Essays on Farmer

Introduction

Human trafficking and illegal immigration has been a central issue in most debates in the United States. Unscrupulous agricultural industries have been accused of taking part in illegal immigration and human trafficking to provide cheap labour for the industries. The state of California is the most affected by this vice due its extensive farmlands. Even though these industries make high profits margins, the plight of workers is the same old story of poverty and destitution (Lee, 2013). The illegality of this practice led me into seeking answers to pertinent questions from George Gascon, the District Attorney of San Francisco. ...

Introduction

Yuan Zhen wrote the Yingying story during the time of the Tang Dynasty. This story is considered to be one of the first work of literature in China. The story revolves around a love story between a 16-year-old girl named Yingying and a 21-year-old man named as Chang, who was a student. In analyzing the story, one can get a glimpse of the Tang Dynasty and its culture. Another issue that can be observed is Buddhism in, which many people during that era were practicing it. However, in Tang Dynasty, the main religion was Taoism, but they had started ...

Summary of the Book Tejanos&Texas under the Mexican Flag 1821-1836 by Andres Tijerina

Introduction The publication of the book Tejanos& Texas came in the backdrop of the lack historical data regarding the invasion of the Anglo-American’s military, their political and economic espionage of the during Mexican flag. After 1836, the Anglo-American invaded the Mexican lands. Therefore, this book gives credible details of the lives of Americans after they had exerted their dominion over the Mexicans beyond 1836. Principally, this book gives historically rich information regarding the social cultural and political exchanges that occurred during these critical years of the war, and invasion of the Anglo-America into Mexico. Andres Tijerina, in this ...

Since the 1970’s, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have existed as a more efficient means to grow livestock. These operations have the ability to raise livestock faster than other farming methods. Farms that operate using conventional methods use antibiotics and other methods to increase the number of animals that can fit on a lot. Proponents of this style of farming are saying that increasing the efficacy of their business that will eventually lower the price of animal protein. Conventional farmers also claim that they help in the feeding of underserved populations. However, parties that are against conventional farming ...

Genetically modified crops – GMOs have been controversial topic ever since its coming into the market. Companies like Monsanto and others are expressing concerns about exponential growing in population and their need to provide food with GMOs and on the other hand the farmers around the world, especially in the United States have raised concerns about patents over seeds and expenses they have because they need to buy the seeds every year. The concerns about the diversity of crops, negative effects on the environment and animals, health concerns and possible food insecurity are coming from different backgrounds. The paper will ...

Immigration is a contentious topic in the United States today. Even now, the Presidential Debates are full of discussion of immigration and the suggestion of immigration reform; in the last months of his presidency, President Obama seems intent on discussing and passing new immigration reform legislation as well. Immigration is a difficult topic in the United States because the country has literally been built on the backs of immigrants; however, there is also a long history of xenophobic thought and nationalistic sentiment in the United States as a whole. The history of immigration is even more contentious in places ...

Crop pest is the main challenge facing farmers who plant crops such as coffee. The main challenge now is to know how one can manage the pests in his or her farm. A pest insect is one that brings harm to animals, crops or any other property (Dent, 2000). In agriculture, a pest is classified as so if it causes damages to both the crops and the animals. Parasites can cause harm to crops and animals in many ways. For this reason, farmers have come up with different ways in which they can manage the level of the crop ...

Once Dave was in the train car, he focused on all the fields that he would no longer have to plow for Mr. Hawkins and how he was now free to be the man he was supposed to be. Dave woke up once the train had stopped and he quickly jumped off before anyone could see him. He must have fallen asleep for awhile because he had no idea where he was, but he was excited to move forward on his journey. As he walked toward the train stop he spotted a bulletin board and saw that a Mr. ...

Introduction

This paper aims to discuss how the different innovations in the modern society made us look like we have reached the pillar of modernity with all the fabulous results, while the overall consequence is destruction. In the book Short History of Progress, the historian and author Ronald Wright, implied that the modern society is trapped into problems that came about as people, through their ingenuity, worked towards the betterment of the lives and the society as a whole. The author suggested that the common people, as well as those in the position to impose societal policies are always eager ...

The different sources of drinking water comprise of streams, ponds, rivers, lakes, groundwater wells and springs. San Jose Municipal Water System, CA, buys treated surface water from the Santa Clara Valley Water District that imports water chiefly from San Luis Reservoir, Lake Del Valle and South Bay Aqueduct (Water Supply, 2016). It also buys treated water and Hetch Hetchy water from San Francisco Public Utilities Commission that gets its water supply from Hetch Hetchy Watershed. San Jose Municipal Water System is run by City of San José, Great Oaks Water Company, and San Jose Water Company. Although the water ...

Introduction

Africa has a population of over one billion people that is roughly 14% of the world’s population (Brown and Levasseur). Most of the people in the continent live in rural areas with some of these places densely populated. Areas that are highly populated are along the river Nile, the Maghreb region, West Africa, East African Highlands, and eastern half of South Africa.

Environmental Factors Affecting Population Distribution

Most of sub-Saharan Africa nations rely on agriculture for a living either through subsistence agriculture, export agriculture or a combination of both. Areas with fertile soils and reliable annual rainfall that can support the growing of ...

Lesoit is a village in Tanzania inhabited by the Maasai people. The villagers derive their income from various sources but mostly from animal farming. Manufacturing could be the other alternative of increasing sources of income among the people of Lesoit. Local economic development (LED) gives people living in local communities a chance to improve their local economy (Worldbank). One way of improving local economies is by going “local” in many spheres of business (Joyce). There has been arguments that decentralized manufacturing would improve local economies. Proponents of decentralized manufacturing argue that production by masses rather than mass production is ...

Business Plan Memorandum

BUSINESS PLAN MEMORANDUM This is in response to the request you made last February 2, 2016 for a business and legal advice regarding entering into a contract with a business supplier under conditions and terms that best suits and benefits you as a party. In dealing with business suppliers, you have to enter into a contract with the other party. A contract is a legally binding agreement between parties entered by them with the intention that it shall have legal effect, which means that any one of them can resort to the law to provide remedy in the event ...

FIRST COMPANY

What Company Did You Choose? In What Industry Do They Operate Company: Starbucks, which operates in the Foods and Beverages Industry. What are This Company’s CSR Practices? Starbucks CSR practices focus on environmental sustainability as well as giving back to communities. On a daily basis, the company demonstrates its belief in doing business sustainably and in a manner that is socially responsible. The company promotes environmental conservation in coffee growing countries. It has well-established recycling programs and in-store “Green Teams” that champion its environmental sustainability agenda. Starbucks’ high environmental responsibility standards are widely motivated by its commitment to ...

Chapter 1. Introduction

Mayan civilization along with the ancient farmer cultures of Mexico comprise what is now called "Mesoamerica." This cultures were divided from the rest of American nations and possessed own solar calendar, ball game, excessive knowledge of astronomy, and used chocolate beans as money. Geographic setting of Mexico is very versatile and uncommon. Almost all climatic zones can be found here from mountain valleys and snows to desert wastelands.

The lowlands constitute narrow strips along the coasts. Generally poor soils were becoming productive during the flood season. While seasons were strongly marked and most of the trees lost their leaves ...

The food justice movement can be understood as a network of people who are concerned about corporate control and the deterioration in quality of our food supply which has resulted in a range of public health crises. For the most part, the leaders of this movement are white and upper middle class academics, journalists and other activists who speak with each other. A problem is that the main victims of the global food supply chain are actually a majority low income populations in urban and rural areas. An overwhelming proportion of this demographic, especially in urban areas, are racial ...

Introduction

The paper is a case analysis of Frog’s Leap Winery. The company has gained unmatched reputation in the industry because of its organic farming and traditional ways of winemaking. The paper is divided into six sections. The first section analyses the business strategies of the company in each consumer segment. The second section discusses its sustainability strategy. The third section performs a five-force analysis to understand competition outlook in the industry. The fourth section highlights the key factors contributing to the firm’s success. The fifth section explains how well the strategy is working in terms of financial ...

Industrialization after the Civil War Final Paper

Introduction The end of the Civil War in America sparked an unprecedented growth, which affected the economy of the entire country, the social systems and most importantly the running of politics. An interconnection of roads and rail work within the country opened up the American in ways that had not been imagined before. Urban areas and cities grew up along the rail lines, and an upsurge of migration to the towns in search of jobs became a new norm. The advantages and the disadvantages of industrialization have well been documented; this paper seeks to establish the influence that the ...

Have you ever thought where your orange juice, eggs and bacon, yoghurt and coffee for breakfast come from? One of the major ways to trace a product’s travel through the food chain is the commodity chain analysis, “which seeks to trace the path of food as it moves through the global supply system, from field to table, plant to plate (and sometimes beyond to the dump)” (Belasco, 2008, p. 62). I have eaten strawberry yoghurt for the past three days and decided to analyze the commodity chain that brought it to me fridge. The principal ingredients for strawberry ...

BUSINESS -

Business - Model Female Leader Award Introduction Leadership qualities that influence across cultures dead or alive have qualities that inspire, direct, challenge, and effectively change the world founded in strong ethical practices. Rhodes et al, (2005) describes how “converging political, industrial, and economic characteristics” aligned to ethical leadership practices prove effective (p. 87). The following is an academic exercise – a learning task demanding critical thought, organizational aptitude, and specific objectives toward achieving a better understanding about the human experience and what distinguishes leadership qualities influencing people across cultures.

Oprah Winfrey

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey is an internationally recognized first African American billionaire. ...

This video describes a work of the body farm. This institution was created by the doctor from the University of Tennessee almost 25 years ago. The farm is an open study room for American criminal investigators. Here experts can study how human bodies decay under different conditions. The farm is a useful project for criminalists and canine handlers who train dogs to search for bodies. Right now institution has about 400 bodies, which were donated for medical researches. Here experts use both whole corpses and their parts already used by medical students. Video has several examples how the body ...

Argumentative essay on the topic

Nowadays, people drink coffee, and coffee beans can be seen at numerous coffee shops. However, if people eat chocolate, they are unlikely to have seen cocoa beans, which have a form of the pinkish almond-like seeds and grow on cacao trees. The native region of the trees is South America but now they grow all over the world only near the equator. Ivory Coast in West Africa is the largest cocoa producer along with Ghana, Indonesia, Brazil, and Nigeria. Intensive labor is required to harvest and produce cocoa beans; however, government and economic forces are gradually driving the price ...

Possible Changes at the Societal and Professional Levels

Abstract Global warming is no doubt the the greatest and most far reaching societal and professional long term threat to every end of human livelihood. Agriculture is quickly growing into one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases. And therefore, global warming. The recent development of industrial farming has exasperated the amount of methane and nitrous oxide gases being released into the atmosphere. This has been done under the pressure of many different stimuli, including government lobbyists and stimuli, and companies like Monsanto. Indifference and lack of public education has ensured that this remains a problem for the immediate ...

Investigating how light intensity will affect the rate of photosynthesis, with the help of DCPIP, in Spinach leaves.

The aim of this experiment is to find out how the rate of change of light intensity affect the photosynthesis in spinach leaves. Successful farming of food crops is very essential for both the nutritional and financial health of a nation. Governments of almost every nation invest land and labour to crop farming, as much as is possible, keeping in mind the other needs of a country. But, however, due to many reasons the maximum crop yield possible is not always achieved. For the production of a healthy crop certain conditions are necessary. The primary among these conditions are ...

The myths of different communities are crucial since they compare their cultures and their various ancient lifestyles. Mostly, comparative mythology has served as important channels for scholars to understand the ancient way of living way of different communities. The Egyptian history mainly originated from the Horn of Africa, and it spread to the Middle East and some parts of Eastern Europe. The influence of the Egyptian culture led to the introduction of the civilization in the world. Conversely, the Indo-Europeans spoke a proto-indo-European language that was constructed from the Eurasia. The indo-European people lived in the Neolithic era (Trichopoulou ...

What role should the government play when regulating food production/consumption?

Sustainability is a matter of choice that is determined by necessity, and according to Michael Pollan's article (An Animal's Place), for the earth to realize sustainability, one life has to be lost to serve as food for the others to survive. The author is disappointed that although it is justifiable that man should eat, it is not morally right to kill animals for food (Pollan, 2002). The purpose of the study is to understand the responsibility of the government concerning food production and consumption and how the practice is regulated.

Introduction

Pollan argues that the superiority of the human race ...

Jane Doe

Introduction Women’s rights throughout the world have continued to be the subject of human rights concerns for members of the various nations and regulatory groups throughout the world. Not all entities have the same concerns for the fair and equal rights of women in their nations, but with the world watching, pressure is put on these nations lacking proper adherence to human rights policies for women in these countries. Africa, often known for its volatile circumstances and harsh treatment of women is the focal point of this research paper in helping to create a best practices policy suggestion ...

In May 1961, America was experiencing growing pains. The issue of racial segregation was increasingly thrown into the spotlight. Each individual had a different perspective on the issue based on different motivations, and a different degree to which they would defend this perspective. These perspectives are illustrated through four key players in the freedom rides, as examined in the PBS documentary Freedom Riders (2010). The freedom rides were the brainchild of Jim Farmer, the national director of the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) at the time. His radical idea was a kind of public dare, to test constitutional rights, ...

The element that is central to the theme is its plot line which focused on the concept of love . There were lots romantic comedy films that were released during the 80s, so many that it can arguably be considered as the birth period of romantic comedy films . The Princess Bride, a movie that was released in 1987, was an adventure and romantic comedy film that featured the love story of a farm boy named Westley (i.e. the protagonist) and Buttercup (i.e. the Princess Bride), how they knew each other, got separated, only to be reunited in the end. Because ...

Introduction

The much prevalence of manufacturers of turbines in China can be contributed to the dire need for sustainability. Turbines are a form of machine that aids in conversion of kinetic energy originating from wind into electric power. Besides solar, wind energy is a much sustainable form of energy which helps in substituting the non-renewable forms. As the result, this report compiles the result of a research conducted around China about existing fan turbines manufacturers. The five best companies were chosen, and this include: Sinovel, Goldwind, Sany, Mingyang, Shanghai Electric. These companies were then evaluated in terms of the pertinent ...

There is a lot to admire from the migrant community residing in Collier County. For a fact, the society is primarily comprised of farm workers that spend most of their days attempting to make their lives better. It is essential to note that the community is mainly comprised of citizens with a low financial profile. In fact, this is the primary reason for their migration from their native nations. Generally, the entire community is comprised of citizens of a Hispanic descent that have a formidable belief in religion (Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 2016). This assertion can be established through ...

Enterprise Architecture

This is a concept in management that entails analyzing and documenting a business enterprise from both the present and future state using technology and business principles and integrated strategies (Bernard,. 2012). The element of enterprise architecture is that it allows the management team of an organization to visualize the entire organizations from an integrated and holistic perspective (Bernard, 2012). It also enables the management team to visualize the business practices, the flow of information within the organizations, the strategic direction of the organization, and the technological resources within the organizations. All this is geared towards helping optimize the performance ...

Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane has a grotesque and ironical depiction. Starting from his mocking name Ichabod which in translation from Ancient Hebrew means ‘unfortunate’ which more than enough describes his life and ending with his last name which is also aimed at revealing his grotesque appearance that “one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field.” (Irving) Although he is educated man who “had read several books quite through, and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather’s history of New England Witchcraft” and influential, respected teacher but ...

Introduction

Time was, revenue-obsessed executives and owners used to disregard the social and ethical components to their business. There has come a time when business has become the environment- and society-centric. In order for commercial ventures like resorts to stay competitive in their sector retaining and multiplying the market share, they should focus on sustainability. As demonstrated by Alila Hotels & Resorts, companies can make nature conservation efforts and undertake civil initiatives garnering a massive public support. Towards these ends, resorts can employ local residents, thereby increasing their welfare, train personnel, support the organic food cultivation and local crafts, open and ...

Capstone Project Chapter One: Implementing a Behavior-Based Food Safety Program in a Food Service Organization

I. Introduction Food safety is increasingly important as businesses expand into new realms of food production: many companies are processing more food than ever before, and there is an increasing risk of cross-contamination and other problems that are sometimes associated with food handling (Fone, 2007). Most companies in the food service and food production industry recognize that food safety is of paramount importance: however, merely recognizing the importance of food safety is not enough to develop a cohesive and coherent food safety program. One of the most significant problems for many large-scale food service organizations is the problem of ...

In his book ‘The Time it Never Rained’, Kelton describes an environment that is very harsh especially to ranchers. The drought that hit the area during that time was very severe, and the worst recorded in Texas’ history. The descriptions given in the book well suits Texas, a state that had problems with water. Drought was a common phenomenon in Texas, and the inhabitants knew this. Texas is a place that expects drought at any time. The areas geography is such that the humidity and the aridity are always at war. In almost every decade, Texas experienced droughts. However, ...

Introduction

The Ryukyuans are also known as the Lwechewan people. The Ryukyuans are the autochthones who are located in the Ryukyu Islands between the Taiwan and Kyushu Islands. The main subgroups of the Ryukyuans are the Okinawans, Amamians, Miyakoans, Yonagunians and Yaeyamans. The Ryukyuans mainly speak Japanese and dialects Japanese, a number of languages within the Japonic language families and some languages in the Ryukyuan language family. Because of the need to maintain the determined course of discussion, the discourse sticks to the Ryukyuans of Japan. Because of the need to limit this ethnography to the Ryukyuans of Japan, the ...

Introduction

Food is part of all aspects of human societies. It is also an inherent social urge. Usually, food is shared as people eat together. Similarly, eating time is an event when the family or social groups such as a village comes together to share the meals (Fox, p. 1). Food is also a reason to share, distribute, give, donate to other people, be it family, friends, a stranger, etc. Food is the most vital thing a mother gives to her child as it is the substance of her individual body. In most parts of the world, a mother’s ...

Area of study

Kamiak Butte located in Whiteman County, Washington which is between Pullman and Palouse. It is an area in Eastern Washington near the border of Idaho. Kamiak Butte was named after the Chief Kamiakin of the Yakame tribe. It is the largest city in Lewis County though it also extends a small distance into Idaho. The area stands like an island occurring in the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse country. Kamiak Butte can be described as a physical island of rock which is above the fertile soils of Palouse. Figure 1: A Photo showing Kamiak Butte and Palouse Hills ( ...

The article is an open letter written by an anonymous resident of Ontario, who most likely is from one of the 28,000 farm families of Ontario. The open letter is written after new regulations to restrict the use of neonicotinoids had been proposed. The writer is reacting to this proposal because he or she feels that the regulations are not well-intentioned, and they are not aimed at protecting the honey bees. Moreover, the people he or she writes this letter to are the 28,000 farm families who reside in Ontario. The writer feels that a crucial pest ...

Introduction

Industrial agriculture is a modern form of farming that incorporates industrialized production of crops, livestock, fish and poultry. Western countries have been on the fore front of practicing industrialized agriculture to feed its population. The methods of industrial agriculture are political, techno scientific and economic. The practices include innovation in agricultural machinery and farming methods, the creation of new markets for consumption, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the application for patent protection to genetic information, and lastly the global trade. Industrial agriculture is practiced by more developed nation because of their vast knowledge of technological know-how. ...

March unemployment down in most of Valley

Unemployment refers to the situation that exists when people who are actively seeking work are without work. The unemployment is measured using the unemployment rate, which is a measure of how prevalent unemployment is. This rate is calculated through the division of the number of people who are unemployed with the current number in the labor force. The unemployment rate is normally denoted as a percentage. The unemployment rate is normally measured after regular intervals such as monthly, quarterly, and semi-annually. In this article, the focus is on the fall in unemployment rates in the San Joaquin valley counties ...

The West underwent through an era of prosperity after the Civil War. It is worth noting that the population growth in states, especially California led to tremendous consequences. Some of the key areas of focus include farming, living standards, western landscape, the growth of India reserves, subjugation of Indian people, as well as railroad constructions. On the same note, America was involved in the Pacific region in the late 19th century due to commerce. There is a relationship between the population increase, Civil war, and economic growth. In the general perspective, it is evident that after the Civil War ...

Slavery is or was a legal way of treating people as property (History of Slavery par 1). The laws came in place to govern how people treat slaves and ensure they do it in a legal way. One could have the authority to buy and sell slaves and hold them for as long as they can (History of Slavery par 1). The action was brutal to the slaves as they had equal or worse treatment than animals. The cruelest side of the trade was that human beings are depriving their lesser beings for their selfish reasons. Life was hard ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Survey of Business Owners, the minority-owned firms in the United States were estimated to be 5.8 million in 2007. The report captured an increase in minority-owned firms up from 4.0 million in 2002. The percentage increase has increased by more than twice (17.9% to 45.5%). The receipts of the minority-owned firms indicated transaction of over $1.0 trillion (55% increase) while the business across the entire nation had an increase of 32.9%. In the same year, the U.S had 27.1 million businesses but more than one-fifth (21.35) were the minority-owned firms. Compared to ...

Terry and Dawn Hall are both well-travelled with a wealth of experience in the hospitality sector. During their travels, the Halls identified three patterns that informed their belief that they could venture into the fresh and healthy foods segment. First, the demand for fresh, natural food far exceeded the supply. Second, the viability of small businesses was waning. Third, there was an inverse correlation between the supply of healthy food and the prevalence of obesity. From these patterns, especially the first one, the Halls determined that there was a gap – business opportunity – in the market that they could occupy ...

While labor and knowledge are critical factors for food production, without conducive environmental conditions, the majority of food production systems would fail. For example, farmers depend on bees for pollination and other ecological support services. Today, several species of bees no longer exist because of the adverse effects of pesticides (NIFI). Still, many species of important insects no longer exist because human-caused diseases invaded the lifecycles of insects crucial to agricultural production. To this end, this paper argues that people must be good environmental stewards but also improve agrarian labor relations and entrench food-lessons in the curriculum to sustain ...

United Farm Workers of America, also known as UFWA was a result of the coming together of two lesser labor unions. These labor unions were led by two people, Cesar Chavez and Larry Itilong. Larry Itilong was the founder and organizer of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, also known as AWOC whilst Cesar Chavez was the founder and organizer of National Farm Workers Association, also known as NFWA.

The grand labor union was formed on the 22nd of August 1966 after the NFWA joined AWOC’s protest in Delano, California. Even though there had been a previous strike on the 8th ...

Communism, hailed by Marx as a human evolution capstone, was anticipated to bring equality as well as harmony among, not only countries, but to the whole world. Class struggles and exploitation were to be eradicated, and economic growth were to advance. Nonetheless, communism achieved or accomplished limited success and greatly failed in each country or state that had established it. Many factors caused this failure or collapse, from inherent flaws within the communism theory to gross misuse of power or authority by communist leaders.

Communism in practice was unable to offer the gains it promised within the theory as ...

Introduction

Navel is what is used to refer to Barrio Logan that is located in the southeast of San Diego. Mexican-Americans started to settle in the area from 1890s, and the migration increased due to the Mexican Revolution and the poor economy in Mexico. The community had extended up to the waterfront and had even their own local beach. However, when the U.S navy and defence industries came to the area, the residents lost their houses, businesses and waterfront.

The Mexican-American citizens that were in Logan Heights had faced many negative changes in their community after the Second World ...

Introduction

In general, every firm possesses a specific market structure, which is mainly determined by the number of buyers, number of sellers, ease of entry or exit, and the degree of product differentiation (Arnold, 2010). The underlying determinants give rise to four types of market structures. These include perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly.

The short-run and long-run equilibrium for firms in a perfect competition industry is considerably different. Both short-run and long-run revenue data for a wheat farmer have been shown in table 1 and table 2 respectively.

In the long-run, it is assumed that the entry of new ...

Introduction

The Efik are a tribe mainly found in calabar town located at the capital of Cross River State. They are also found in small villages called Creek Town also around the Calabar. The efiks main occupation is traditional subsistence farming and fishing. In the past, they used items such as raffia, calabash and bamboo in the designing of their art and craft. Their religion includes ancestral worship and river deities (Inyang, 2000).

Fattening

The fattening room also known as Nkuho is an Effik tradition that involves special training accorded to young women in special seclusion in order to prepare them for ...

Introduction

Causes of food shortage There are three factors that lead to food shortage; they include environmental, economic and social factors. Other factors causing food shortage are overpopulation and poor government policies that lead many countries in scarcity of food. Food distribution to the masses is determined by the socio-political factors. The production and growth of crops in a given area is determined by the environmental factors. While on the other hand, economic factor affects the buying and production capacity.

Social factors causing food shortage include increase rate of the population which is higher than food production. High rate ...

A recent research by a panel of seasoned researchers from the United Kingdom showed that eating yogurt is likely to substantially lower the risk of contracting diabetes. They studied the eating patterns of 4,000 people by monitoring them for eleven years. Among the main reasons why the research was carried out was that several researchers hypothesized that people who eat yogurt are less likely to eat unhealthy food such as some snacks and desserts (Gholipour, 2014). This may be explained by the fixed nature of their disposable income which forces one to make choices. In most cases, these individuals ...

The years between early 15th century and 16th century marks a significant historical event in Japan particularly due to the civil war that erupted between the provincial warlords and the ruling shoguns or the Ashikaga family also known to be under the Muromachi period. Before the arrival of first Europeans in early 1500s, Japan was ruled by the supreme warrior s under the shugunate rule who ruled the island had had the supreme powers of jurisdictions in the region. The Kyoto shoguns were the rulers during this time and controlled all the major activities such as painting, farming and pottery. ...

William Penn articulates that the church and the state should have a cordial, divine and collaborative relationship in order to help men pursue and live a Godly life. Using the Divine Law (jus natural), William postulates that the church is a facet of the society that is established by man as a God’s agent to help man control his passions and adhere to the divine laws, which are formulated and enacted by the state. In essence, the church and the state should support each and obey God’s provisions as envisioned in the divine laws. In other words, the State and the ...

Continue reading the main story

Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Share This Page MUMFORD, Tex. — Across the parched American West, the long drought has set off a series of fierce legal and political battles over who controls an increasingly dear treasure — water.

Just outside this minuscule farm town, Frank DeStefano was feeding a 500-acre cotton crop with water from the Brazos River 16 months ago when state regulators told ...

Native American: Navajo Heritage

Brief History of Navajo Heritage The Native Americans comprise of a number of diverse tribes and ethnic groups, most of which exist as integral political communities. The Navajo people comprise a significant percentage of the Native Americans, comprising of about 300, 048 registered members (Luebering, 2011). They were already settled around Colorado region, long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. They first made contact with the Spanish in 1581. Before this interaction, the Navajo were known for hunting and gathering activities. Later on, they adopted crop farming from the Pueblos, and animal farming from the Spanish. Since then, they have ...

The debate about whether organic food is better than conventionally grown foods has been a questions asked by many people. Organic foods are known to be a healthy option and it is recommended by doctors, dietary and fitness experts. Organic foods do not have any special nutrients in them that conventionally grown foods do not have, rather organic foods are seen to be better because of the farming practices and the way that the foods are grown. Farmers of who grow organic products use different farming practices which that allows their foods to grow at their natural rate and time without ...

Red meat, fatty foods, high-cholesterol, high-salt, high-sugar, and too many calories – these are some of the characteristics of a Western diet (Wollston, 2015). It is a fact that this kind of diet is harmful to one’s health. According to the data from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2013, around 610, 000 people die annually because of heart disease (as cited in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). In addition, around 78.6 million adults in the U.S. are classified as obese. This means that 78.6 million are at risk of deadly ...