Many means are used by organic farmers to control pests and raise soil fertility without the harmful effects of pesticides. The most popular and well-used include crop rotation, timed plantings, natural sprays, controlled pH of soil and composting. When an organic farmer uses crop rotation, part...

Organic food comes from processors; growers and importers registered and approved by organic certification bodies. Organic food does not get pesticides or fertilizers used. The product must have a label saying organic and where about is it from. A problem with organic food is that not all ingredient...

The early 1900's were a time of turmoil for farmers in the United States, especially in the Great Plains region. After the end of World War I, overproduction by farmers resulted in low prices for crops. When farmers first came to the Midwest, they farmed as much wheat as they could because of ...

The early 1900's were a time of turmoil for farmers in the United States, especially in the Great Plains region. After the end of World War I, overproduction by farmers resulted in low prices for crops. When farmers first came to the Midwest, they farmed as much wheat as they could because of the h...

ANIMAL RIGHTS INTRODUCTION The animal rights movement was founded in the belief that a moral order exists in the universe and that within moral order animals and human being are equal. I think that animals share with humans the ...

In The Bean-Field, Thoreau shares the rewarding experience he had in preparing and planting a field and describes in detail the fine art and science of selecting the proper seed and monitoring its growth. "Meanwhile my beans, the length of whose rows, added together, was seven miles already pl...

Book Review: Ecology of New England In his book, Changes in the Land, William Cronon explores the relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous Indian populations and the local ecologies in the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. In the preface Cronon states that, "the...

On a scale from Right to Left, right being absolute anthropocentric and the left being the realm of eco-terrorists, I would say that I fall somewhere just to the left of middle. I am a businessman and I believe that profit is number one. I am a citizen of this planet and I strongly believe that d...

Desertification What exactly is desertification? Unfortunately, there are many responses and many contradicting definitions. Some say that it is permanent, others say it is a reversible process. There are even debates on whether the definition should include human involvement or not. It seems...

In his book, Changes in the Land, William Cronon explores the relationship between the European and indigenous populations and local ecologies between 1620 and 1800. As he states at the outset of the book: "My thesis is simple: the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entail...

Part of our American culture is based on food and the way people treat themselves biologically by deciding what is acceptable to eat. Unfortunately a great portion of our society does not carefully think about the biological effects of certain foods. We live in an era of fad diets and health cons...