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Factory Farming, 2008.
An analysis of the negative effects of factory farming on the environment and the health of the general population.
918 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses factory farming, which is a relatively new way of producing food at a lower cost. The paper explains that the aims of factory farming is to produce as much meat in as little time as possible and as cheaply as possible. The paper then discusses the reasons that factory farming is having a profoundly negative effect on our environment and the health of the general population.
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"Factory farming is an inhumane and environmentally reckless way to produce food. For years factory farming has been steadily evolving into larger and more concentrated operations. These operations pollute the areas around them making those areas uninhabitable to people while driving smaller family farms out of business. Lately there has also been new evidence linking the constant low doses of antibiotics the animals receive to new strains of multi-antibacterial resistant strains of bacteria and avian flu. As a result of factory farming Americans have cheaper more abundant access to food but at a very high cost, costs that have yet to be fully realized."
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Factory Farming, 2007.
This paper argues that factory farming is immoral and should not be continued in the United States.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that "factory farming" is a commonly used term in the agricultural business, which is associated with the mass production of goods such as meat, eggs, milk and other related products. The author points out that this new assembly line style of farming may produce exceptional revenue and profit for farmers but it comes at a great cost to the animals, the environment and most of all to the consumers. The paper relates that factory farming creates conditions that spread diseases, which can transfer to humans such as pfiesteria from fish. The paper includes several quotations.
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"Secondly, factory farms are producing meat so that we won't grow hungry, although the quality of the meat and the production process is slowly killing us and the environment. Producing and cramming massive numbers of animals into these small factory farm warehouses causes' disease and pollution. "Alberta's Feedlot Alley, which produces untreated waste from 1.3 million animals that is the sewage equivalent for a population of eight million people [...]" This sewage is damaging fertile soil used for planting and the condition of water that sustains life."
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Factory Farming in the United States, 2009.
A discussion on factory farming practices in the United States.
1,641 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper takes a look at the practice of factory farming in the United States. While the paper concedes that these new age farms have found innovative ways to produce meat and food for the increasing demand, the methods involved, crowded conditions, and problems caused to the environment are less than beneficial. The author describes how the factory farms have deteriorated the environment by polluting waterways and producing greenhouse gases as well as the unnatural and overcrowded conditions that livestock now live in. The paper also mentions the additional health problems that humans will encounter as we eat the products from these farms and fill our bodies with unnatural bi-products. In closing, the author urges the public to stop destroying the environment by overconsumption and to support free range farmers.
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"The United States livestock industry is certainly not the shining example of how animals should be treated, but it is certainly a vital part of agriculture in this country. There has been a major shift in the way livestock is produced and grown in the last several decades. Small family farms have been replaced by large corporately owned factory farms. These new age farms have caused major problems for our environment, our health, and our animals. Huge factory farms have become the predominant method of raising livestock, and the crowded conditions in these facilities have caused water and air pollution, caused health problems, and caused harm to overall public health. There is no doubt that these farms have found innovative ways to produce meat and food for our increasing demand, but these ways are simply not healthy for humans, animals, and the earth."
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The Dangers of Factory Farming, 2009.
A persuasive essay against factory farming and its damaging effects on animals, people and the environment.
3,398 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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The paper explains factory farming to be an environmentally destructive way of producing food at a lower cost. The paper discusses the toxic runoff and the lagoons that store waste disposal and shows how they harm the environment. The paper paints a vivid picture of the cruel treatment of pigs and cows and reveals the abundant use of hormones and antibiotics given to cows, as well as the shocking types of foods cattle are being fed. The paper thus shows how factory farming has damaging effects on our environment as well as on our health.
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"Factory farming is an environmentally destructive way of producing food at a lower cost for food manufacturers that has recently been developed within the last fifty years. The environmental, social and moral consequences of creating food in this harmful way have recently been the target of scrutiny from the American public as well as many other populations across the world. Industrial agriculture and factory farming methods vary depending on what type of meat and or product is being produced, but the general objective of these industries share a common goal: to produce as much product in as little time possible with as little effort and money spent in the process. Factory farming has had negative effects on not only the health of the animals themselves, but the communities, landscapes and cultures surrounding them as well."
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Migrant Farming, 2004.
This paper looks at the current state of migrant farming in the U.S. and California.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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The writer looks at the subject of migrant farm laborers in this article. The current state of migrant farming in the United States and California is discussed. The writer takes a general look at the migrant farm-working industry, paying particular attenion, with a specific focus on California.
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"Migrant farm labor has been the seamy underside to American capitalism for centuries. However the size and color of the agricultural work force has changed over the past fifty years in the United States shifting from family and local community members to predominately Hispanic seasonal migrant workers. Since the Mexicans can be found picking citrus fruit in Florida, harvesting tobacco in North Carolina, collecting mushrooms in Pennsylvania, tending poultry in Maine, packing orchard crops in Washington, cleaning fish in Alaska and working in the slaughter houses in Iowa, while continuing their ... "
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Organic Farming: Advantages and Disadvantages, 2008.
An analysis of whether organic farming is a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses the debate over organic farming and discusses the advantages and disadvantages that are associated with it. The paper specifically focuses on whether organic farming is a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production and looks at whether the method should be improved and expanded on over the coming years.
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"In conclusion, organic farming has been proven to be a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production and should be improved and expanded over the coming years. Improving and expanding organic farming is becoming increasingly necessary because food contamination, pollution, biodiversity declines, and deteriorating working conditions for farmers demonstrate that the world must develop a much more sustainable approach to agriculture.
"Critics claim that organic farming is not viable, primarily because it reduces crop yields and is inefficient in a variety of ways. But fallacious logic can be seen in many of their arguments, for study after study has shown that organic farming actually increases crop yields. This evidence refutes the primary argument of critics, many of whom are not objective anyway because they are affiliated with agribusiness conglomerates which profit from conventional farming and which are opposing organic farming simply because it reduces their business profits."
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Emu Farming, 2002.
A look at marketing strategies for emu farming in order to capture the alternative meats market during the holiday season.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 20 sources, $ 151.95
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This paper addresses these issues in developing a marketing strategy for Roy Harper, an investor who is currently backing three emu farms with a yield of approximately one hundred birds per farm per year and how he can utilize the current state of the alternative meats market.
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"The Farming of Bones", 2006.
This paper analyzes "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat and his vivid portrayal of suffering and mass murder.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses " The Farming of Bones" and examines how Edwidge Danticat produces a powerful and lyrical work that explores the suffering and mass murder of Haitians unfortunate enough to live and work in the Dominican Republic during the heyday of Dictator Rafael Trujillo in the late 1930s. Among the many powerful evocations in the work is Danticat's haunting use of the concept of remembrance. In her case she uses the idea of memory and loss to evoke an aching reminder of all those whose lives were taken, but who have now been lost to the mists of time.
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"Farming of the Bones", 2002.
This paper reviews ?Farming of the Bones,? by Edwidge Danticat, presenting a literary analysis discussing one of the elements in the novel as it relates to theme.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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An analysis of this novel with the backdrop of the Haitian massacres that took place in 1937 in the Dominican Republic. It provides a personal description of the author and links her experiences to the plot in the novel. The paper focuses on the main character of the story and how she tries to find some sense, logic or explanation which she witnessed during the massacre period.
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"The author, Edwidge Danticat, grew up in Haiti. Her mother had to leave her and her brother behind when Danticat was four, so she could join her husband in the U.S. She could not join her parents until she was twelve, and when she first came to the country, she could not speak any English. Her books relate many of her own experiences, as well as the people of her native country. ?Farming of the Bones? is her second book."
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'Farming the Home Place', 2006.
A discussion regarding the Japanese immigrants who were tilling the American land, before and after internment in the US.
947 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the immigrant Japanese population within the United States who worked in agriculture in 1909. The paper discusses the discrimination and hardships these Japanese farmers faced in the USA. The paper also takes a look at the book 'Farming the Home Place' by Valerie Matsumoto which talks about the life of the immigrant Japanese farmer pre, post and during their internment.
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"The key to the community' survival during the leanest years of early economic development, a time of toil, lean meals of miso soup, and constant anxiety about economic survival was a strong sense of community involvement and common ethnic solidarity in an otherwise hostile land. The land was harsh in terms of its arid ecology and also in terms of how other Americans regarded these farmers as outsiders and interlopers. The Cortez Growers Association (CGA) provided some community structure and cohesion to the life of the farmers. Membership in the organization was contingent upon board approval and the payment of fifty dollars. From its origins, it evolved into a diversified structure, encompassing the marketing of produce, the shipping of goods, the purchase of farm supplies on a collective basis, even the drying of fruit. (Matsumoto, p.49; 53) However, far beyond a purely business related collective of farmers, the CGA created an important cultural institution. It staged traditional Noh plays for the community and provided English language and Sunday school instruction, although some members of the community retained their devout Buddhism, despite the efforts of Christian missionaries. The CGA showed how these farmers could retain their Japanese culture and still function as loyal Americans."
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Organic Farming in Australia, 2001.
A discussion of the management styles used by organic farmers in Australia.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines the systems of management and authority practiced in Australia with regard to organic farming. In order to be considered a registered organic farmer, strict rules need to be followed. This paper discusses these regulations and interviews individual farmers about their reactions and attitudes.
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"The attitudes that prevail in organic farming in Australia are not surprising if we look to other work on broad dimensions of Australian culture, dimensions that we should certainly expect to see reflected in management style. One such index to cultural dimensions that is widely used is Hofstede?s dimensions. Hofstede created a quantitative method for measuring aspects of culture that extend widely across different arenas such as a value for individualism as opposed to collectivism and ?masculine? as opposed to ?feminine? traits."
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Precision Farming & Global Positioning Systems, 1996.
Use & effectiveness of satellite technology in development of modern agricultural techniques.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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"This research examines the impact of global positioning systems (GPSs) on precision farming. In the discussions that follow both GPS and precision farming are defined, non-agricultural applications of GPS are reviewed, the development of precision farming is traced, contemporary applications of GPS to precision farming are examined, and the future relationship between GPS and precision farming is considered.
Defining GPS and Precision Farming
Global positioning systems use satellite technology (Precision farming offers, 1995, p. 15). The primary system now in use is a network of military satellites that is used to determine ..."
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Farm Welfare Program, 2003.
Examines the history of federal support for farming and its effectiveness.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines the history of federal support for farming and analyzes how effective it has been. The historical and economic background of the current crisis in American farming is also examined. The paper looks at the impact of the Grange movement, the Dust Bowl catastrophe, poor farming and land management methods and federal subsidies to farmers.
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"We tend to think of the current crisis faced by American farmers in which each year farmers are forced to leave a profession and a calling that their families have often practiced for generations sometimes ..."
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The Farm Service Agency, 2002.
An introduction to the Farm Service Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1,499 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper provides an insight into the Farm Service Agency which was established in 1994, essentially as a continuation of the former Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). It examines how the ASCS had long been administered by the Farmer's Home Administration (FmHA), a Depression-era agency which managed farm loans. It looks at how farm loan programs were created in response to well-established characteristics of agriculture-- the uncertainties of weather and other factors that influence crop prices, the need of farmers for operating loans and the tendency of farm commodities to come on the market all at one time (e.g., harvest time), with a resultant glut effect on prices.
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Introduction
Overview of the Farm Service Agency
Mission of the FSA with Respect to Agriculture
Organization of the FSA
Sources of Loan Funds
Relationships to Funding Sources
Loans and Terms Offered
Purposes and Types of Loans
Example Loan Program
Amounts of Loans
Maturities of Loans
Repayment Terms
Loan Costs (Interest Rates, Fees, etc.)
Types of Loan Programs
What the Agriculture Industry Should Know about the FSA
The FSA in Oklahoma
References
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"The FSA is organized into and administered through so-called County Offices, though each office may be responsible for several adjacent counties. Individual County Offices are staffed primarily by employees who formerly served in the ASCS. In addition, however, some offices have an Agricultural Loan Officer attached, or have regular scheduled appointment hours with a visiting Agricultural Loan Officer. The Southwest Farm Advisor (1999) online fact sheet recommends that borrowers try to work directly with the Agricultural Loan Officer, since the ex-ASCS staff members at County Offices "simply are not up to speed" on current loan procedures."
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The Economy of Orwell?s ?Animal Farm?, 2002.
An economic analysis of George Orwell's satirical novel "Animal Farm".
865 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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George Orwell wrote ?Animal Farm? as a political satire on Soviet communism. It relates the history of Soviet communism through the events on a farm actioned by the farm animals and the human beings they interact with. This paper explores the economic perspective of this novel, specifically what economic system operated on the farm, how this economic system operated and whom the system benefitted (or placed at a disadvantage). The paper shows that by studying the novel with these parameters in mind, one can obtain a comprehensive understanding of Orwell?s opinions on the economics of communism and totalitarianism.
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"This leads into the second question of how this economy is sustained. In the beginning, when the animals rebel against their human master and institute Old Major?s utopia (Old Major died three days after he related his idea to the animals), each animal assumes a role within the community for the betterment of their entire animal society. Snowball (one of the pigs) takes on the role of primary educator and teaches the other animals to read regardless of what kind of animal they are. Napoleon educates a group of puppies on the merits of Animalism, the new doctrine as professed by Old Major and designed to guide the actions of the inhabitants of Animal Farm. Boxer, the cart-horse uses his strength and dedicated work ethic to contribute to the flourishing of the farm, adopting as his personal creed ?I will work harder.? "
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