Carrots are one of the ten most economically important vegetable crops in the world(Simon et.al|2008).In 2014‚ world production of carrots (combined with turnips) was 38.8 million tonnes. Carrot is a nutritious vegetable and contains a good amount of vitamin K and vitamin B6. In this report‚ Life Cycle Assessment of Carrots is conducted‚ which involves all stages from cradle-to-gate. A Life Cycle Assessment report according to the ISO 14044 standard comprises of four major elements: 1) Goal and
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Alfalfa harvesting in each reaping will also cause flixweed eradication and it can be very effective on reduction in flixweed density. If alternation and repetition of eradicating go along with actions such as herbicides application‚ can increase the effectiveness of weed control. Ghorbani et al. in (2009) reliedon the issue also stated that harvesting and eradicating accompanied with using chemical pesticides will increase the ability of weed control. The two weed types‚ bitter and normal flixweed
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Food shortage‚ world hunger‚ an starvation have been a big problem for the world. Scientist are trying to grab a hold of these problems before matters get any worse. Food shortage‚ world hunger‚ and starvation are three reasons as to why scientists have decided to modify foods. GM foods are a new genetically modified way to "improve" crop production‚ but these new improvements are not as helpful as scientists planned them to be. GM foods should play no role in the global food supply because GM foods
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Wal-mart foreign expansion Wal-mart is the world’s largest retailer. The company employs some 1.8million people‚operates3‚900 stores in the united states and 2‚700 in the rest of the world‚ and generated sales of $345 billion in the fiscal year ending january31‚2007. some $77billion of these sales wrer generated in 15 nations out side of the united states. Facing a slowdown in growth in the united states‚ wal-mart began its international expansion in the early 1900s when it entered mexico‚ teaming
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As far as sustainability‚ they have been exploring other ways to increase this such as using discarded corn seed (seed that does not pass their quality standards) for fuel to produce steam energy for their Muscatine‚ Illinois plant and this resulted in a significant cost savings each year. In 2014 alone‚ they have saved approximately $1.6 million in energy and disposal costs and have reduced their carbon footprint by reducing their CO2 levels by 17‚000 and SO2 levels by 61 tons. They also continue
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Dogs experience many of the same health problems that humans do. They can develop diabetes‚ heart problems‚ kidney failure‚ and obesity. But the most common health condition that they get is constipation. Constipation is when the stools become so hardened that they cannot pass out of the body with ease. If a dog has hardened stools for one or two days‚ it poses no health risk to them. But if the condition continues for any longer than this‚ it can cause a bowel obstruction that can be very dangerous
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A few pros would have to be‚ Foods can be modified to have more essential vitamins and nutrients‚ or simply taste better. By doing this‚ the increase in variety‚ and convenience for foods allows others to get their needed vitamins‚ and nutrients from just plants rather than having to buy supplements. Genetically modified foods are part of our daily diet and reassuringly enough appear to be quite healthy for us. Some would see this as a plus because everyone is looking for new ways to be healthier
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Genetic engineering is the incorporation of a new gene into another organism’s genome for a certain benefit which may include treatment of diseases‚ manufacturing of drugs‚hormones etc.‚ and production of foods.It started in early 1900’s‚ but scientists at that time did not practice ethics but as time went by ethical issues were addressed with the evolution of International organizations such as the United Nations. lt has been beneficiary to our society especially in the food production industries
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Over the years Americans have become passive consumers. The majority of our population consumes food without knowing what it contains or how the food is prepared prior to its distribution to the American people. The various selections we have in grocery stores‚ such as the availability of fruits and vegetables that were once unattainable year round‚ amaze many people‚ but what they do not know is that in order for this to be possible‚ products are genetically modified. Besides GMO’s‚ many products
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Soleil Navarro College Prep Mr. Pohl April 14‚ 2017 Monoculture is bad Wondering about how our food is farmed isn’t a popular thing to do. I personally had never thought of the process until I read an article on the effects of monoculture. This made me realize that to get food for today we may be destroying the world tomorrow. By this I mean that the easy process of monoculture to yield large amounts of food is actually hurting us. When people think food they never quite stop
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