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    Social Responsibility; An organization's obligation to maximize its positive impact on stakeholders and minimize its negative impact. In this paper I am going to discuss and explain my opinion on why a company Q is or is not socially responsible in the following areas company Q close a couple of stores in high crime areas, company Q started offering a very limited health conscious an organic products, company Q was approached by the local food bank for donations of day old food and company Q declined

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    The Farmer’s Market that I chose to visit for this project was the Douglas Farmer’s Market in Douglas, Wyoming, which is my hometown. It is in Jackalope Square, a small area in downtown which serves as the town square. The market runs from the start of summer through the end of September in the small town. At a given time, there are approximately 50 to 75 people at the market. There are around 25 vendors at the market in a given week, most from the southeast area of Wyoming. There are many local

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    home to a Big 10 school, tons of outdoor activities, flavorful restaurants, and perhaps the best farmers’ market I’ve ever visited in the U.S. Why is Madison’s market something to rave about? Continue reading to find out. PARAGRAPHS Information and tips The Dane County Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday morning from April 8th until November 11 from 6:15 am until 1:45 am. Capitol Square, where the market is held, is closed to traffic during these times, so it is suggested you walk from your accommodation

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    During the creation of the Farmers Market Commercial I have learned a few skills. I was able to learn the skill of pushing through problems with others. We were faced with many challenges throughout the creation this project, but we were able to adapt and finish it in the best way possible. This can help me into my future life by myself being able to adapt to problems and to overcome them. Then, still being able to have success in the end. I was also able to identify my group members strengths

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    dedicated to farmers markets, however, these sites are focused more on informing the community of their locations and products than actual sales. This leaves in opening in the market to capitalize on people’s desire to eat locally and organically. In addition to being for mainly informational purposes these sites are visually unappealing. Sites like farmersmarketonline.com have an appearance like that of Craigslist.org and are reminiscent of the days of the early internet. The market can be captured

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    The Ralston Farmers Market The Ralston Farmers Market currently meets downtown and has no permanent home. Farmers markets have seen an increase in market numbers by 349% between 1991 to 2007 making them the fastest growing section of the food economy in the United States (Farmer). As put by Aucoin, “Local food movements revolve around taste, quality, human interaction, and the pleasure of consumption”, with this in mind a permanent structure could help to create a more stable and sustainable local

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    The Athens Farmers Market is a year-round produce market located in South-eastern Athens, Ohio. The Farmers Market offers an array of organic and conventionally grown fresh produce, meats, eggs, cheeses, syrups, plants, baked goods, breads, herbs, teas, jarred products and much more. The commitment to providing market, which informs the consumers about the local food and agricultural products, and its effect on the local economy both appear to be essential to the Farmers Market. This is why the contents

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    Two Farmers Market - Clinic Prescription Programs Two of the research articles detail interventions involving a farmers market located at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Michigan (Bryce, 2009) and another in South Carolina (Bryce, 09; Freedman, Choi, Hurley, Anadu, & Hebert, 2013). The Fresh Rx program in Detroit, Michigan provided patients up to $45 to use four times within a thirteen-week period at a farmers market located at the Community Health and Social Service Center clinic.

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    Throughout my life, my mother would always start cooking something in the kitchen that my sisters and I raise our noses really high. When I was turning in my teens, my friends would show me new foods that would buy from gas stations or local markets. While I sit back and munch on the food that I was given from my friends, I would think would the money they spent towards this food be different from others, or whether these “food” would taste better but not be great for your food plan. My decisions

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    Nelson Reinsch is a very successful cotton farmer. Him and his wife Ruth tend to be seen as people whose minds are opening rather than closing as they approach the ends of their lives. Producing cotton is no longer the exhausting physical process that it used to be, but Nelson and Ruth still fight both the impulses of nature and the moods of the markets. Every summer, they take on the different types of weathers they have to face and compete with cotton farmers from over 70 countries. Nelson Reinsch

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