Sample Resume : Speedy Stallions Company

Modern day farming has transformed from the farming process of last century. Instead of farmers producing for their families, farmers are now similar to input/output managers supplying massive manufacturers that feed the country.

Times have changed, and so has the family, the community and our environment. And these changes have impacted our lives and earth immeasurably. This is where the factor greed comes in to play, the need for more. This need for more called for extensive measures, measures like fertilizers, pesticides and equipment to work the ground and harvest the crops became necessity. Agriculture became a booming business that did not and still does not promote the well-being of the employee nor the individual let alone the family unit and community. Since 1950 an average farm size has doubled, but the number of laborers decreased substantially and the number of small local farmers has been cut in half. Farmers have been forced to become more efficient and there 's been a reliance on greater chemicals and technology, which has become very extensive and expensive. Sadly, what has been short term expansion has become a long-term threat (Trautmann, 2012). This greed driven increase has led to subtle damaging ramifications that most people are ignorant to. Their needs are being met as quality is being forsaken. Our environment is being squandered. Selfishness abounds.

Considering the marketing segment, we choose the target market from small, medium and large farms. If products are sold to small farms, the sales revenues even can’t cover the cost,

Trying to eat healthy food nowadays is expensive. Many people choose the cheaper food instead of purchasing organic food. In the video “What’s wrong with our food system”, Birke Baehr discusses how the industrial farms are producing the food in a rapid way but making the food to cause long-run diseases. He has found a sustainable way for people to get healthy organic local food. Birke encourages everyone to purchase their food at their local farm which have no chemicals. Furthermore, the article “Fixing Our Broken Food System: The Plate of the Union Initiative” explains how the food system is broken because the food that people can afford are from the industrial farms. It emphasis to fix this problem, people need to support the farmers by investing in research for sustainable

FRESH is a documentary by Ana Sofia Joanes, she explores the consequences of our current agricultural system and documents the work of farmers, activists, non-profit organizations and business that advocate for sustainable agricultural practices to address the problem. The film presents the farmers from Shenandoah Valley that practice traditional farming by raising and keeping their chickens, pigs, cattle and soil in traditional ways that attempt to imitate the way in which nature naturally works on nutrient and energy cycling. These practices challenge the industrial agricultural model that use a high input of resources to produce large amounts of a single crops/species in designated areas known as monocultures. Monoculture agricultures relies

The company has been pioneer in field of business and also been responsible. The company has kept its objective very close to its heart and its initiative to reduce Carbon Footprint and water wastage to Zero by 2040 and Sustained source of supply for its food business by 2020 shows its commitment towards external stakeholders as well. They have been pioneer in field of business and have worked to improve its business

3. What were some of the best lessons you learned from your experience as a frontline manager?

The company that I chose to do my presentation on is Maurices Store. I worked in retail as a manager for 12 years at the former County Seat and one of my assistants is still working retail as a manager at Maurices here in Dubuque. I was interested in choosing retail sales because it is where I started and I wanted to see how it has changed over the years.

Strategic Goal 1 fosters development of rural communities in order to make them more self-sustainable and become economically

GenCare, LLC is an organization dedicated to providing 24-hour supervised residential care in a home-like setting for adults 18 years of age and older with intellectual disabilities. GenCare believes all life holds value and that each individual is entitled to the respect and dignity that many citizens and community service providers take for granted. The program facilitates independent living skills, social and recreational functioning, and vocational training for individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve their highest level of independence and self-worth.

Pairing environment stewardship with agricultural production is also crucial in marketing our agricultural products. Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety and quality of the food they eat, as well as how that food is grown/raised. Our reputation for producing good food in

-Initiate and implement the ‘Go Green’ project to promote the sustainability features of our products to customers

Hence this could create a systemic ideology of farm to fork that would procreate within the community. Along with this practice, we must decrease unnecessary distribution and the transport of food. The area in which a product is raised is the area in which that product should be expended, “consumers should be encouraged to eat in ways that support environmentally sound, healthful food, and carbon sequestration” (Niman pg. 48). Through revitalization of local food growth and consumption, the price of goods in the area would aid in the elimination of the middleman as well as the wholesalers to whom gain a profit from the farmer. By means of a holistic approach, The overall simplification of downsizing and educating our agriculture system is the resolution to creating a renewable and just future for our food

Agriculture in the United States has changed dramatically over the centuries. Since the 1960’s large commercial farms have been leading in sales. As a direct result of their success we, as a society, have access to affordable food. However, the success of large farms has lead to many negative impacts such as increased usage of resources and decreased diversity in crop fields. This begs the question, what can be done to reduce the negative impacts of large farms. One solution growing in popularity is sustainable agriculture. The idea of sustainable agriculture is to create farms that need little to no outside help from irrigation, pesticides, or fertilizers. Sustainability can be achieved in many way through

A turning point in the startups business was the idea of packaging their product in used plastic bottles – now they could offer a product made from garbage packaged in garbage. The new challenge was getting notable retailers to introduce their unknown and maverick product. They managed to get an order from Walmart for 100.000 bottles which was much more than the average order volume. TerraCycle could fulfil the contract under greatest efforts and proved that eco-capitalism is functioning. The next major step was the defining of a new business model, called sponsored waste. Together with Kraft Foods the startup began to made products from recycled materials. The partnership developed fast and leads to enormous strategic challenges because of the huge amount and storage requirements which involve high costs. TerraCycle still has to work hard to produce a profit and struggles with the wide range of activities and products they offer.