Research Paper On Apples In America

Furthermore, in most cases, it may seem the United States has a system in which immigrants are not given the chance to form a bright future. In the novel, “Antonio soon found himself settling for jobs that were clearly beneath him. He stood under the baking sun at the on-ramp to the Santa Monica Freeway, selling oranges for two dollars a bag: a dollar fifty for the guy from the produce market, fifty cents for him,” (Tobar, 53). Many of the immigrants that live in the U.S. have little power that allows them to succeed. Some races have benefitted from it more than others. The Cubans, for instance, have had it much easier than most immigrants who have migrated to the United States; whereas, Antonio, a Guatemalan, had trouble finding a stable job that allowed him to sustain himself. In contrast to many other races, many Americans described Cubans as being visitors who represent, “all phases of life and professions, having an excellent level of education… More than half of their families with them, including children brought from Cuba to escape communist indoctrination in the schools,”

Holmes’ purpose in conducting his fieldwork with the migrant workers (specifically the Triqui of Mexico) of California and Washington fruit agriculture was to gain understanding from a perspective many do not consider and that has not been assessed in this way before. Similarly, the goal of this book was to pass that understanding to the common reader, the average American, those who are affected directly and those who are believe they are unaffected by the migrants of American agriculture—and to distinguish that they are not unaffected. Doing so creates the potential for change, even if by only a small factor like

Apple Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, CA and was incorporated on January 3, 1977 (Apple, 2010). The company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Jobs also asked his former colleague from Atari, Ronald Wayne to join them in their startup. Wayne designed the first Apple logo. In early 1976 Jobs approached a local company store, The Byte Shop, said they would be interested in the machine, but only if it came completely assembled (Foljanty, 2010). The shop ordered 50 Apple I computers which sold for $666.66. The three owners would assemble the Apple Is at night in their garage still managed to deliver the ordered Apple Is in ten days. In April of 1976 Ron Wayne resigned from Apple Computer because he felt the financial

This means that for all the other foods that I ate, I have no certainty of where they came from and who actually produced them. Some could have been sourced locally and could have been produced by immigrant farmworkers or they could have been produced across the globe by other farmworkers. The orange and the pear were the only foods that had a sticker demonstrating their country of origin and the company that produced them. The pear that I ate came from the US (place not specified) and the orange that I ate came from this family-owned farm from California. The website of the family-owned farm (Booth Ranch) highlighted its sustainable practices, its focus on freshness, its focus on community outreach, and the products’ nutritional benefits. The website showed an idyllic pasture full of beautiful orange trees being managed by a tight-knit white family. However, aside from a few photos, there was barely any mention of the farm workers and there was no mention in the website of treating their farmworkers

In Ramirez’s view, economic need creates “interdependence and closeness.” In the barrio, when you are poor, which most of the residence are, you will do anything to help your family out, even if you are a kid. Children in the

First of all, the setting of this novel contributes to the Rivera family’s overall perception of what it means to be an American. To start this off, the author chooses a small American city where groups of Latino immigrants with their own language and traditions, lived together in the same apartment building. All these immigrants experienced similar problems since they moved from their countries. For example, in the novel after every other chapter the author

He uses tent cities that are mainly located anywhere from Washington State, Ontario, California, and District of Reno, Nevada. Using only places in the west, does not allow for accurate data that we can assume covers all of America. Not only are they using all west coast data, he also uses the statements of various people that all blame the government for the situations they have been put in. “It’s really a reflections of the government’s inability to provide housing affordably across society” according to Rahul Mehrorta, an associate professor. (Bransford, 2015, para. 10) Why would the government be at fault? Housing prices range from how the economy is flourishing. If these people were to have jobs, they then could provide a house for themselves and their family. Bias also plays a role in the positive light of tent cities. “They say it’s a bit like a gates community on a modest scale, a rare haven where once can live affordable without fear of robbery or violence.” (Bransford, 2015, para 15) Contradicting himself Bransford also states that “41 percent of the homeless population has been incarcerated at some point.” (Bransford, 2015, para. 8) This provides yet a counter argument to his once positive statement. Turning the positive once again into a

A lot of them could barely pay their rent. Her coworkers were typically straightforward about their personal lives. Usually, they would live with a roommate so rent could be split in half. Gail, a coworker from “Hearthside”, shared a room with a male friend for $250 a week in a well-known downtown flophouse (Ehrenreich, 2001). Additionally, she recognized how poor her coworkers truly were. Some of them did not even have enough money for lunch. They often bought the cheapest food to take to work, which was also not always the healthiest. Health insurance was completely out of the picture for some people. Sacrifices had to be made because there was not enough money to have everything. In certain circumstances, jobs would withhold the first check so that people could not quit right away. Benefits from work, such as paid vacation, insurance, and sick days, did not often come until someone worked at the same job for over year. Low-wage jobs are often manipulating because they need workers, yet they sometimes struggle to get them. Higher education is an extreme challenge for minimum wage workers because of it being so expensive. “Most good jobs require a college degree, but the poor cannot afford to send their children to college” (Baca-Zinn, 2009). Although people often say, “money cannot buy happiness”, it is often the factor that determines everything in life. How much someone makes ultimately regulates housing, food, education level, and overall

This reading was slightly hard for me to relate to at first. Then the more I thought about it the more I realized how many encounters and interactions I’ve actually had with scenarios like these. In Young’s reading about the woman and her two kids who had to settle for a place to live that wasn’t ideal I was incredibly frustrated. It’s seriously sad to think that there are other people going through similar struggle like this. It’s not logical to make three months’ rent deposit and pay for the other startups that come with an apartment, especially when you have to kids and you’re a single mom. She’s obviously trying to do what’s right but because of her situation she is not able to. This is part of the reason I think poverty recycles itself, because we do not give a lot of the opportunities needed to get out of slumps like this. Minimum wage is not ideal and struggles to meet the cost of living, especially if you’re a single mom with two kids. After this first part, the reading got more into what we can do as a society, and I think my favorite idea that was talked about was how we do not have the choice of where we are born into. I did not choose to be a white female but it’s what I was born into. When Johnson got started with “Changing how we think will not be enough to solve the problem.” I disagreed quite a bit. Sure it is true for some groups but I find it hard to believe that it’s true for all. Johnson also stated that if everyone took responsibility and kept

According to Gonzalez (2015), “between 1 and 3 million migrant farm workers leave their homes every year to plant, cultivate, harvest, and pack fruits, vegetables and nuts in the U.S.”. In the video How a Grape Picker Became a Vineyard Owner (n.d.), we saw how a Hispanic/Latino family both reinforces and dismisses the stereotypes of migrant Latino farm workers.

During this entire film, we got to follow a few families in their struggles of being migrant workers, most likely illegally in the United States. Following these families and examining their ways of life gave me a huge insight into the real struggles these families face. This examination was a micro-level analysis of migrant workers and their role in society, as well as their interactions between family members. One thing that really gave me a different view on the lifestyle migrant workers and immigrants have is the fact that all they wanted was a good life for themselves and their family, but no matter how hard they tried they could not get to this point. Before this movie, I just assumed that these types of people simply did not work

A typical example of the living conditions of the undocumented can be found in Seth Holmes Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States. Holmes did a case study on the Triqui people, who risked their lives to cross the border to come to the United States. They are poor farmer, to be exact, poor berry pickers, who suffer from knee, back, and hip pain everyday. A study by the National Agricultural Worker Survey shows that 81 percent of farmworkers are immigrants, 95 percent of whom were born in Mexico and 52 percent of whom are undocumented (Holmes, 99). Fletcher emphasized that an employer often use cheap undocumented worker in order to reduce costs, but as soon as that worker shows support for a union, the employer will call the authority officer to have that worker deported (Fletcher,

Recently, there has been much interest among horticultural producers concerning the marketing of organic and locally produced food. A consumer survey was administered that asked respondents to choose an applesauce product from a list of products differentiated by price, and by labels that described fat content, nutrition content, and whether the product was grown organically and/or locally. Our analysis indicates that consumers were willing to pay more for locally grown applesauce compared to applesauce that was labeled USDA

You’ve had a long day at work and now you have to go grocery shopping. You fight through rush hour and you finally get to the supermarket, only to turn around and spend two hours cooking dinner and then cleaning up the mess. However, before you can get to all that fun stuff, you have to wander around the store with all of the other people in your boat, get your food, and get home. It’s a long process, figuring out what brand you want, what’s the better deal, and what you will need throughout the week. As you approach the produce section, you see something odd. It looks like an apple, but what is it called? A Grapple? What is that? You decide that it’s worth looking into, so you put the pack of four into your cart and carry on. Later,