Essays on Pasture

The business, Farm Burger is a joint that serves burgers since April 2010. Jason Mann and George Frangos were the primary entrepreneurs of the business. The main objective of the business is to come up with a burger experience that is superlative and connects the producers and the consumers directly. This objective is however met by the main challenge, which is to have control on prices of beef products. The stakeholders of Farm Burger are the consumers and the producers which it helps to link together (Mok, Sparks, & Kadampully, 2013). The producers include the butchers, ranchers, and local farmers. ...

The Fate of Greenland's Vikings by Dale Mackenzie Brown.

In 1721, Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary discovered that the Norse were no longer inhabiting the two settlements that they had established around 1000 A.D. Since then there has been many debates on the cause of their disappearance and decline. For long, the theories about their disappearance centered around the oral traditions of the Inuits. The Inuit tradition held that the demise of the Norse was due to the contact between the Inuit and the Norse which was often aggressive (Seaver 1996, 119). In recent years however, owing to expanding archaeological findings and other limited documentary evidence there have ...

Alexandra Kehayoglou’s work is not necessarily focused on fashion as such. Her work takes on an entire different look and feel to the usual (art). It is in light of this that Dries Van Noten approached her to create a carpet for his catwalk at the Paris Fashion Week in 2015. It was a showcase of how art, textile, and fashion could come together and create a memorable display. The work was memorable as it gave essence to the fashion on display as well as the concept that Van Noten wished to convey (see Figure 1). The carpet ...

There is a strong relationship between the Paris Talk and the preservation of wetland in Oregon. This is evident by the great war which has emanated between the climate change regime and the ranchers of Oregon. This conflict started when a game reserve was established in Malheur. The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established in Oregon, United States (Killeen). This prompted a war between the federal enforcement officers and the ranchers. The ranchers wanted their land so that they could continue rearing their livestock in an open field. On the other hand, the regulators had to grab the land ...

Answer Three Questions

Pastoralism is the relationship between people in range lands, domesticated livestock and the local ecology especially in regions where there are limited resources (Nori et al. 5). Among the key points was to first note the challenges facing pastoralists. They include; adverse climatic conditions like low rainfall that leads to shortage of water for both pasture and livestock. As a result the pasture becomes of little nutritional value to the livestock. Pests and diseases have also led to the death of livestock. Generally the native livestock breeds tend to be of poor quality. Land being a limited resource has ...

Question No. 1

Tragedy of the commons, as envisioned by Hardin, is the infinite freedom of the people to use or make use of the finite free resources of the world. The unchecked and wanton use by the people of these free resources results in a tragedy, according to Hardin, because eventually such use will overwhelm the resources themselves. A simple, but graphic example used by the author to illustrate this point is a pasture that is open to all for use. If one or several persons use this pasture to graze their animals this would not pose harm to the pasture, ...

In the Tragedy of Commons (TOC), students or individuals are expected to act independently and rationally. In most incidences they end up acting to satisfy their personal interest despite their knowledge that they may affect the long-term interest of the society. Actually, the participants in the pieces game have a tendency to deplete the common resource from the pool of resources. The paper will provide insight to the morals, ethical expectations, fairness, engineering canons and sustainability, and advice the future players of the Pisces game. I think that the problem of open access resources ensures that there is a ...

The point of this paper is to trace the origin of the maasai through their stories in order to find out if they were myths or legends.The Maasai is a group of plain Nilotes mostly living in the east African region. Their culture, mostly surrounds nomadic pastoralists that move with their cattle in search of water and pasture. Their creation myth surrounds livestock and mainly cattle which they hold sacred. They attribute their way of life to a myth in which Enkai sent them with cattle from heaven to look after them.

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The organic industry is amongst the fastest ever growing sectors in the United States. Organics have increased at a rate of almost twenty percent in the last couple of years and it is expected to maintain a steady growth. The following aspects constitute the trends of organic farming in detailed perspective.

Production

The amount of organic production has increased over the previous years. The Organic Production Survey of 2008 points that 4.1 million acres in the United States are used for organic production. This acreage divided into 1.8 million acres for organic pasture and 1.6 million acres for organic crops. In 2008, ...

In his article, Lifeboat Ethics: A Case against Helping the Poor, Garret Hardin brings forward the argument of whether rich nations should help the poor ones. Hardin claims that economic support strategies for the world’s developing nations such as the World Food bank will not help to alleviate the problems that plague these nations. Hardin’s basic claim is that the world is already doing too much in helping the poor. Because of this poor, the poor have absolutely no inclination to help themselves. He is of the opinion that public is blatantly interested in assisting the less ...

Saudi Arabia, with its huge oil reserves is the main state of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. From 1992 to 2009 it was ranked first in the world in oil production and exports. Exports of crude oil account for 95% of exports and 75% of the country's income, making it possible to maintain the welfare of the state (International Monetary Fund, 2014). Foreign exchange earnings from oil reached $ 45 billion US dollars, or about 85% of export earnings in 2013. High oil revenues contribute to accelerated industrial development in the framework of five-year plans. The growth of ...

Assignment #4

When the economists sing “Good for me, good for you, bad for us” they mean that when individuals consume some common resource, they act rationally and independently, to maximize their gain but, at the same time, they are depleting this shared common resource, which is disadvantageous for all who share it, including these individuals. However, these individuals bear only a small portion of the cost associated with exploiting the common resource, while their benefit is substantial. As a result, people are automatically motivated to exploit commons as much as they can, although it is harmful for them and those around them ...

“Good for me, good for you, and bad for us” as sung by the economists implies the tragedy of the commons. The common in this case is the pasture, which ensures that the flocks of the two economists thrive. The sheep provide benefits to them such as wool and meat. When a single economist increases his flock (selfish interest) to reap the maximum benefits of the sheep, it is “good for him.” When the other economist also pursues his selfish interest and increases the number of his animals, it would be “good for him.” But since the pasture is shared ...

Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century was dubbed as one of America’s finest poets. Literally, his poems reflect the serene appreciation of quiet living in the countryside, the simple appreciation over small things and the values of life (Fagan, 33). In this paper, I would like to argue that Robert Frost’s poems reflect individuality, despite the gentle poetic words of his poems. Normally, a reader might perceive Frost as an ‘effeminate; due to the quality of his chosen words. Most poets at the time of war use a much stronger voice in order to express ...

Abstract

William Blake, the famous English romantic lyrical poet, wrote this musical poem, “ The Lamb”, which was published in his book “Songs of Innocence and Experience.” It is simple in style but a metaphorical poem with allusions to the Bible.

Introduction William Blake, a romantic poet of the late 18th century, published the poem “ The Lamb” in his poetic collection called the “Songs of Innocence and Experience (Blake, 1789)⁠.” There is an air of innocence in the poem as the speaker asks a little lamb about its creator. This short poem is notable because of its lyrical style and its musical intonation. ...

The agricultural sector of Florida, right now, is not looking good. After much spending on the recent citrus greening, and budget cuts due to water usage, the farming industry was forced to take extreme measures (Jordan 199). The cost of crop and natural resources has soared in the recent months. This has caused a bump in the market, where consumers are not purchasing as much local commodities because of the prices. The recent problems in terms of agriculture are on the rise, while the House matches citrus greening while still on the topic of the expenditures. A great solution for ...

Despite the fact that postmodernism is a challenging term to generalize, there also exists numerous common features that can be said to characterize various aspects of postmodern art forms. It becomes evident that, the aspect of intersexuality is a prominent characteristic in most of the art forms as depicted by the arguments put forth by Lyotard and Jameson. In most forms of art that describes postmodernity, the works of art or literature are known to refer to each other through the method of pastiche or parody. In the case of parody, a particular work is imitated with the playful satire, and in ...

EconS 101.04 Writing Assignment #4 Fall 2013

The video “tragedy of the commons” is about the common resources and public goods and their reason of being problematic from the economic point of view. The economists in this video have sung a line that “Good for me, good for you, bad for us” which means that the common resources are depleting due to overuse. This is because people only consider their personal self interest, think about themselves and give importance to their own costs and benefits. There is misalignment of the incentives, which is arising from the improper use of the common resources. The common pool resources ...

A Thesis

Graduate Faculty of the Requirements for the Degree 2013 All Rights Reserved Introduction This project will focus on the botanical Family Apiaceae in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes, Louisiana. These parishes are spatially adjacent but are distinguished by different ecological habitats, making them botanically diverse. Lafayette Parish contains a prairie complex, St. Martin Parish has large areas of swamps, rivers, and lakes. The only recent publications on the identification and distribution of the Apiaceae in Louisiana occur in) and the USDA Plants database (plants.usda.gov 2011, and Thomas and Allen 1996). Since little is known about ...

National Geographic Xpeditions define human migration as the movement of people from one place to another having the very purpose of finding a permanent residency or a semipermanent residency across a political boundary. These people are either given (i.e. voluntary migration) or not given a chance to relocate (i.e. forced migration). Historical accounts of migration have been well-documented. Adam and Eve moved away from the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis, and the first human groups originating in East Africa to their current place in the world are among the many examples to cite. Migration may be classified in terms of ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest that covers more than a billion acres enclosing the regions of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Labeled as the “Lungs of our Planet”, it provides essential oxygen by recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen thereby regulating the temperature of our environment. Its watershed and river system which is the largest in the world provides one-fifth of the world’s fresh water particularly Brazil’s inland agriculture. The Amazon rainforest has the most distinctive ecosystem that provides habitat for millions of species of plants, animals and insects giving them support and nourishment. ...

In his popular essay The “Tragedy of Commons” Gareth Hardin presented a model whereby a commons, grazing pasture, would eventually be degraded and depleted. He showed that every herder with the right to grazing pasture would graze as many animals as possible for personal gain which in turn would lead to a depleted grazing pasture, the tragedy (Hardin pg. 10). Self-interest drives the over consumption of this common resource. Over the years this model by Hardin has been important in understanding the degradation of many common-pool resources. The Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) is a body of water separating the Baja ...

Introduction

Today, interracial marriage is one of the most commonly debated topics in the field of sociology and anthropology today. Not a lot of people get to understand what interracial marriage really is or what it really is all about, or what it even means. Basically, interracial marriage is a process or a phenomenon that occurs when two people, who came from two differing ethnic or racial groups, become bound by law, culture, and religion. In the simplest terms, interracial marriage occurs when two people who both came from a different culture marry and converge to form a single unit of society, or what is ...

Executive Summary

Market Research (2011) states that the market in the Middle East for dairy products has incredibly grown in the last 30 years. According to a study Market Research conducted in 2011, the milestones that the Middle East has achieved have developed remarkably well, with the industry firming up its structure and regulations. Local production of dairy products has even over taken imported sources. This is rightly remarkable since the Middle East is known to be a dry area that requires massive amounts of irrigation to thrive. The Egyptian government has proactively taken a strong stand towards lifting its economic and social status. ...

Introduction

The Navajo are a group of people that originated from India and settled in the United States late into 19th Century (Campbell, 2001).This group of people is considered to be the largest group of Native Americans having settled in the Southwestern side of the United States of America and parts of Mexico. The primary mode of subsistence for the Navajo group of people is pastoralists who move around from time to time depending on the conditions of the areas they have settled with their animals. Among the Navajo, the symbol of motherhood is considered to be the strongest. They ...

Migration is the prevalent process that contributed to the spread of human populations over Earth at the international scale and is evident in the population distribution of today. It donates to cultural dispersal and influences demographics, ethnicity, economics, culture, and social characteristics. Migration patterns tend to differ. They are influenced by push and pull factors. Push factors being the issues pushing them away from their current location, and pull factors being the object that lures them to their new location. People were motivated to migrate due to environmental, political, economical, and cultural reasons. A few examples are climate change, ...

The expansion of the American railroad system in the 19th century brought with it unprecedented economic and cultural change – which also happened at an unprecedented pace. It is almost impossible for us, in the early 21st century, to conceive the complete transformation that the railroad was responsible for – both directly and indirectly. Westland and Clark (12) compare the impact of the railroad on ordinary life with the impact of the internet on our generation. Indeed, in 1900 the railroad was responsible for 15% of American GDP – roughly equivalent to the internet’s impact on the American economy. Early in ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

Nowadays the problem of poverty and limited resources becomes more and more urgent. The famous Hardin’s essay, “Lifeboat ethics” covers different aspects of this issue and gives strong but often disputable arguments against helping the poor in the worldwide, international sense. The fact that Earth’s resources are limited is undisputable, and Hardin’s metaphor comparing nations of people to lifeboats floating in the limited space of resources seems very neat. In this situation different ethical and moral problems come into play. The main ethical issue in current situation is helping the poor with the limited helping capacity and ...