...For 87 years, Future Farmers of America, also referred to as FFA, has been a national youth organization within the agricultural education structure. The FFA organization prepares students for leadership, individual growth and career development. Today, there are more than 575,000 student members that are engaged in a wide variety of activities. Students can participate in Student Development, Chapter Development or Community Development which helps them accomplish goals at a local level. Accomplishing goals at the local level can lead to the possibility of many different FFA Degrees. Since 1920, Future Farmers of America has been helping prepare each new generation of farmers for the challenges of feeding a growing population, by providing agricultural education and career guidance to students across America (Freeholders support legislation recognizing future farmers of America 1). There are many different fields besides farming; a student can work in various areas of agriculture, such as raising, feeding and maintaining livestock. The national FFA emblem consists of five symbols that signify the history, goals and future of the organization. The ear of corn symbolizes...
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...Food insecurity- (not knowing when or how the next meal will be obtained) is only one facet in the operation a Food Pantry which distributes food to various groups of people of a community. A food pantry or commonly known as a food closet, food shelves or local food bank are non-profit organizations that provide assistance to communities in need. Their main focus is to assist people of various groups to maintain a healthy life. You will be surprised to see the groups within the community affected by food insecurity. Food insecurity, defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways. Children are the number one victims of food insecurity because their family has to make the hard decisions whether to pay bills or to feed their child in a manner that is healthy. On a national average, 15.9 million children suffer from food insecurity. Food insecurity in children can hinder not only their physical health but their state of mind as well. Most children in a food insecurity environment might have a difficult experience in the performance of normal learning objectives in school. Low income families make up a very small percentage of food insecurity’s total population because most low income family has at least one working adult. Most people believe that people living in poverty, the homeless,...
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...Introduction Retailers find themselves at the crossroad of so many issues – one of them, food waste. It can cost retailers up to 4% of their business revenue (Weber et al., 2011). Given the need to be profitable and competitive throughout the future, this matter cannot continue to be ignored. According Gustavsson et al. (2011), food waste is a global predicament of stunning proportion underlying reasons differs between countries. The author stress out that food waste in industrialized countries is dominated by retail and consumer waste whereby high losses at the post-harvest and processing stage due to spoilage in warm and humid climates resulting from the lack of modern transport and storage infrastructure. Kaye (2011) in his writing states that, despite the rising prices of the commodity, the problem of food waste is not about the supply, but of distribution channel and efficiency. Various factors contribute to food waste. Kaye (2011) comments that American restaurant portions are only proper for a buffet but not a sensible meal; confusing labeling on food products that lead many consumers to dispose food products that are still edible; government regulations that get in the way of donating food to charities; and marketing schemes that encourage the purchase of large quantities that even the most famished households cannot consume before the food spoils. Statistics of Global Food Waste If this problem persist without any measures to be taken, food inflation is going to...
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...Lisa Flagg English 115 August 18, 2013 “Food Banks, how they help people in need” The population of the state of New Jersey is, 8,801,624. The current rate of unemployment is 9.5%, which means that almost 880,000 people face the question each day of “how am I going to feed my family today?’ As the director of Community Food of New Jersey is a hard task, you have to be prepared each day to face the challenges of feeding families in need. Majority of the people that are served by food banks, have children. The biggest challenge of about serving so many needy families is knowing that without the programs we (the food banks) run many of these people would not be getting any of the nutrition that they need on a daily basis. (FeedingAmerica.org) In the world today there are people who never have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. However, there are other who face those woes every day. Food banks are one of the options people have to help feed their families. The community food bank of New Jersey, along with our partner agencies, feed an estimated 900,000 people throughout the year in the state of New Jersey alone. There are also many other options available to New Jersey residents including the WIC program for pregnant woman and their children and SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program). But it is still hard for many residents to make ends meet and provide enough food with enough nutritional value for their families. The rising cost of putting...
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...condition called hypoxic encephalopathy (a neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain). Many people wondered what caused a healthy 26 year old woman to have a heart attack and some thought that there was foul play involved, but her Husband Michael Schiavo claimed that his wife was battling bulimia and a chemical imbalance was the cause of the heart attack. Terri spent the next two and half months in a coma until she awoke to what is called a vegetative State (a state of wakefulness without detectable awareness. It is a diagnosis of some uncertainty in that it deals with a syndrome, not an etiology).[1] In this vegetative state she was able to breathe on her own and maintain some vital bodily functions. Terri had a gastric feeding tube...
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...provides much needed nutrition through generous donations of time and money, and continuing support from government grants and local tax levies. The challenges presented to The Foodbank are heightened by the economic profile of the counties it serves. According to the United States Census Bureau, 13.8% of the United States population lives beneath the poverty level, while 14.4% the combined population of Montgomery, Greene, and Preble counties lives beneath the poverty level (United States Census Bureau, 2012). The people served by The Foodbank are largely in poverty, with 83% of those served in 2011 falling below the poverty level with an average monthly income of $760.00 (The Foodbank, Inc., 2012). A hunger study performed by The Foodbank between February and June of 2007 found the following: The Foodbank provides emergency food for an estimated 70,000 different people annually. 40% of the members of households served by The Foodbank are children under 18 years old. 23% of households include at least one employed adult. 79% have incomes below the federal poverty level. (The Foodbank, Inc., 2012) The needs of the children in the families that are supplied with assistance by The Foodbank are even more important to meet due to the impact on developing brains when faced with malnutrition. Research commissioned by Feeding America and the ConAgra Foods Foundation found that children that were malnourished tended to have a slower learning pace that caused them to lag behind...
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...Analysis of the Term “American Exceptionalism” in the Current U.S. Culture A Reflections Paper Analysis of the Term “American Exceptionalism” in the Current U.S. Culture American Exceptionalism refers to the idea that the United States is significantly different from other countries. The concept has origins in the writings of French scholar Alexis de Toqueville who made observations during his visit to America in the nineteenth century (Mansfield, 2011). Also, Puritan John Winthrop's 1630 sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" led to the widespread belief in American folklore that the United States of America is God's country because it would become a "city upon a hill", watched by the world (John Winthrop: "A Modell of Christian Charity", 2007). Although the term does not necessarily imply superiority, many political leaders and writers have coined its use in that sense. Naturally, others hold the position that America is not really exceptional at all. In fact, after taking a cursory glance at some of the issues that our leaders are charged to correct, we can easily peel off the loftier label and replace it with a more humbling phrase. To begin, America’s hunger issue is a strong reason to reduce our loftier standing. It is not impressive that in a country without drought or famine and with enough food and money to feed the world twice over 1-in-8 of our own people struggle to put food on its table (Berg, 2009). Also, in 2010, 4.8 percent of all U.S. households...
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...ENG 102 02-25-2012 Research Outline on Childhood Obesity Intro: More than 17 percent of children and adolescents from ages 2-19 are obese in the United States of America and are faced with multiple health problems that can evolve into long term issues (“Just Think” par. 1). Childhood obesity health problems are the cause of over 300,000 deaths each year (Just think par. 2). Obesity in youth has tripled in the last 30 years and statistics are showing a steady increase yearly for today’s children and adolescents. Obese children are an epidemic that has caused daily diagnosis of Diabetes, high blood pressure and various other illnesses due to uncontrollable weight gain. Thesis: The focus will be on solutions to prevent obesity by educating parents and teachers on how to help children make healthy food choices, how to interact with kids through joint physical activities, and the importance of starting good eating habits early in childhood development. * Body: The focus will be on solutions to prevent obesity by educating parents and schools on how to help children make healthy food choices Parent and schools need to incorporate more fruits and vegetables The National Schools Lunch Programs (NSLP) is challenged with reducing the amount of fat and saturated fat children have that consume lunch from school (Ralston, Newman, Clauson, Guthrie, and Buzby 24). There are national campaigns with a purpose of impacting the alarming rate of childhood obesity and generating...
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...United Church of Christ: The Church affirms individual freedom and responsibility. It has not asserted that hastened dying is the Christian position, but the right to choose is a legitimate Christian decision. Mainline and Liberal Christian denominations: Pro-choice statements have been made by the United Church of Christ, and the Methodist Church on the US West coast. The 'Episcopalian (Anglican) Unitarian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker movements are amongst the most liberal, allowing at least individual decision making in cases of active euthanasia The BBC wrote in an Aug. 3, 2009 online article titled "Religion & Ethics - Christianity: Euthanasia - the Christian View" on www.bbc.co.uk: "Christians are mostly against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Some churches also emphasise the importance of not interfering with the natural process of death... Christians believe that the intrinsic dignity and value of human lives means that the value of each human life is identical. They don't think that human dignity and value are measured by mobility, intelligence, or any achievements in life. Valuing human beings as equal just because they are human beings has clear implications for thinking about euthanasia: • patients in a persistent vegetative state, although seriously damaged, remain living human beings, and so their intrinsic value remains the same as anyone...
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...all the food produced in 2009 and distributed it evenly amongst the global population, the world will still need to produce 974 more calories per person per day by 2050,” (2014 Map of the Meal Gap). Unsustainable food supplies are a big deal here in the United States. Because of unsustainable food supplies, the food gap continually increases everywhere in the U.S. However, if more people in America tried to create a more sustainable food supply, it should help decrease every state's food gap. People everywhere in the United States are not getting fed because of the nation’s food gap. Even though no one said the solution to the problem would be easy, but sustaining food supplies might be the answer. “Figuring out how to feed all these people—while also advancing rural development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting valuable ecosystems—is one of the greatest challenges of our era,” (Ranganathan, Janet). Closing the gap by sustaining food supplies are going to take everyone to help. Some...
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...Today's younger generation are arguably the most overworked generation America has seen in many generations. Frank Bruni tells describes of this in great detail in his reading “Today’s Exhausted Superkids”. Frank Bruni shares a well written article about today's overworked teens and the amount of sleep that seems to be lacking in the majority of their lives, and he provides evidence and other supporting writers but lacks in statistical evidence and disadvantages of lacking sleep. Bruni provides many statistical evidence and facts that help persuade the reader to see the topic from his perspective. He tells that “55 percent of american teenagers from ages 14 to 17 reported that they were getting less than seven hours of sleep a night”. Also...
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...PAD-201: Social Change 24 March 2015 Poverty Introduction In order to define and understand what poverty is, we can consider about conditions of having a little or no money, goods or means of support, state of being poor and lack of vital resources such as education, healthcare, food, clean water and safety. According to Feed America analysis, there were around 14.5% of population (43.5 million) who lived in poverty in 2013 whereas 15.1% lived in poverty in 2010. Thus we can see that poverty rate among United States slightly decreased due to powers applied by different sectors of country, such as government, business and society/non-profit organizations. United Nations organization states that about 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, it means that there is one person die every four seconds. It is very sad because children die most often. Today, poverty is a huge issue which affects global economy and wealth of the whole population. Moreover, we see high level of inequality, there are people who earn couple dollars a day, whether they live in wealthiest nation in the world or poorest, the difference is real. Many people feel that high level of inequality will affect social cohesion and lead to problems such as increasing crime and violence. Moreover, the poorest part of people always has less access to health, education and other services provided by government and private businesses. Some of these people cannot even afford initials...
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...will help them to further this process. http://www.ihr.com/infertility/ivf/how-to-select-infertility-ivf-clinic.html 2. Prenatal Development, Birth and Newborns- Institutions: Three specific institutions that I will discuss are, Graham’s Foundation, Little Big Souls and the European Foundation for the care of newborn infants (EFCNI). All three of these organizations help to support parents and physicians of premature babies. There resource websites are as follows: * http://grahamsfoundation.org/ * http://www.littlebigsouls.com/ * http://www.efcni.org/ 3. Infancy- How to Breastfeed: First, they suggest that you learn as much as you can about breast feeding before you even start. They suggest that you talk with other moms you know who have had experience in breast feeding. Next you can look into reading books and taking classes at local hospitals (if they provide them), to help understand the purpose behind breastfeeding and they correct positions to have. This is a skill that has to practiced and learned in order to succeed. Secondly, breastfeeding is a learning process for both you and your baby. You have to learn the cues for when your baby is...
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...States has usually reacted to attacks of terror in a judicial way which has led us to be a weak target. Next, he claims that “the post-Cold War era is the age of terrorism,” which is a categorical claim that is stating that terrorism is a form of war. He also uses a resemblance claim comparing the 9/11 attacks to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan attacking Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack like 9/11 and Franklin Roosevelt responded with a pledge to bring all of Japan to justice. Roosevelt wanted a justice of war and Krauthammer is stating that this should be the case for the 9/11 attacks. He has a strong pathos approach here, and uses it at the end of the article by tying Pearl Harbor into his statement, or question, “it rose to the challenge. The question is: Will we?” This was a great ending that fires up the audience to fight back. The definitional claims Krauthammer uses give strong support to his claim. Looking at the claim: “This is the formidable enemy’” we need to define what “This” is and then what “formidable enemy is. “This” is defined in the previous claim as terrorism and...
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...Donate City Harvest for a Great Cause Introduction: • Myself: Twenty years ago I was new to America, a strange Country and unfamiliar culture but with a lot of opportunities. I left my native country in search of liberty and for a better future. When I got here my life was full of challenges, I didn’t want to give up on these challenges and instead wanted to face them. Day to day I coped with several challenges in my life, I also motivated myself to do something for this society and for the people of this community. • The Community Serving Activities: I began as a donator, every year I donated some money to Red Cross and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and as a result of this, I got One Platinum Supporter 2010 Award from Cancer Center. But I also wanted to participate physically in volunteer work. For this purpose, first I joined Elmhurst Hospital as volunteer and worked there a little while. • General Purpose: In fact, I enjoy the feeling of being able to help others without expecting anything in return. I think if we are in a position to provide others with comfort or support—who are weak or less fortunate then we must do something for them. I am enthusiastic about being an active person of this society and take responsibility trying to help improve others lives. • Exclusive Purpose: A few months ago, I joined the City Harvest as a volunteer and now spend my free time serving others through this nonprofit organization. City Harvest: • History: The City Harvest...
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