When one considers fruit, there may be bland thoughts of healthy living, diets and the whole nine yard of the dos and don’ts of organic eating. However, when I think of fruits, I feel they are all endowed with a powerful medicinal by-product that is naturally stored within them. Hence my product choice for export. To the Chief operating officer of Investors Inc., I present to you my platform. In the Caribbean, many feel that all fruits are grown on each island in the exact same abundance; this is indeed a myth. Each Caribbean island has its unique crops that are harvested in its soil and grows based on weather conditions. In the Bahamas, the soil is excellent for the growth and harvest of year-round coconuts. Therefore, I plan to use the coconut …show more content…
You may want to know why did I choose Coconuts? Or why export to Cuba? Here’s my idea, Cuba is well known for its medicinal practices and farmers markets embraced by tourist and locals. Coconuts are good for the immune system, skin treatments such as scars, stretch marks, and discolorations. Consequently, coconut oil promotes heart health and decrease the chance of cardiac arrest. Coconut oil is also rubbed on the skin after cosmetic surgery to diminish or reduce the point of incision. Raw dry coconut is excellent for the enamel of the teeth, and the cleansing of one’s palette. Coconut Milk helps a woman’s body replenish nutrients after childbirth and during breastfeeding. According to Distancefromto.net Cuba is in such close proximity to the Bahamas (299 nautical miles off the coast of Nassau, Bahamas to be exact) exporting can coexist twice weekly. Providing small businesses to sell these products in their store or to sell within a farmer’s market. Cubans can make large and small investments according to their profit margin. Each item can be packaged in small and large amounts, ranging from a retailed margin to barrels as a wholesale
Conducting business here and abroad including Cuba requires thorough research, planning, financial support, legal process, and any other obstacle or problem that will come with it. Cuba since opening its door to the United States can be one of the place to conduct business. With Cuba being banned for decades to conduct business with United States their agricultural products or their manpower were solely confined in their country. Bringing or introducing a new product from the United States to Cuba will be a big help to the people and to their economy. However, before conducting a business in Cuba, company or businesses
My topic is about fruit concentrate. Many parents buy their kids drinks that are high in fruit concentrate because they think it is healthy. Moreover, parents buy their kids such fruit that are high in fruit concentrate because they do not have time to prepare homemade fruit juice. This article props the consequence that come with buying manufactured drinks. The article points out many healthful questions, such as, what is ‘Fruit Concentrate,’ exactly. And should consumers avoid it or seek it out? If something is high in fruit concentrate, what macromolecule is it high in? What is the process used to make such thing as fruit concentrate. Furthermore, which is healthier, homemade fruit juice or manufactured fruit juice? Journey with me to answers
Chocolate, coffee, and mango, pineapple, papaya, guava, coconut, orange, grapefruit, breadfruit, corn, an assortment of sweet potatoes, bananas, and enormous avocados are all found and grown in Cuba. With so many resources, Cuba also has quite a few people living there and visiting, and is able to provide for their needs. With all the things growing there, people have a variety of food that can be used for cooking, leading to many different
Form of government in known as the Socialist of republic. Main imports from Cuba include: fish, medical products, coffee, and citrus fruits. Imports include, oil, food, and machinery. Does any of these exports share interest to the United States?
The author of the book, “The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World” (2008), Dan Koeppel, who is a famous journalist describes in a fascinating way banana’s cultural importance, threats associated with the crops of banana in the future and banana’ history. Banana is a very delicious fruit and is eaten all over the world. Banana is one of the world’s fourth largest harvests in the world. Dole and Chiquita are eminent American based distributors and producers of banana. They are claiming to produce the banana on low price. In this book, Koeppel discusses the risks associated to the plantation of banana around the world. He also discusses the fact that due to blight, the plantation of banana is destroyed (Koeppel, 2008). He points out that the farmers and the producers have no insight at all regarding this matter (Koeppel, 2008).
“Historically, the banana trade symbolized economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the exploitation of agriculture-dependent third-world countries”(2). However, they remain to be one of the most profitable items in grocery stores. Making bananas crucial to economic and global food stability for countries all over the world. They are the third largest staple crop, coming only after wheat and coffee. Since bananas are such a sought after fruit, many companies have gone to extensive lengths in the to fight for a share of the market. Chiquita Brands International was one of the pioneer companies to try and globalize bananas. They took a risk and made some very critical mistakes along the way.
At some point throughout the week, you find yourself at your local grocery store to shop. You may compare prices, chose a product with a popular name over a store brand, and may wonder if buying organic is worth all the hype. Bombarded with healthy options, its common knowledge fruit is a healthy choice. Organic fruit mirrors the image of conventional fruit so it may seem foolish to spend the exorbitant price for organic. When buying conventional fruit you typically get the same quality for a cheaper price over organic; but paying more attention to the small expensive organic section may have its health benefits. Organic
On average, a human being consumes about 3 meals a day. While many people eat whatever they please, there are many individuals who choose to live and maintain a healthy life style. While almost any type of food is available in our stores and markets here in the U.S., this does not mean much of produce we consume is actually grown here. Especially when it comes to the fruits and vegetables we consume every day, many of them are grown elsewhere. While we import much of our fresh produce, many people fail to see the complications these countries and farmers go through on a daily basis to get us these crops we need. A fruit like bananas for instance has more of a history than many people could even imagine. I’m here to discuss the history of this naturally consumed fruit as well as speak about the countless labor and environmental issues that have taken place.
astes of the peels contribute to pollution of the environment. Recently, food industries are being forced by government to develop productions without secondary residues. Therefore, there are considerable emphases on the recovery, recycling and upgrading their by-products. Since these by-products antioxidant activities (Bauer et al., 2012) and could be converted into a range of commercial products (Martínez et al., 2012). For those reasons, different researches have assayed different methods in order to obtain new raw material products from fruits and vegetables processing by products (Calín-Sánchez et al., 2012). Large scale consumption as fresh fruits, the Citrus fruits are mainly processed to produce juice. The waste of Citrus fruits processing industry left after juice extraction, such as peels, pulps and seeds, corresponding to about 50% of the raw processed, fruit can be used as a potential source of valuable by products, (El Adawy et al., 1999). In Egypt and in many Mediterranean countries, major quantities of the peel are not further processed, if not processed further, it becomes waste produce odor, soil pollution, harborage for insects and can give rise to serious environmental pollution, (Mandalari et al., 2006). Some attempts were made to use these residues as livestock feed. Although their low nutritional value allowed only limited success (Bampidis and Robinson, 2006).
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the main crops which is abundantly produced in the Philippines. Coconut can be served as food and can be produced to various products and by-products. Some food examples are copra, coconut oil, coconut milk, latik, desiccated coconut, coconut flour, etc. As compared to other agricultural crops, coconut provides more products and by-products since all of its parts starting from the tree itself to the fruits has its uses. Hence, many people especially in Southeast Asia, Pacific region, Africa and some countries in Latin America, considered coconut as a significant crop in agriculture and industries (The Coconut Industry, n.d.). Since supply of coconut is very essential to many countries, it is essential to monitor its production. The production per land area can be quantified through crop yield.
Addition of fruits, fruit flavours has improved the texture, colour and the versatility of the products. The association of fruits with cultured dairy products has endorsed healthy perception even more in the consumer mind. As consumers connect both these foods with health and wellness, the 2categories of fruits and cultured milk products are typical example of hybrid dairy products offering health, flavour and convenience that will drive growth in coming years .Keeping in view the market trends, incorporation of fruits in traditional fermented milk products not only aids in value addition and product diversification but also helps in checking the post harvest losses and hence economic loss. It may also enhance the profitability of milk and fruit producers as well as
Coconut, also known as the Tree of Life, is the fruit from palm trees and its existence dates as far as the ancient periods and we are sure that this plant is here to stay! It’s no wonder people refer to it as the Tree of Life, because of its fascinating looks and numerous benefits and healing properties, but it one of the most economically important palm and number one crop tree in the States. You can find all forms of coconut on the market and all of them are as useful as the plant itself. Some people choose to consume it raw, some adore the coconut water, others splurge their body with some coconut oil and many are enjoying using coconut milk in their everyday life. Before we go further into the miraculous properties of this fascinating
Dominating the agriculture industry that thrives in the United States, citrus fruit, in particular oranges, are the staple crop of Florida. The importance of citrus fruit production to U.S. agriculture as a whole is enormous. Within the United States alone, the consumption of oranges per person is greater than that of any other fruit. In 2011, the average American consumed an astonishing 76.3 pounds of citrus fruit per year (Boriss, 2013, pg. 1). With such a great deal of the average American diet being so heavily reliant on the citrus fruit industry, any disturbances within the industry will have a tremendous effect on the food consumer by Americans, let alone those to whom the food is exported to. For the past several, a disease known as citrus greening, has been ravaging the citrus fruit population throughout Central Florida crippling the local economy and the citrus fruit industry as a whole. Simply stated, citrus greening is a disease which causes citrus fruits to be sour, malformed, and unable to be harvested. The long-term effects of citrus greening will eventually cause the entire tree to die before spreading to the rest of the plants within the citrus grove (Allen, 2011, pg. 1). As a result, the severity of this disease has caused many to question the sustainability of this perennial staple crop for the state of Florida, and the long-term potential impacts it could have on the state’s economy. Because there is such heavy reliance on the sustainability of
The world has been confronted with serious difficulties in curbing down the rate of undernourishment especially in sub-Sahara Africa (Vinceti et al., 2013, Arnold et al., 2011, Goenster et al., 2011). In developing countries, the livelihood and food security of smallholder land users are often at risk from unpredictable harvests, land degradation and climate change (Paumgarten and Shackleton, 2011, Mertens et al., 2000, Ndoye and Kaimowitz, 2000, Sunderlin et al., 2000). Of about one billion hungry people, 98% live in developing countries. Seventy percent of chronically hungry people are smallholder farmers, 43% of total farmers worldwide are women and 38% of youths in Africa are working in agriculture (Conway and Wilson, 2012, FAO, 2011). For instance, in forest areas of Cameroon, stunting and chronic malnutrition was experienced by 30.3% of children between 24-47 months in the South region and 27.8% in the Centre region (Socpa et al., 2008). Since the varieties of fruits are quite many (Matig et al., 2006, van-Wyk, 2005) and vary from one season and climatic region to another, fruits and wild foods can constitute important sources of food (Vinceti et al., 2013, Termote et al., 2012, Ingram and Shure 2010, Nesbit et al., 2010, Shackleton and Shackleton, 2004) during food scarcity. Thus, fruits can serve as safety nets (Paumgarten and Shackleton, 2011) in the
Pre-harvest factors can influence the final quality of a product including papaya. Post-harvest product qualities develop during growing of the product and are maintained and not improved by post-harvest technologies (Hewett, 2006). Depending on the cultivar, maturity, climate, soil type and fertility, the nutritional composition of a fruit at harvest can vary widely. For example Banana and papayas increase in carotenoid content with maturation and ripeness, but the ascorbic acid content decrease in bananas and increase in papayas during ripening (Lee, 2000).Even within a cultivar, there is a large plant-to-plant variation and within-plant variation in nutrient composition of fruit harvested from the same field (Shewfelt, 1990).