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    comparative analysis of a farmer 's market and a grocery store in a low income community, it was a no-brainer where I would go. I didn 't need to go online and find a list of farmer 's markets in LA and narrow it down by the low income zip code, not when I lived in one. As a resident of a low income neighborhood, I knew exactly where to go: I would go to the Watt 's Healthy Farmer 's Market. Held every Saturday, whether it rains or shines, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Watt 's Healthy Farmer Market is located

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    November is the busiest month and the summer months are the slowest time. Loretto also closes for deer season to any other processing. Occasionally have to turn away business due to inability to fit them into their schedules in enough time for the farmers. Average Kill fee: $36 Average

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    For the past few years I 've slowly started getting involved with my local organic farming community to learn pressing issues young farmers face. I almost immediately notice that Sonoma County, which is quite a large, has extremely knowledgeable leaders on the topic of food politics. Furthermore, I found these people are generous and living an organic local lifestyle. Aside from the given importance of eating local and healthy, there are two major factors which make it critical for me to learn and

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote many books that we are familiar with today; in particular, the Little House series. Even before Laura Ingalls Wilder had the fame of the books, which were not published until later in her life, she would write short nonfiction pieces for newspapers and magazines (Hines). Laura Ingalls Wilder started first as a teacher, fell in love with and married Almanzo Wilder which caused her to quit teaching, and subsequently had two children - a daughter named Rose and a son who

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    expense is that of transportation. Products from large farms typically supply large markets and are usually not at small farmers markets. In order for the food to be transported from the farm to the supermarket, they have to use fuel. Not only is this costing them much more, but it is also affecting the environment. On the contrary, small farms typically sell their produce at farmers markets or at their farm itself. This is not only conserving them money, but it is also conserving fossil fuels. Another

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    METHODS Participants were selected through convenience as well as snowball sampling. The subjects were either students in Dr. Shieva Davarian’s SOCL 109-02 Social Research Methods class or acquaintances of the researchers .The participants that were targeted were between the ages of 17 and 22 and were currently enrolled in a university or secondary education program in the United States of America. In total 25 people responded to the survey in which there were 17 female respondents, 7 male respondents

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    In “Barn Burning,” Abner is described as stiff, wolf-like, and without heat because of his coldness and bitterness toward society in which he was part of during the time of the War Between the States. The main character is Abner Snopes who sharecrops to make a living for his family; in his story, Faulkner describes a typical relationship between wealthy people and poor people during that particular time. When described as stiff, we see Abner’s abruptness and coldness towards his family as well

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    reading, I chose to read Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. I chose this book without reading the description and mainly based my selection on the great reviews for this book online as well as the fact that the author, Tracy Kidder, had won a Pulitzer Prize in the past. Ultimately, this book turned out to be as remarkable as the reviews stated it was. 2. Paul Farmer had a very unusual upbringing in Massachusetts, Alabama, and Florida. What

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    expands through new store openings with an assertive approach in its founding years. Organic food markets diminished their expected comeback to increase volume by choosing from incumbents through mergers and acquisitions. It is doubtful for local farmers to become a strong force and enter the market individually since the majority is not willing to invest in getting authorization with the government. It is easier for major companies to enter the market because they can finance the kind of goods the

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    Smallville is a city just like any other city in the world. It has crime, pollution, and social inequalities. However citizens everywhere are dreaming of the future. The reason people came to Smallville, or America, in the first place was to live the American Dream. This idea is that if a person works hard enough they can be or achieve anything they want. However, the current system of selfishness and ignorance of the masses has led to the destruction of this idea. In order for these dreams to survive

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