You can help improve the health of your local economy in many differentways, from changing your shopping habits to starting a business of your own. Buy your food from local shops. Try to get most of your produce from the farmers'market, wheremembers of your community go to sell food they...
"Shared Harvest" is a community farm that focuses on fresh, organic products without using pesticides or fertilizers, and they establish a direct connection between farmers and consumers. It is a project created by Shi Yan, a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University in Beijing, ...
In the case of smallholder farmers these circumstances may include soil conditions, access to markets, declining natural resources, and weakening of societal safety nets (Rurinda et al., 2014). They may also encompass systemic weaknesses, institutional constraints (Nelson et al., 2007) and ...
This study asks the question, how do large-scale hog farmers' perceptions of public concerns about such potential risks affect their social interactions with their neighbors and other community members? To answer this question, this thesis will examine the following points, using data from ...
I’m a junior from Law School . The new semester will begin anda group of newbies are about to arrive .In order to help them adapt to the new environment and academic studies ,I propose that an orientation program should be held during the first week of this September . ...
On the one hand,we can organize or participate in community cleanup events to beautify our local parks, roads, beaches, and other public spaces since cleaner environment benefits everyone! On the other hand, there are many senior citizens who may need help with household chores, grocery shopping...
most flowering plants need the services of natural pollinators, such as honeybees, to do the work. Many of the crops grown on the Canadian Prairies require the use of pollinators: so important are honeybees as pollinators that many farmers will pay beekeepers to have hives located on their...
"No country, however strong it may be, can do everything on its own. We must engage in global cooperation," it read. The vision of a global community of shared future, according to the white paper, rises above the exclusive rules of bloc politics, the notion of might...
How Female Farmers Are Feeding the World The exact data on women in agriculture is difficult to pin down. There are variations between countries and agriculture data is challenging to collect. What is clear, however, is that most small-scale farmers are women, making up 60-80 percent of farm...
Still, not everybody gets to grow their own food at home. And one group in Taiwan has found another way to connect consumers directly with their food supply, by letting them share in the experiences of farmers. On the Buy Directly From Farmers e-commerce platfor...