Based on my own personal food audit, my three chosen food items have traveled more than the average distance of most food as noted above by the Worldwatch Institute. The bananas were imported all the way from Guatemala (Figure 1.1), the grapes were grown in California (Figure 1.2), and the rice was grown all the way from Thailand (Figure 1.3). This is not sustainable at all, as my food had to be transported over long distances and even longer supply chains to reach me. This choice to consume food
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My Antonia is important as a historical fiction because you get a little of life that happened in that particular time period of American history. Around this time, many immigrants were coming to America the home of the free to have the “American Dream”, they were coming from all over Europe. My Antonia had immigrants specifically from Bohemia. America was seen as the land of opportunity and we see this in Cather’s novel. Nebraska had a very low population so families like Antonia’s family would
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In a short biography about the Hmong culture, they originally dominated the country of China; however, they were overtaken by other Asian groups (Split Horn). Some Hmong people were enslaved, while majority of the Hmong individuals scattered throughout the world. Hmong families and relatives strayed away from populated areas, and decided to escape to Thailand. With the separation of the Hmong population, Hmong relatives mainly mobilized to Laos or deep into the mountains in Thailand. The estimated
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The Truth About Philippine Mangoes 04/12/2011 by Vanjo Merano What is the first thing that comes in your mind when you hear the word “Mango”? If you will ask me that question, the first thing that I think of is the Philippines. In my opinion, I can say, Without any doubt, that the best mangoes that the world has ever tasted came from the Philippines. I know people from other mango producing countries will question my statement. However, I am confident to say that there is no other mango out there
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age of climate change. The government will have to do more to assist those thousands of plantation workers and their families who will have no source of livelihood for nearly a year. The typhoon also reportedly destroyed farms planted to coconut, corn and rice, although the palay harvest for the fourth quarter was mostly over when Pablo struck. Those images of children begging in the streets give an indication of the economic disaster now faced by people in the typhoon-affected areas. If relief
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to work outside in the farm field and at the time of springtime they would be filling and planting the fields. They used all the hard labor with the help of an animal. And in the fall time they collect the harvest and
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Let’s Get Better in Reading Learner‟s Materials 3 This instructional material was collaboratively developed and reviewed by educators from public and private schools, colleges, and or/universities. We encourage teachers and other education stakeholders to email their feedback, comments, and recommendations to the Department of Education at action@deped.gov.ph. We value your feedback and recommendations. Department of Education Republic of the Philippines i Let’s Get Better in Reading
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traded it for more food or materials that they actually needed. Ancient Rome although had a lot of exports with all its goods it sometimes also needed imports for extra food storage or diversity because of this Rome imported a lot of goods such as beef, corn, olive oil, wine, and spices. These are the few items that Ancient Rome imported for taste, style, or overall appearance. With food comes cooking, Han Dynasty China and Ancient Rome had to come up with something easy and efficient to make food safe
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INDEX Introduction 1 Geography and Hydrography 2 Geology 3 Climate and Agriculture 4 Animal husbandary 5 Fishing 6 Industry 7 Turism
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Prakrit Khamduangdao was looking for an alternative to agricultural chemicals to control pests in his vegetable farm. However, he was not completely satisfied with various botanical pest control measures being promoted in northern Thailand. He reports that even though certain natural insect repellents were beneficial, their effects were too limited. Additionally, finding adequate amounts of necessary raw plant materials and processing them into sprays was laborious and time consuming. When Mr
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