Gina Flores ELL240: Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners (ACV1417A) Instructor: Ashley Simpson Classroom Scenario Analysis May 26‚ 2014 Many students were transitioning from a classroom with Spanish instruction into my classroom with instruction provided in English. I had students ranging from monolingual English speakers to students who had just recently moved to the U.S. from a Spanish-speaking country. The range of language proficiency levels crossed the entire
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continue feeding the world population. Is this too extreme of an opinion? No‚ not in the slightest. Today we are faced with the same problem of an exploding human population while the rate o food production is going down. Large scale monoculture farming worked for us back then‚ but the effects it had on our world such as soil compaction and water pollution make it an irresponsible and outlandish idea to use in the modern day. To help combat food distribution problems‚ the only answer would be urban
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North Island College | Fish Farming | Benefits and Costs | Hailey Devitt 3/28/2011 | English 160 Module # 4 & 5 Assignment # 5 Formal Report North Island College Section: Distance Submitted To Derek Hanebury March 28‚ 2011 Submitted by: Ms. H. Devitt Table of contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 1 Introduction & Background……………………………………………………………………………………Page 2 Major Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Vertical farming is cultivating plant or animal life within skyscrapers or on vertically inclined surfaces. The idea of a vertical farm has existed at least since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A vertical farm would be a large‚ independently operating structure centrally located in a major city. It would feature two multi-storey‚ skyscraper-like buildings working together- one to manage food production with nutrient film techniques‚ and another to manage waste through living machines and generate
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just looking at this we can see that local farming is very beneficial. But not only it is fresh and cheap‚ it supports the locals and reduces the environmental cost. First‚ it is beneficial for the consumers. Typical vegetables and fruits are usually picked 4 to 7 days before the distribution so in this period the products are kept in the freezing facilities. However‚ when you freeze the vegetables‚ their quality goes down. On the other hand‚ local farming provides fresh newly picked foods to the
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Nr. 50 July 2009 Climbing beans‚ double yields A lot of beans on a small place: This is the benefit of climbing beans. And they are easy to harvest! The Organic Farmer A large section of the Kenyan population is unable to afford high protein food with adequate proteins‚ such as meat and eggs. This is where beans play a very important part; they are a cheap source of proteins. Unfortunately‚ the production of beans in most parts of the country is declining. The problem is the lack of good seeds
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globally and cutting down forests in order to expand their crops to feed our population today. We can stop the problems and engage in the solution‚ which is to promote new ways of farming that can save us water and land with drip irrigation and vertical farming. Drip irrigation is the solution to conserve water while vertical farming will allow us to expand our farms vertically and not horizontally‚ allowing us to also conserve our land on earth. So‚ can we conserve our water and land for future generations
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state that the US is currently in‚ we need an oil alternative‚ which is both economically friendly‚ and environmentally friendly. Algae farming tends to fall in both of these categories; what’s more‚ it is also efficient. For three very important rationales‚ I stand in a strong affirmation for this bill‚ in which we will fund algae farming. First off‚ Algae farming can be farmed realistically anywhere. There are very few requirements for algae biofuel. All biofuels that are created from land plants
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Urban Farming Our country is encountering rapid urbanization‚ which is increasing urban poverty in countries across the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. A Bill trying to be passed by the U.S. senate states “Dramatic economic‚ demographic‚ and land use changes in the United States have created areas where no supermarkets exist and where limited food choice‚ poor food quality‚ and lack of affordable food prices impact large segments of the country’s population.” It is
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FISH FARMING Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture‚ while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures‚ usually for food. A facility that releases young (juvenile) fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide‚ the most important fish species used in fish farming are carp‚ salmon‚ tilapia and catfish
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