Biomes And Food Security Assignment

Melbourne is located in the south-eastern part of mainland Australia, within the state of Victoria. Geologically, it is built on the confluence of Quaternary lava flows to the west, Silurian mudstones to the east, and Holocene sand accumulation to the southeast along Port Phillip. The southeastern suburbs are situated on the Selwyn fault which transects Mount Martha and Cranbourne.

Now, for a hydroponics there are three ways you could do it; water culture, multi flow, and ebb and flow. Water culture is a low cost and easy one and all you need is a styrofoam platform, water, and plants; Multi flow is a medium cost and is kinda hard to build and all it relies on is gravity flood plant trays with water and nutrients, a timer, float switch to control water levels, and plants; and finally Ebb and flow and that’s an easy system too and all it takes a plant tray, tubing, water pump, nutrients, water, and plants. Yet, for all of these you need a container or a fish tank to put them

They did not come from Australia, they were made/developed on ranches in the Western United States area. They were seen as early as the 1800’s so they have been around for quite some time.

Imagine a college student’s dinner. Is it a marbled, medium rare prime rib steak? How about an enormous ruby red lobster or even caviar, whatever that is? Unless you envisioned Tiffany Trump at a dinner party, the odds are pretty good that the luxurious surf and turf you might have imagined instead came about after mixing together shrimp and beef flavored ramen. “OK,” you might say, “of course they should eat ramen, they are, after all, college students.” But what if this theoretical college student did not have a car they could drive to a grocery store, and there were no grocery stores close enough for them to walk to? What if ramen was the only thing they could afford – and if they couldn’t afford it, they would have to skip meals? What if their lack of food caused them to suffer academically, potentially causing to them to fail out of school? What if a method could describe the where, how, and why of this student’s inability to buy fresh food?

Australia is almost self-sufficient in lumber production. Most of roundwood production is broadleaved, and timber plantations account for about one-fifth of the lumber output. Most fishing in Australia is marine, three-fifths from the Indian Ocean and two-fifths from the Pacific Ocean.

Within the Murray-Darling Basin, Goulburn Valley is one of the major fruit production regions in Australia (Libby & Dixon 2011). 35% of the fruits and vegetables in Australia are grown in this region due to the fertile soils and ideal climate (Hume Regional Management Forum, Department of Planning and Community Development & Urban Development Division 2010). In addition, the establishment of SPC Ardmona has resulted in the significant growth of economy and employment within the region (Department of Agriculture 2011).

Food desert are urban, suburb, and rural boroughs without ready access to fresh healthy and economical food. The communities that are considered food deserts, has no grocery stores or supermarkets within a walking distance from their household. The families that live in those areas do not have access to transportation; therefore, they consume food that is accessible, which is usually processed. Most stores that people, living in a food desert, go to is convenience stores, which are usually near their households, and are accessible to some healthy foods. Another, place where many people receive their food from is fast food, and the food from those places is greasy and fattening. The lack of access to healthy food could lead to a lot of disasters,

Hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans live in what’s known as a food desert. A food desert is in an area of focus that is short on access to fresh meat and produce. These areas are usually over populated with packaged and processed foods, which are not always healthy. They also have a significant amount junk that you can easily find in convenience stores and fast food restaurants.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) atlas on food deserts shows that most food deserts in California are in highly rural (USDA, 2017). Northern California, the Mojave Desert, and the Imperial Valley all have a high prevalence of food deserts (USDA, 2017). A closer look at the map also shows a significant amount of food deserts in urban areas of highly populated cities. Large portions of neighborhoods in urban areas like Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento are food deserts (USDA, 2017). In this section, we will discuss the socio-economic characteristics of the people living in both types of food

Food deserts are one of the biggest problems in society, as the authors of Food Justice bring up (Gottlieb & Joshi, 2010). In fact, Indianapolis is ranked worst in the nation for food deserts. So what is a food desert? A food desert is when places are left with the lack of availability of nutritious foods and high rates of poverty. Often times, these are known as grocery gaps because grocery stores move out of the area, normally located in low-income communities. It makes sense that they would move to make more profit, but it leaves those in the community left with essentially nothing. Also, most people living in a low-income community do not have access to transportation, so they cannot get to grocery stores that are outside of walking distance. This is why Gleaners, a local food justice organization, steps in and fills in places where grocery stores have left. The program that works to fix this is Mobile Pantries. As I will explore later, Mobile Pantries allows people who cannot reach grocery stores the ability to get nutritious foods they need. Mobile Pantries give people a sense of going to the grocery store and picking out healthy foods. While consumer choice is limited, as Patel mentions, Mobile Pantries still gives people healthy options (Patel, 2014). Gleaners is a part of the Food Justice Movement because while they are not changing consumer choice, they are providing individuals with the option of healthy foods and working to end hunger and obesity

Food deserts are one of the main causes of obesity in lower income areas, and while initiatives are being created to solve this problem, more than just a few initiatives are needed to change the obesity issue.

Ecology is the tool used to better understand the causes, effects, and potential mitigation of environmental problems.

With over 850 store across Australia, customers are much more connected to the business. They are located in almost every metropolitan and regional area, with their fruits and meat suppliers close to the eastern suburbs.

Apple retail stores are located in different CBDs of different states in Australia. Using specialty store concept Apple provides distinctive and brand value for the customers in their specialty stores.

A biome, also known as life zones, consists of all plants, animals, and other organisms, as well the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its’ plant life, climate, and location. The climate and physical features determine the boundaries of a biome. A biome is made up of many different ecosystems. The ecosystems tend to have the same pants and animals as neighboring biomes around the boundaries. The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate forests, desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, and marine. Each biome has it’s own characteristics such as the tundra.