Mrs. Mercer Hon. English 1 13 February 2012 Organic Farming “Pesticide residues have been ranked among the top three environmental cancer risks by the American government” (Cleeton). This startling statistic fuels some of the arguments between organic farming and conventional farming. Although organic products cost more‚ they have many benefits to humans and rural societies. Organic farming is better than conventional farming because of the benefits to the natural environment‚ the methods
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1) Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops‚ using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors. Food production is increased but there are unwelcome side effects. 2) Prevents energy being transferred from the crop to consumers. Reduces biodiversity. May poison helpful organisms. 3) Chemical insecticides (which kill insect pests). Herbicides which kill plants or weeds. 4) Ground water contamination: Chemicals can reach underground aquifers if there is persistent
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Vertical farming is cultivating plant or animal life within skyscrapers or on vertically inclined surfaces. The idea of a vertical farm has existed at least since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A vertical farm would be a large‚ independently operating structure centrally located in a major city. It would feature two multi-storey‚ skyscraper-like buildings working together- one to manage food production with nutrient film techniques‚ and another to manage waste through living machines and generate
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON ANKOLE CATTLE IN UGANDA BY DR BAMEKA‚ RONALD Abstract The study set out to assess the extent to which indigenous knowledge is used in selection of the productive characteristics of Ankole cattle. The diversity of indigenous Ankole cattle breed is being reduced through replacement by indiscriminate importation of exotic breeds of higher economic potential or crossbreeding with exotic breeds. Moreover‚ such exotic breeds have been selected on the basis of a limited
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DETAILED PROJECT REPORT DAIRY FARMING Submitted by: ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………. HI - TECH COMMERCIAL DAIRY Hi-Tech commercial Dairy as a new plan scheme is proposed to be implemented in the State starting from the year 2008-09. The scheme in principle stands approved by the Govt. It will be the part of the existing scheme of self employment and will be implemented with additional funds to be provided under the head and the detail of the scheme is as under:It
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International Livestock Research Institute www.ilri.org ILRI Better lives through livestock Fodder beet (Beta vulgaris) for livestock feed Objective on small-scale farms To provide palatable and high energy feed for livestock with nutritive value similar to cereal grains Description • Fodder beet is a biennial plant with thick roots and is cultivated in a cooler climate • The roots are a rich energy source for livestock • Fodder beet needs a long growing season‚ 6–7 months
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Through the many packaged and wrapped meats‚ people go through everyday‚ there was bloodshed in an immoral manner. Business and industries have done a good job of keeping such methods in the shadows. It couldn’t be more clear to me that factory farming not only paves the way for animals abuse‚ environmental pollution‚ and low quality food‚ yet can even be harmful to the consumers themselves‚ and for
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Factory Farming: Cruel or Not? Have you ever thought about where your food‚ mainly meat‚ milk‚ and eggs in this particular case‚ comes from? To keep up with the abundant demand for food in today’s world people are always looking for ways to better supply that demand. Factory farming is a farm where animals are raised on a large scale using intensive methods and modern equipment. This method is cruel to animals for many reasons‚ such as very small living space‚ poor diet‚ numerous forms of abuse
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Marketing Feasibility Page 1 A. General Market Description : Under this section of the proposed project‚ the viability of the project will be presented. Geographical Location The primary target market will be household family that are located within the city of Baguio and La Trinidad ‚ Benguet. The products to be produced will be reaching out to the urban areas of said cities. Both urban areas having a cool temperature is conducive to the project’s organic vegetables namely
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sixty pounds. In 1966 is where the pigs would weigh much less than today("Factory Farming"). Many of the animals who are inhabited in factory farms are severely abused and people should recognize this because nowadays‚ animal rights activists are making animals equal to humans. If a human was being abused like an animal‚ that would be considered a problem‚ but animals are equal to us‚ so they should
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