Essays on Organic farming

Bottom line, going green can cultivate anew. The public is constantly bombarded with the idea that organic products are better. Perhaps this is true, but maybe it is brilliant marketing simply selling a status symbol. Envy can come from a neighbor’s luscious, organically grown front yard to the hybrid vehicle a co-worker drives, to the…

La Hacienda Musa was located far away from Leuven, Belgium. However, Maria Keller easily adjusted to the change. Maria had dedicated twenty years to studying banana genetics at the Laboratory of Tropical Crops, which was the global hub for banana research at the Catholic University of Leuven. During her time there, Maria became knowledgeable about…

Nowadays, risks of health and the well-being of humans are becoming uncountable. This is mainly due to the consumption of the unhealthy processed food. GMO’s are genetically modified organisms that are mostly harmful for the human-being. Nowadays people are redirecting to the old habits of surviving on gardening and farming. They are said to reclaim…

The potato, as Michael Pollen describes in The Botany of Desire, has been transformed through artificial selection from a small node to a well-nourishing potato. He attempts to analysis the spud from his New Leaf potato garden from the perspective of the plant while all the while entertaining the idea that plants and people have…

One may question the reason behind the high rates of obesity in the United States. Despite the emphasis on organic foods, this issue continues to persist. The main factor responsible for this is the costliness of organic products, which many people cannot afford due to limited budgets caused by the current economic situation. Another contributing…

Factory farming Imagine this factory farmed animals crammed thousands into dirty, windowless sheds and confined to wire cages and gestation crates. what sense would be affected first? smell- horrible, rotten, death, the sound of squealing in fear. This is a typical factory farms. I strongly believe that factory farms should be illegal. In my report…

The organic system of farming dates back to about one hundred years ago. The term organic farm was first used in the UK by albert howard to differentiate it from chemical farming. Essentially, organic farming is self sufficient and flourishes without additives such as fertilizers, seeds, and feeds. It is a agroecosystem that promotes and…

INTRODUCTION Green lifestyle is any action or activity that results in a positive impact, to any degree, on the environment so that the planet can continue to support future generations. The practice of green living minimizes or eliminates toxins (poisons) from our environment as well as reducing and eliminating purely destructive habits. The goal and…