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Migrant Farming, 2004.
This paper looks at the current state of migrant farming in the U.S. and California.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 60.95
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The writer looks at the subject of migrant farm laborers in this article. The current state of migrant farming in the United States and California is discussed. The writer takes a general look at the migrant farm-working industry, paying particular attenion, with a specific focus on California.
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"Migrant farm labor has been the seamy underside to American capitalism for centuries. However the size and color of the agricultural work force has changed over the past fifty years in the United States shifting from family and local community members to predominately Hispanic seasonal migrant workers. Since the Mexicans can be found picking citrus fruit in Florida, harvesting tobacco in North Carolina, collecting mushrooms in Pennsylvania, tending poultry in Maine, packing orchard crops in Washington, cleaning fish in Alaska and working in the slaughter houses in Iowa, while continuing their ... "
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Factory Farming, 2008.
An analysis of the negative effects of factory farming on the environment and the health of the general population.
918 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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This paper discusses factory farming, which is a relatively new way of producing food at a lower cost. The paper explains that the aims of factory farming is to produce as much meat in as little time as possible and as cheaply as possible. The paper then discusses the reasons that factory farming is having a profoundly negative effect on our environment and the health of the general population.
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"Factory farming is an inhumane and environmentally reckless way to produce food. For years factory farming has been steadily evolving into larger and more concentrated operations. These operations pollute the areas around them making those areas uninhabitable to people while driving smaller family farms out of business. Lately there has also been new evidence linking the constant low doses of antibiotics the animals receive to new strains of multi-antibacterial resistant strains of bacteria and avian flu. As a result of factory farming Americans have cheaper more abundant access to food but at a very high cost, costs that have yet to be fully realized."
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Factory Farming, 2007.
This paper argues that factory farming is immoral and should not be continued in the United States.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper explains that "factory farming" is a commonly used term in the agricultural business, which is associated with the mass production of goods such as meat, eggs, milk and other related products. The author points out that this new assembly line style of farming may produce exceptional revenue and profit for farmers but it comes at a great cost to the animals, the environment and most of all to the consumers. The paper relates that factory farming creates conditions that spread diseases, which can transfer to humans such as pfiesteria from fish. The paper includes several quotations.
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"Secondly, factory farms are producing meat so that we won't grow hungry, although the quality of the meat and the production process is slowly killing us and the environment. Producing and cramming massive numbers of animals into these small factory farm warehouses causes' disease and pollution. "Alberta's Feedlot Alley, which produces untreated waste from 1.3 million animals that is the sewage equivalent for a population of eight million people [...]" This sewage is damaging fertile soil used for planting and the condition of water that sustains life."
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Organic Farming: Advantages and Disadvantages, 2008.
An analysis of whether organic farming is a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses the debate over organic farming and discusses the advantages and disadvantages that are associated with it. The paper specifically focuses on whether organic farming is a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production and looks at whether the method should be improved and expanded on over the coming years.
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"In conclusion, organic farming has been proven to be a viable and ecologically beneficial method of food production and should be improved and expanded over the coming years. Improving and expanding organic farming is becoming increasingly necessary because food contamination, pollution, biodiversity declines, and deteriorating working conditions for farmers demonstrate that the world must develop a much more sustainable approach to agriculture.
"Critics claim that organic farming is not viable, primarily because it reduces crop yields and is inefficient in a variety of ways. But fallacious logic can be seen in many of their arguments, for study after study has shown that organic farming actually increases crop yields. This evidence refutes the primary argument of critics, many of whom are not objective anyway because they are affiliated with agribusiness conglomerates which profit from conventional farming and which are opposing organic farming simply because it reduces their business profits."
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Emu Farming, 2002.
A look at marketing strategies for emu farming in order to capture the alternative meats market during the holiday season.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 20 sources, £ 105.95
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This paper addresses these issues in developing a marketing strategy for Roy Harper, an investor who is currently backing three emu farms with a yield of approximately one hundred birds per farm per year and how he can utilize the current state of the alternative meats market.
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"The Farming of Bones", 2006.
This paper analyzes "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat and his vivid portrayal of suffering and mass murder.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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The paper discusses " The Farming of Bones" and examines how Edwidge Danticat produces a powerful and lyrical work that explores the suffering and mass murder of Haitians unfortunate enough to live and work in the Dominican Republic during the heyday of Dictator Rafael Trujillo in the late 1930s. Among the many powerful evocations in the work is Danticat's haunting use of the concept of remembrance. In her case she uses the idea of memory and loss to evoke an aching reminder of all those whose lives were taken, but who have now been lost to the mists of time.
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"Farming of the Bones", 2002.
This paper reviews ?Farming of the Bones,? by Edwidge Danticat, presenting a literary analysis discussing one of the elements in the novel as it relates to theme.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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An analysis of this novel with the backdrop of the Haitian massacres that took place in 1937 in the Dominican Republic. It provides a personal description of the author and links her experiences to the plot in the novel. The paper focuses on the main character of the story and how she tries to find some sense, logic or explanation which she witnessed during the massacre period.
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"The author, Edwidge Danticat, grew up in Haiti. Her mother had to leave her and her brother behind when Danticat was four, so she could join her husband in the U.S. She could not join her parents until she was twelve, and when she first came to the country, she could not speak any English. Her books relate many of her own experiences, as well as the people of her native country. ?Farming of the Bones? is her second book."
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African-American Migrants vs Nouveau Riche Migrants, 2005.
Contrasts the experiences of African-American migrants to Washington D.C. with that of the nouveau riche migrants to the city.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper looks at two groups of people who migrated to Washington D.C. after the Civil War - the African- Americans, mostly freed slaves, and the white nouveau riche. The paper then contrasts their experiences in the city.
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'Farming the Home Place', 2006.
A discussion regarding the Japanese immigrants who were tilling the American land, before and after internment in the US.
947 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the immigrant Japanese population within the United States who worked in agriculture in 1909. The paper discusses the discrimination and hardships these Japanese farmers faced in the USA. The paper also takes a look at the book 'Farming the Home Place' by Valerie Matsumoto which talks about the life of the immigrant Japanese farmer pre, post and during their internment.
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"The key to the community' survival during the leanest years of early economic development, a time of toil, lean meals of miso soup, and constant anxiety about economic survival was a strong sense of community involvement and common ethnic solidarity in an otherwise hostile land. The land was harsh in terms of its arid ecology and also in terms of how other Americans regarded these farmers as outsiders and interlopers. The Cortez Growers Association (CGA) provided some community structure and cohesion to the life of the farmers. Membership in the organization was contingent upon board approval and the payment of fifty dollars. From its origins, it evolved into a diversified structure, encompassing the marketing of produce, the shipping of goods, the purchase of farm supplies on a collective basis, even the drying of fruit. (Matsumoto, p.49; 53) However, far beyond a purely business related collective of farmers, the CGA created an important cultural institution. It staged traditional Noh plays for the community and provided English language and Sunday school instruction, although some members of the community retained their devout Buddhism, despite the efforts of Christian missionaries. The CGA showed how these farmers could retain their Japanese culture and still function as loyal Americans."
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Organic Farming in Australia, 2001.
A discussion of the management styles used by organic farmers in Australia.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper examines the systems of management and authority practiced in Australia with regard to organic farming. In order to be considered a registered organic farmer, strict rules need to be followed. This paper discusses these regulations and interviews individual farmers about their reactions and attitudes.
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"The attitudes that prevail in organic farming in Australia are not surprising if we look to other work on broad dimensions of Australian culture, dimensions that we should certainly expect to see reflected in management style. One such index to cultural dimensions that is widely used is Hofstede?s dimensions. Hofstede created a quantitative method for measuring aspects of culture that extend widely across different arenas such as a value for individualism as opposed to collectivism and ?masculine? as opposed to ?feminine? traits."
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Precision Farming & Global Positioning Systems, 1996.
Use & effectiveness of satellite technology in development of modern agricultural techniques.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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"This research examines the impact of global positioning systems (GPSs) on precision farming. In the discussions that follow both GPS and precision farming are defined, non-agricultural applications of GPS are reviewed, the development of precision farming is traced, contemporary applications of GPS to precision farming are examined, and the future relationship between GPS and precision farming is considered.
Defining GPS and Precision Farming
Global positioning systems use satellite technology (Precision farming offers, 1995, p. 15). The primary system now in use is a network of military satellites that is used to determine ..."
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Discrimination in Literature, 2004.
Examines the effects of discrimination in Claudio's "Becoming Myself" and Studs Terkel's "Roberta Acuna, Migrant Farm Worker".
1,246 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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Studs Terkel?s "Roberto Acuna, Migrant Farm Worker" and Claudio?s "Becoming Myself" in "Souls Looking Back" are texts that highlight the emotional trauma caused by different types of discrimination. The paper shows that, taken at face value, both texts appear to be a strong comment and protest against unthinking and cruel discriminatory behavior. The more powerful message contained in both texts, however, is that the ?discriminated? are liberated from the narrowness of conventional dogmas once they cease to struggle for acceptance. The paper shows that, instead, they reach a level of self-actualization that allows them to achieve a profound self-awareness, form a strength of conviction in their own beliefs, and leave their own distinctive mark on society through a unique personal expression.
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"Claudio?s situation is somewhat different to that faced by Roberto but with the same net result of a sense of inferiority, insecurity and fear. Claudio?s homosexuality, though well hidden from the world, still makes him aware that his is a difference that would lead to family, friends and society rejecting him if it ever came out in the open. Claudio instinctively senses that people would never accept him even though he constantly hears people advising him to be true to himself."
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Migrant Children Education, 2002.
Examining the education system of children of migrant workers who travel with their parents.
4,215 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 24 sources, MLA, £ 77.95
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This research examines school-age children, primarily from Mexico, who travel with their migrant-farm worker parents from Texas to Minnesota, and then back again to Texas, in the process experiencing patterns of double schooling. The research sets forth the context and background in which this kind of education takes place and then discusses the features of such schooling, with a view toward identifying strategies that might be employed by schools and school systems to assist these children optimally.
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"Educational opportunities for the children of migrant farm workers have not historically been a priority for US policy. The 1983 Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act focused on protections concerning pay, working conditions, and work-related (living) conditions. The Act defines migrant agricultural workers as those who are employed in farm work on a seasonal or other temporary basis who must be absent for a block of time from their permanent residence. Some migrant workers are classified as temporary H-2A foreign workers, who are "nonimmigrant aliens" allowed to have agricultural employment in the US for a specified time period, usually less than a year (Runyan, 1992). However, alternative definitions also exist, even within the federal apparatus. According to the Department of Agriculture's Hired Farm Workforce Survey, migrant workers may be those 14 years and older who crossed county lines to do agricultural work for an extended period at any time during the year, or those who "had no usual place of residence" but did such work "in two or more counties during the year" (Martinez & Others, 1994, p. 333)."
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Farm Welfare Program, 2003.
Examines the history of federal support for farming and its effectiveness.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 49.95
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This paper examines the history of federal support for farming and analyzes how effective it has been. The historical and economic background of the current crisis in American farming is also examined. The paper looks at the impact of the Grange movement, the Dust Bowl catastrophe, poor farming and land management methods and federal subsidies to farmers.
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"We tend to think of the current crisis faced by American farmers in which each year farmers are forced to leave a profession and a calling that their families have often practiced for generations sometimes ..."
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