel Boone…

Gambia Sevada Calvino Gambia is one of Africa's smallest and dense countries. It is located in the western region in the center of Senegal, on The Gambia river. It's capital is Banjul, a former fort of Portugal. February 18, 1965, Gambia was officially declared a country. Originally, The Gambia was the territory of Mali and the Songhai Empires until in the late 16th century when the empire fell to the constant raids and was taken over by Portugal.As many as 3…

Globalization and The Yanomami Although the phenomenon is quite rare but there are indeed still groups of uncontacted people within the modern world. One of these groups is the Yanomami people. According to Survival International, they are the largest relatively isolated group in South America. The Yanomami live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela with a population of about 35,000 people. The Yanomami live in small villages spanning the land and…

Ted Nugent once said “If you want to save a species simply decide to eat it, then it will be managed, like chickens, turkeys, deer, and Canadian geese(katie123).” What is more painful, a deer getting harvested by a well educated hunter, or being hit by a car and having to live with a broken leg? Hunting is good because it helps maintain the environment, it is healthy meat, and without it, there would be a negative impact. Over the course of one year in the U.S there were 1 million car accidents…

Do you not love the wonderful odor of nature? As you may already know Georgia has a state park called Providence Canyon that may also be known as the Little Grand Canyon. Where everything is just made all naturally? Nature is full of living plants, rocks, forests, and many other different kinds of animals. They help things form little by little. This is called geology and is the process by which things are formed, moved , or changed .The geology of nature has created a beautiful canyon known…

Maya civilization during the classic period reached its peak in the central region around the eighth century with powerful city-states such as Tikal, Copan, Palenque, and Cobah flourishing and spreading from southern Mexico to northern Honduras. However, this glorious age was soon followed by a marked decline, with diminished populations, a reduction in building and art production, an increased obsession with warfare and military fortification. New discoveries and newly deciphered stone carvings…

Animals “All animals have the same parts.” Although it is short, the phrase in this ad gets its point across. It challenges the readers to think twice. The ad uses supermodel Pamela Anderson to model how a butcher would categorize the meat he would cut from an animal, like a pig or a cow. PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has been a campaign to influence people to go vegetarian. There is a hidden message PETA is showing too. Indirectly, PETA is belittling woman by objectifying…