Essays on Farms

Organ donation and transplantation are notable hallmarks in medicine. Medical advancements are significantly confronting complicated conditions through organ transplantation and related practices such as grafting. Over the years, the procedures have grown and developed. However, organ donation and transplantation are surrounded by various ethical and legal issues. This paper discusses these issues in detail and elicits the relationship between them. The analysis is in line with both the support and opposition of organ donation and transplantation, particularly in Australia. The paper will also provide my personal stance and the final ethical decision by leveraging several theoretical perspectives – deontology, consequentialism, ...

Stray Dogs: Issue and Solution

People and animals have had a historically controversial relationship. This led to the development of breeding farms and torturing animals in the name of science. Today, a much-contested thought revolves that animals have feelings and intelligence as well which makes them categorically as smart as human beings. As opposed to the thought that people have, animals are not only different on the basis of science and religion. However, today, in terms of globalization, overpopulation occurs not only within the human population but also animal one. Homeless dogs and their attacks on people are indeed local, but important problem, which ...

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

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INTRODUCTION

The following discussion is a literature review on five sources each for sustainability monitoring systems and effective indicators.

Sources for Characteristics of Good Monitoring Systems

“Monitoring Systems for Sustainability. What are they measuring?” This is a doctoral thesis from an Australian university that examines the sustainability reporting and monitoring systems by governments, private corporations and global non-governmental organizations. Australian frameworks are compared to those of international models. Sustainability indicators in the Australian context are discussed extensively. Two case studies from the private sector are presented. (Davidson, 2008) Using the case study of the Australian Gas Light Company, shortcomings in current sustainability reporting practices ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Abstract

One of the alarming issues regarding public health and agriculture is the increasing trend for practicing factory farming. It is a strategy of food companies to increase their profit by reducing the costs of manufacturing animal products. Factory farming commonly involves unsanitary, inappropriate and unethical methods of raising farm animals. Large populations of farm animals are raised in a small confinement. The main problem associated to factory farming is the large risk of food contamination. The extreme use of growth hormones and antibiotics in factory farming could also increase the risk of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria which could endanger ...

Introduction

The Aral Sea is located in Central Asia and was the fourth largest saline lake in the world containing 10grams of salt per liter before its water supply was interrupted (Rama, 2002). In 1960, the Soviet government undertook a diversion project for the rivers that fed the sea. This was an attempt to irrigate the desert region surrounding the sea to support agricultural activities. This led to the transformation of the desert into cotton farms among other forms of farms. Diversion of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers led to environmental, social, and economic effects felt by ...

Dear Mr. Bailey, Since you are considering moving to another city, I would be very happy if you consider the Clallam County District. You can be absolutely sure that you will find everything that you want and even more! If you are tired of the bustle of the big city, you should know that the population of Clallam County for 2015 amounts almost 74 thousand people. It's not much, compared with the population of Seattle, but enough to have someone to talk to. As you are a Republican, you may be interesting to know that among the inhabitants of ...

Introduction

The victory of the allied powers in the Second World War was highly associated with the American entry into the war. The United States of America brought with them a military muscle consisting of state of the art mechanization and strategic military geniuses. The citizens of the United States of America had been through the most devastating economic depression in their history as the nation was followed by the ensuing regimentation just before the war started. The Second World War is probably the most mechanized and dreaded war in the history mainly due to its outcome and effects on ...

Pursuant to a proposal elevated by Ms. Bridget Stone, Supervisor for Customer Service Department, that a Customer Service Representative, Ms. Annette Green, be dismissed from her job due to violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), I am hereby documenting essential facts of the incident for your review and recommendation for appropriate action. Ms. Green filed for vacation leave but to be used to take care of a very sick mother. The leave should have been filed under FLMA . Likewise, Ms. Green exceeded the leave period by one (1) week without notice nor approval of her supervisor. ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Industry Environment

According to the U.S. Dairy Export Council (2015), there were 9.3 million cows which produced 93.4 million tons of milk in the United States in 2014. The country has about 50,000 farms under dairy farms which are majorly family-owned (U.S. Dairy Export Council, 2015). Dairy farming is practiced in all the 50 states as well as in Puerto Rico, and it is the leading agricultural business in Arizona, California, Michigan, Idaho, New York, New Hamshire, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 74 percent of dairy farms in the country have less than 100 cows, and the average ...

Assignment 5 Answers

2. a) Fire extinguishers might exhibit positive externalities because they are often used as public goods that serve all people including those who have not paid for them. Thus, the benefits of purchasing fire extinguishers are enjoyed by other individuals who were not involved in the transaction. b) A graph of the market for fire extinguisher

S= private marginal benefit/ social cost curve SCC= Social Cost Curve SVC=Social value curve The equilibrium output level is indicated by Q1. However, the social demand is higher than the social cost since fire extinguishers exhibit positive externalities. Thus, Q2 is the market's ...

Race plays a significant role in slavery and has several impacts on the victims. The emergence of races led to inequalities among the people where some individuals felt superior to others. Slavery emerged from the vice of racists and led to great suffering among the Africans, who were forced to provide labor in the European farms. The pain of the Africans being subjected to slavery cannot be replaced and compensated because they suffered for an extended period. The paper covers the role played by race in slavery and the impacts it had, based on the foundational documents and Randal ...

The end of the civil war marked the onset of massive industrial revolution in the United States between 1865 and 1920. This industrial revolution triggered numerous changes in the American lives from how they earned their living, thought or dressed and thus causing significant impacts on the social, economic and political aspects of their lives. Industrialization had many advantages to the different groups in America but also posed some disadvantages which also affected some the people. The three top aspects of industrialization during the 1865 and 1920 era included urbanization, immigration, and technological innovations. First and foremost, urbanization became ...

In anthropology, the omnivore has several types of food to consider as part of their eating habits. According to Michael Pollan in the Omnivore's dilemma, there are four main types of meals for these creatures back from history, industrial foods that include Mc Donald's, Big Organics like Whole foods, locally produced goods, and self-hunts by the omnivores. The meal types, however, attract different perspectives and opinions from people and food nutrition professionals basing on economic, environmental, cultural, and political principles. Industrial foods for instance currently attracts much criticism by health experts by body makeup; the assumption on Mc Donald's ...

The Frontline program, “The Trouble with Antibiotics” describes the agricultural use of antibiotics and how bacteria such as KPC, NDM1 and MRSA are becoming resistant to antibiotics used to treat human illness. According to the film, by far the largest user of antibiotics is not in the health industry, but the farming industry which raises animals for meat and eggs. The use of antibiotics in this industry promotes faster animal growth, and protects and protects herds and flocks against disease, which would spread rapidly in the crowded conditions employed in animal raising. Approximately 70% of global antibiotic use occurs ...

Final Business Plan

Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4

SWOT Analysis 6 Balanced Scorecard 9 Organizational Assessment 9 Mission 10 Vision Statement 10 Value Statement 10 Strategy and Tactics to realize Strategic Objectives 10 Marketing Strategy 11 Monitoring and Control 11 Ethical Issues including Legal and regulatory Issues 11 Corporate Social Responsibility 12 Conclusion 12

References 13

Executive Summary The Eco Food Company was incorporated in the year 2012 as an entity to provide eco-friendly and high-quality food to the consumers. The sales were executed against the orders gathered. However, with the help of its talented and dedicated staff, the organization was able to attain ...

English

Please Stop Your Aid in Enabling Others to Harm and be Cruel to Animals

I am writing on behalf of the animals that are sold at your store that are mistreated and kept in hazardous conditions by one of your major wildlife suppliers, Holmes Farms. Though this business is already under investigation thanks to PETA’s campaign against Holmes Farms and Petco has stated that they have cut ties with this supplier, your business has continued to do business with them. This mistreatment was discovered initially after an activist for PETA got a job at Holmes Farms and discovered ...

Defining the GIS system:

In the modern era of science and technology, GIS is a significant invention. GIS means Geographic Information System which is a type of computer system that captures, checks, stores, and displays data relevant to different positions on the surface of the Earth. The GIS system can present different types of data on a map. It helps people to easily view, read, and analyze the patterns and relationships; then it helps to understand the patterns and relationships of the data .

Data and GIS:

Different forms of data can be used into Geographic Information System (GIS). Data that exists in map-form can be used ...

Thesis and Outline: Industrialization after the Civil War

Thesis Statement An analysis of the period that followed the American Civil War reveals changes in the economic, political, and social spheres as the country shifted from an agrarian society to an industrial one.

Essay Outline

Factories emerged as the people shifted to an industrialized society. Before the American Civil War, industrialization was most prominent in the Northern States while the Southern economic backbone encompassed plantations. With the end of the war, the country’s economy changed as the Northerners’ influence spread beyond their States: “canal companies and later railway companies provided transport infrastructure” to aid the spread of businesses (More, ...

Abstract

After the 9/11 event agro-terrorism has continually been recognized as a national security threat. It aims at depriving citizens off the confidence they have in the government. The act also endangers human life as the contaminated food is unhealthy. Agriculture has much vulnerability and although it does not have the shocking factors as other terrorist strategies it may be used as a secondary target. The US not having been a victim of a large-scale, successful agro-terrorism attack is not a guarantee that the nation’s agricultural and food processing systems are secure. Many policies have been implemented and initiatives ...

Statistics show that a large number of workers employed in office settings resort to taking time off work some time in their career owing to their schedules which tend to have damaging effects on their physique. A number of studies have highlighted the negative impacts of jobs which limit movement and also reduce the chance of exercise leading to a number of skeletal and muscular symptoms in office workers. Studies show that with furniture that has been designed to impart a higher level of comfort and also through programs that guide employees to have correct posture, muscular and skeletal ...

Introduction

Until recently, genetic foods have become popular for their ability to address many production and quality issues faced by natural/organic farming methods. Genetically modified crops are those whose genetic makeup has been improved to enhance the level of nutrients, resistance to diseases, increase yields, adaptability to climatic factors, and reduce the time of production (Ronald & Adamchak, 2008). It is different from the conventional breeding because genetic modification allows introduction of genes from any organism (animal and plants) in altering crops whereas breeding allows transfer of genes across related species only. On the other hand, organic farming is a natural ...

Essay & Discussion

The Politics of Food, Nutrition and the Environment The family farm system has been suggested to be a solution to the increasing demand for food, which is expected to grow extensively by 2050 (AGree, 2014).Such projections are based on population growth which then inform the food needs on a global scale(AGree, 2014). Agricultural resources required to meet this demand are heavily reliant on policy and economic growth. Concerns of the negative consequences of the current agricultural system which relies heavily on technology and methods of production which harm our health and environment(Schlosser, 2012), has led to ...

The Fate of Greenland's Vikings by Dale Mackenzie Brown.

In 1721, Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary discovered that the Norse were no longer inhabiting the two settlements that they had established around 1000 A.D. Since then there has been many debates on the cause of their disappearance and decline. For long, the theories about their disappearance centered around the oral traditions of the Inuits. The Inuit tradition held that the demise of the Norse was due to the contact between the Inuit and the Norse which was often aggressive (Seaver 1996, 119). In recent years however, owing to expanding archaeological findings and other limited documentary evidence there have ...

In January 2014, Congress passed an act that would promote reform of agricultural programs in the United States which would become known as the Farm Bill (GPO.gov, 2014) and it was signed into law in February 2014 (NIFA.usda.gov, 2016). In addition to agricultural programs, the bill supports employment and research within the industry (YouTube, 2014). It also relegates funding for tribal institutions for Native Americans and black institutions such as Central State University in Ohio.

Evolution

The origin of the farm bill began in the 1920s as farmers faced drastically lower crop prices at the end of World War I ...

In closed societies, people’s economic, social and political personality is determined by their birth rather than their abilities and activities. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the validity of this view by critiquing the changes and modifications to political and economic standings of people in Tsarist Russia before, during and after the 1861 Emancipation Manifesto.

Russian Culture before the Emancipation Proposal

Russia’s history since the 16th Century involves of potentates who ruled through various alliances with nobles who controlled sub-units of the state and pledged allegiance to the monarch. The Russian nobility was made up of a number of serfdoms that ...

Section

Introduction Hawaii is located nearest the state of California. It is a state of the United States of America and is found East of Japan. It is made of various and numerous islands scattered throughout a slanted pattern . Hawaii is largely volcanic, having been formed due to eruptions which spanned hundreds and even thousands of years. The first island to have been formed is Kauai on the Northern region, whereas the youngest among them are the Hawaiian Islands, located on the Southern most part of the region .

Source: Google 2016

This American state has a total of 132 islands; most of it ...

Some places in Rwanda are prone to disasters. The most frequent natural disasters are floods and landslides, and both have a tremendous impact on human lives, property, infrastructure and the environment. For example, in May 2016, both disasters hit Gakenke and Muhanga, killing more than forty people. Rubavu and Ngororero were also hit, and seven people died in these places while others were left injured. Parts of Northern Rwanda are most susceptible to these disasters (REMA, 2011, 45). These include Rubavu Districts, Musanze, Nyabihu, and Burera. Although these are natural disasters, their magnitude is determined by a combination of ...

A History of Innovation

Tesla was founded in 2003 by engineers who wanted to capitalize on the growing market for electric vehicles (Tesla, 2016). Tesla was named after Nikolai Tesla, and the corporation uses several of his patents in the construction of its vehicles. Our major production was the Tesla Roadster, created in 2008. The Roadster could go from zero to sixty MPH in 3.7 seconds, making it one of the quickest vehicles on the market, let alone one of the fastest electric vehicles. The company would sell 2,400 of the Roadsters in total. In 2012, the company launched the Model S ...

The majority of energy used in the world consists of fossil fuels, such as oil and coal. However, at the current usage rates, the Earth will run out of fossil fuel, and the population will have an energy shortage. Many researchers are now looking into renewable sources of energy to combat the threat of exhaustion of our current energy sources. Renewable energy sources are ones that use the aspects of the Earth that cannot be consumed, and therefore, we would never be depleted. Waterfalls, wind, and solar power are three renewable sources of energy that people are using today. ...

If you pay attention to too much of the mass media, you might think that renewable energy is a pipe dream proposed to solve a nonexistent problem. After all, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, sat down with the editorial board of the Washington Post back in March and told them, “If you look, they had global cooling in the 1920s and now they have global warming, although now they don’t know if they have global warming” (Leber & Aldern 2016, web). Trump has even gone so far as to ...

One of the elements of globalization has been the disappearance of borders in terms of goods and services. This is most easily observed in with food. This paper will explore some of the benefits and disadvantages of our increasingly borderless society by analyzing its impacts on one meal The meal that will form the basis of analysis consisted of pork ribs, lotus root, broccoli, rice, and “Tieguanyin” tea. The lotus root, rice, pork ribs and tea were purchased at a local grocery store. The other items, namely, the broccoli and green beans were purchased at a local farmer’s ...

The Future of Food

Every Tuesday morning people would always be seen trekking towards the direction of the sunrise with their bags and some with cartons. To a visitor in the village, he or she would be confused and would think that the usual long line of people was going closer to the sun just to stare at its beauty. In the village, every morning the sun would always be seen up in the sky with beautiful horizon before it turns wild. None would be seen wasting time in the way as every footpath was marked in the same direction. Other paths in ...

ANSWER TO QUESTION 1

Introduction Biotechnology is an innovative field where biological processes are applied for the provision of genetic manipulation for microorganisms for the production and commercialisation of antibiotics and hormones amongst others. Biotechnology is a process whereby scientists use various aspects of technology to modify genes and microorganisms of living things in order to attain specific goals in the organism in which it is done. The preliminary elements of this course has shown that biotechnology is carried out in both applied and pure research. In applied research, biotechnology is used for the provision of various solutions like medicines, treatment for incurable ...

IT Incident Policy

1. Policy Statement The Wind Farm IT Office will ensure that it reacts appropriately to the release of any secure information, whether intentional or unintentional, within the custody or control of Wind Farms. 2. Purpose The aim of this policy is to ensure that Wind Farms IT Office’s response to any actual or suspected data breach of any relevant information, data, or files is timely, appropriate, and effective. 3. Objectives The object of this policy is to provide information, guidance, and assistance on what needs to be done in the event a data breach occurs at Wind Farms ( ...

Human Geographical Factors and Social Systems

Human Geography is defined as the activities of human beings and its impact on the society and the earth in general. Human geography is a key indicator and pointer that can and has been used to explain trends in societies and communities. According to Jared Diamond, societies and how they rise and collapse can be linked to a number of human geographic factors which influences the way societies are ran and can be analyzed. This is mainly due to the fact that society is based on livelihood and a reliance on the environment. Thus, human geography identifies these collective ...

The movie “The Patriot’, presents a fiction war film, which shows the life of an American man, who was forced to join the American Revolutionary War, upon the threats issued to his family. In the movie, various activities took place, which posed a significant danger to the lives of the American militia and the British soldiers as well. The fighting process claimed a large number of lives, of those who were in the war and those who were not even involved in the war. The movie shows various negative things which the British soldiers undergo. They lose the fight ...

Outside of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the most significant event of the Civil War wasn’t Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. General William Tecumseh Sherman launched total war by marching through Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, burning bridges and farms on their way. President Lincoln and General Grant needed the war to come to a quick end, and they supported more economical/psychological means of warfare. Sherman’s plan was approved, and he captured Atlanta in November. Sherman then had a difficult choice to make. He was supposed to turn north and pin General Lee’s troops after continuing south, but was ...

Nowadays the problem of animal slaughtering is becoming more and more pressing. More and more people around the world make a choice to become vegan and not to be a consumer of the industry that promotes cruelty. However, the demand for meat and products of animal origin is still very high. The rights of animals are not preserved to the extent they should be. People forget that animals are living beings and that they can feel pain and suffering just as humans do. If people do not want to give up food they should reduce their consumption of any ...

Executive Summary:

The competition in the market is growing and energy sector is not an exception. The saturation of the players is high and thus the intensity of competition is high. Windflow is a Company that has been serving its client since a long time; however the Company has not been able to set any competitive advantage in relation to the industry. In this scenario on the business level, there are two open options for the business. They are either to enter into a new market category or to create a unique strategy of positioning in the market. There are two ...

One of the reasons that persons loyal to the Crown accepted the chance to settle in given areas of North America such as Canada and the different states of the United States is the economic potential of the regions. Despite the people who had declared loyalty to the crown having the chance to be leaders in the regions they were attached in, resettling in areas with more potential than others was always an endearing for settlers to move to the different parts of the colony. The Upper Canada region is one of the areas in which most poor people ...

Question 2

Forms of slave trade resistance Resistance to the slavery act was put in a number of ways, all of which led to the abolition of the slavery as an institution in the American system during the second half of the 19th century. The slavery resistance was confronted on two main arms of resistance. The first arm is the slaves themselves. The second arm consisted of the abolitionists, who persistently called for the slave trade to come to an end in a more louder and forceful way within the last two decades of the 18th century. The Africans showed resistance ...

The Black Death was a plague that flowed over the continents of the world over a period of , but the major outbreak in Europe was a three year time span from 1347 to 13501; there were further resurgences of the epidemic with complete eradication not occurring until the 19th century. Had the initial devastation of demographics been isolated, Europe would probably have recovered fairly quickly. However, repeated surges of decimating epidemics continued to inflict damage for years. For example, England continued to suffer from large numbers of citizen deaths for approximately another 30 years. The population was depleted by ...

Analysis of the Documentary Food, Inc. through the Lens of Ethical Theories and Ideas

Some may wonder whether the food choice is an ethical issue. After all, we make these choices at least three times a day and our individual decisions influence the global industry of food growth, production and processing. As Jones, Cardinal and Hayward remind us, we exist in society and are connected to other people. This is why our choices, in our case, the food choices, affect other people, and their decisions influence us as well (2006, p. 3). Various theories of ethics propose different ways of viewing the problems of food production and consumption and seek solutions in distinct ...

My personal values include a high-level environmental awareness and a desire to safeguard the environment for future generations. This will guide my research concerning the underappreciated impact of wind farms on bats and birds. The increasing awareness of environmental issues, especially in the energy field has led to the emergence of wind turbines as an environment-friendly source of energy. However, the wind farms have been recorded having an adverse effect on birds and bats in their region. As such, this paper argues that with greater awareness being raised regarding this issue facing wind turbines, a scientists and turbine companies ...

According to Schlosser (2002), the emergence of the fast-food industry in the US and the subsequent emergence of powerful multibillion dollar food flavoring companies have adversely impacted on the American potato farmers in various ways. The contribution of these large firms to the decline of agriculture in rural American and the ensuing conflicts may well be explained using the sociological conflicts and symbolic interaction theories. The multinational corporations or companies running America’s most lucrative fast food industry have infiltrated every aspect of traditional agriculture and introduced a modern concept of agribusiness, thus gaining control over the American agriculture, ...

In the early American families, “children were expected to be guided by their parents’ wishes in their matches” (Coontz, 2015, p. 41). Although that statement refers to the matches in marriage, the parents had control over all aspects of their children’s lives, and they would get married to have children so that they can use their help. Specifically, children would work on the farm and help father run family businesses from an early age so that they could carry on providing for the family once their parents became weak with age. In the late 18th and early 19th ...

The Dominican immigration narrative is one driven by diverse factors and for a foreign born, the history is an enticing one on how we arrived in the United States. Universal history dictates that the immigration happened in four distinguishable groups: the "Trujillo era" (1930 – 1960), the "post–Trujillo era" (1961 – 1981), the "flotilla" group (1982 – 1986), and the "post–flotilla" group (1983 – present) (Torres-Saillant and Hernández, 12). Many of the Dominicans have a history that supersedes the current reasons for immigration, and every family has a history. This history goes back to the days when working the farms ...

Introduction

The history of Haiti immediately after the revolution period was not an easy one because of the preceding events. This country was literally in shambles and everything was in a mess starting from the farms together with the crops. Skilled labor from other countries had either left, dead, or had fled due to the way they were treated at this time as slaves while others might have gone into hiding. Those who were former slaves and were now free were not ready to work on other people’s farms. At the same time, there was great fear that France ...

A Fossil fuel power station is a plant location where fossil fuels are burned producing electricity. Such fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas, and coal. There are power plants which are designed for continuous operations for large scale purposes called central station fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel plants in many countries are used in the provision of electricity. They have machines for conversion of heat energy from combustion of fossil fuels into mechanical energy that operates an electrical generator producing electric currents (Camus et al. 154). The Samso Island is planning to exhaust the application of fossil fuels ...

Windmills have been widely used since thousands of years to pump water for agricultural purposes, propel ships and grind grains. As civilizations advanced, other convenient sources of energy replaced wind energy. Currently, fossil fuels that include coal, oil and natural gas fulfill the energy needs of nations across the world. These fuel sources are responsible for polluting the environment through the emission of hydrocarbons that cause global warming and various other environmental hazards. Also, these non-renewable energy sources are much limited and continue to deplete from the face of the earth. Therefore, wind energy that can be tapped conveniently ...

Finance

Executive Summary With growing concerns related to climate change, the farming profession is exposing the farmers to significant risk of low yields or other crop related failure. Moreover, with weather trend highly unpredictable, farmers always live under the cloud of high uncertainty relating to their livelihood. Therefore, farmers are understanding the significance of crop insurance and how these contracts mitigate the risk factor associated with the farming profession. Important to note, American farmers have two insurance options: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance(MPCI) and Crop-Hail Insurance. While the MPCI is a federal crop insurance program and is run through public-private ...

Since the industrial revolution – an era known for the peak of coal combustion to supply the energy requirements of mechanically evolving world – humankind has been relying on fossil fuels for the majority of energy. However, although the fossil fuel production is at the point of exhaustion, the world, in general, still is experiencing energy shortages, which is almost always associated with high energy prices (Pimentel 1). Furthermore, environmentalists advocate for cleaner energy source, such as the renewable energy sources, as an alternative to fossil fuel due to the fact that the fossil fuel itself, as well as the production ...

Traditionally, animals have been assumed to respond to changes in the environment the same way as humans do. This assumption has been continuously used for product testing, research, and educating of living animals. Animal experimentation is done in a broad range of environments, including agricultural facilities, universities, hospitals and independent laboratories. This technique is used to assess the safety of the products such as cosmetics, chemicals medical services, and household products. However, animal-based testing methods have failed the human needs due to varied reactions of various animal species to these commodities. Moreover, the methodology has received severe criticism from ...

Introduction

The Ottoman Empire was ruled from the top by a Sultan. A collection of taxes was an eternal problem in this empire so they came up with a tax farming system whereby tax collectors were employed to collect taxes in the entire empire. The system brought about various mistreatments and the poorest received very heavy tax burdens, they did not have the capability of avoiding taxes or bribe off the tax collectors. A segment of the population lived under the millet system and it consisted of the Jews, Christians and Religious minorities who run their own schools, local communities ...

The industrial economy was significant in that it precipitated the world's improvement in economic productivity. Before the industrial economy, many people were nomadic pastoralists, and they majorly practiced animal husbandry and agriculture. The Industrial economy started in the 1700s and ended in 1800s. This was an experienced to the European countries and other countries all over the world. The industrial revolution was significant in that it extended life, improve the material wealth and also resulted in powerful social change. The centuries-old class structure in Europe was undermined and reorganized to provide philosophical worldview of the West. Before the industrial ...

Increasing Access and Use of Local Certified Farmers’ Markets:

Abstract The Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants, and Children provides healthy foods, nutritional education and certain referral services to low-income pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children up to age five. Groundbreaking modifications in 2009 added cash vouchers for fruits and vegetables to WIC’s approved foods list. While these vouchers are redeemable at local Certified Farmers’ Markets, research in California exposed specific barriers to WIC participants utilizing this option. Our proposal addresses the three main deterrents to redeeming vouchers at local farmers’ markets, including: (1) lack of transportation, CFM in close proximity or knowledge of CFM location, (2) ...

Define the differences in the “push”, “passage”, and “pull” factors of three different immigrant groups which come to America between 1607 and 1830? Use testimonies from the various websites provided in the first three weeks of readings which illustrate individuals from these groups. Also, are there any testimonies which present how the resident Anglo-Americans feel about subsequent groups which came to America, especially after the Revolution? (For example, what does Benjamin Franklin think about German immigrants and their presence in Pennsylvania?) There were four waves of immigration into America. The first one took place between 1790 and 1820. The ...