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Essays 211 - 240

Why Farm Subsidies Hurt Everyone

this is good for the U.S. economy, but it is argued that farm stipends from the U.S. government hurt global farmers. How is this t...

African-Americans and Reconstruction

organizations as the Freedmens Bureau and "Northern benevolent societies," and "after 1868, state governments" (Building the black...

The Environment in Literature: Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism and the Concept of Dwelling

That is, non-ecocritics appear to be uncomfortable with criticism that acknowledges the fact that it is possible the natural world...

Construction of Njal's Saga

sections of the saga. For example, an analysis of the section detailing Thangbrands mission and the passages that deal with jurid...

Lowell System

single location" (Francis Lowell, 2001). Contemporary commentary on the way in which Lowells first factory seemed to spring up ov...

The Development of Modern Europe

the advent of machines (Fuller, 1987). Machines did change the way that workers lived. These workers had been transformed psycholo...

Small Businesses ; Partnership with Larger Businesses

produce to local buyers. . Each of these may be seen as placing the firm at a disadvantage due to the nature of the trading relat...

Steven R. Hoffbeck's The Haymakers

people who have persevered throughout farming history in the nation. In so many instances it seems that the nation forgets these p...

Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture

perfected and honed that it will become more evident and easier to predict how living entities act and react to certain environmen...

Manmade Wetlands and Hog Farming

on site as is electricity. The site is of added attraction in that it is intersected by a major highway and thus transportation c...

Ireland's Wind Farms and Planning Permission Difficulties

should not be erected where they may "adversely impact on residential or visual amenities or archaeological heritage or where site...

Salmon Farming in the United States

as a means of removing the pressure from: "wild fish stocks, while addressing the growing...

Uses of Satire in Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

great inner pain and conflict as does Flora. She refuses to give in to the superstitions which seem to govern the lives of her rel...

History of Soil Erosion and Conservation Efforts

16th century, they brought with them plows and livestock. Until the publication of a study in 1993 indicating otherwise, it had b...

Hobsbaum and Scot on Bureaucracy, Prosperity, and Peace

them. But the threat of nuclear annihilation itself was enough of a deterrence on both sides of the ocean. But Hobsbaum po...

Child Labor Practices Among Farm Workers in Florida

Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Smith, 1995). At the same time, children who work all around the nation are being either hurt or kill...

New York's Orange County and Farming

people make a living there. However, about 10.5% of the community lives below the poverty line (2005). Also, it should be noted t...

California's Migrant Mexican Farm Workers

CUOM, which is a group of Mexican workers who worked in the Imperial Valley (2005). In 1933, a strike was called and three quarte...

U.S. FARM SUBSIDIES AND MACROECONOMIC IMPACT

a lot more than $1,000 per year. The idea of subsidies is an interesting contrast to what standard economics dubs as suppl...

Ethnobotany in Belize

patients with locally grown trees, roots, plants, and shrubs for more than 2,000 years with more than 950 species from which to dr...

The Farm As A Natural Habitat

point out that the little bit of nature that is left is being consistently squeezed out and pesticides spread beyond the crops the...

The Problem of Energy Security

The writer looks at the concept and problems associated with energy security. The influences including but not limited potential d...

Injustices against California Farm Workers

some very difficult times over the years, but recent labor laws/civil rights that were passed in their favor have helped ease some...

Of Mice and Men/Symbolism

55). The appeal of this dream attracts the interest of both Crooks and Candy, who would also like to be part of the dream, as it...

Natural Art and the Photography of Sally Mann

passions for nature and photography. Dr. Mungers photographic collection included several shots of a nude young Sally playing out...

Farming, An Occupational Health Assessment

population" (Nyman, Butterfield and Shreffler-Grant, 2009, p. 282). Description of farming: Farming is "more than a business; i...

FARM FINANCIAL STANDARDS COUNCIL: CASE STUDY

their own equipment as well. Cost centers can help better determine which piece of equipment has the most use (and which, in turn,...

Strategies for Capay Valley Grown and Capay Valley Naturals

others, half of the respondents put forward the view that there was no way they believe their experience as a CVG partner could be...

Organic Farming vs Non-Organic

way into the heart of farming in the last few decades and have become the norm there. These include everything from the use of ge...

IS ORGANIC BETTER: THE ARGUMENT FOR MORE ORGANIC FOODS AND FARMS

more concerned about their childrens nutrition. Is what their children getting in the local supermarket versus Whole Foods worse f...