Adaptations Incorporation : The Organization's Community Contributions

Over the last few years, awareness of organic food has risen. Due to this, the demand for organic food is a factor which is influencing the farmers to switch to use this technique, and it is being sold in specialty stores and conventional supermarkets. Organic products contain numerous marketing claims that it is healthier, it offers more value, and the farming is more environmentally friendly than traditional foods, so, how does one determine if organic is the way to go? Some argue that there is evidence that supports and demonstrates why organic foods and farming are better overall, while others insist that conventional foods and agriculture can offer the same benefits as going organic. There is no right or wrong answer. Within this

As an alternative to the industrial food chain which is now prevail in the US, the organic food chain emphasis that “nature rather than the machine should supply the proper model for agriculture” (Pollan 131). The idea of “organic” is best demonstrated by farms that raise diversified species in a traditional way and target at the local market. However, most of the “organic food” people consume today is produced from the “industrial organic” farms which belong to the industrial food chain instead of the ideal organic food

For this service learning assignment I devoted my time and energy to working with Brooklyn Cemetery, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, and Athens Technical College. I participated in MLK Day of Service, which was created with the intent to “celebrate and honor the birthday of the famed civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr” ("There's Still," n.d.). This day of service stood to serve many different aspects of the community and benefited a wide range of populations, mostly in the form of environmental cleanup. Much of my time was also spent volunteering with The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, whose mission is to “work toward ending hunger as part of an overall community effort to alleviate poverty” (Growing Seeds, 2016, p. 2). Through

Another economic factor in organic farming, in general, is that organic food is typically more expensive that its non-organic counterpart. This observation goes along with both large and small organic farms. When people go shopping, they often look for the cheapest item. Since

Action: As a project coordinator, I personally meet with our collaborating farmers and discussed their needs and priorities. Following the discussion, I realized that the protocols we developed were very complex for farmers to

The following summer Yvette took her education in a different direction, entering the world of agriculture. Her time as an intern at Mission Produce served to be an amazing learning opportunity. She learned about agriculture

She showed us a map of the widespread food deserts, the grocery stores, farmers markets, gardens and the sites that distribute the food to individuals and families who have a need for it. The map, with the bike paths represented on it, was an impactful reminder of the life and story of the edible matter that enters this process, seemingly by happenstance. Denver Food Rescue deals with a lot of the steps along the way in the life of this food. When I look at a tomato that is on display in the Regis Caf, I never think of that tomatoes story. However, looking at that map, it was easy to see that wherever we might encounter the tomato on its journey as vibrant matter, what we see is a miniscule representation of the encounters and assemblages that tomato is an actant in. I hope to keep in mind my part of the foods life in perspective even when im in the trenches riding up a large

During our guest speaker series, we had some great representatives of agricultural education come to our class. Each one had a different job relating to agricultural education. Although these jobs are different, they strive to meet the same goal: to educate people on agriculture.

I am interested in this career because I have always had a thing for wanting to take something apart and putting it back together. This career is linked to the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource cluster. In this paper, I will explain what someone does in this field of work, what their work environment is like, how someone could enter this field of work including the education needed, the pay that someone could expect, the job outlook, and also the area I would like to live in that offers this field of work.

But not only education is in the work.” Being able to grow my own vegetables makes me feel free, accomplished and it allows me to have time for myself. Growing vegetables is a difficult but rewarding task. Starting from a seed, watching it grow, and then being able to eat it is an amazing feeling. Being able to say “I have grown my own food,” gives my family the freedom to not rely on stores or farmers to provide for us. Harvesting my vegetables, and seeing what my hard work has accomplished gives me a Zen like feeling. My wife and I spend hours out in the garden picking all the vegetables. We then spend an entire day canning the vegetables to fill our pantry in the basement. Gardening can be so peaceful. It is just me and a bunch of growing plants. Add a beautiful sunny day, a lawn chair, and an ice cold glass of teas and it makes for the perfect peaceful day. I consider this time well spent each and every day. It is the little things that make my day even

My internship with the Franklin County Local Food Council is not the most traditional internship. As they have no physical office, much of my work is to be done out of the typical meeting frame. The Council meets once a month for roughly two hours. I have yet to attend a meeting. So to begin my internship, I familiarized myself with food systems and the city and county’s Local Food Action Plan.

I have to say things haven’t been going too well these few years that I’ve been working as a farmer. My vegetables and fruits haven’t grown in years especially my kale and my potato. When I was a young boy, my old man and pa used to sit by the lake and eat our sweet and juicy strawberries together. The vegetables and fruits we used to grow here were so delicious and crispy. We used to have everything we ever needed and more, however things haven’t been the same these days… Things have changed so drastically in the past few years and my farming business has declined.

Thus, when the spring of 1980 arrived, I, who never liked working in the dirt; I, who would rather wash, starch and iron shirts than dig in a flower bed or weed a garden, decided we should have a vegetable garden. The former pastor had two – BIG ONES – so surely, with the help of my pastor husband, who was reared on the farm, we could have a lovely garden that would produce enough vegetables to feed us through what Californians refer to as winter. Being the submissive wife that I was, I asked Ken what I needed to do first.

Organic refers to the way agricultural foods is produced and processed. It is using methods and materials that are of low impact to the environment. And the primary goal is to optimize the health and productivity of interdependent communities of soil life, plants and people. Research published in a 2001 study showed that the current fruit and vegetables that are conventionally grown in the United States have about half the vitamin content of their counterparts in 1963. The study was based on a comparison of published USDA figures. Produced in organic farm, organic food is grown under government supervision. Therefore it is healthier for the environment which it is produce with an organic

Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. More than that, "organic" is not only a set of