Bolaven Farms Introduction Bolaven Farms grows‚ mills and retails high quality coffee from the Bolaven Plateau in Southern Lao PDR. It defines itself as a ‘privately owned‚ biotic diversified‚ beyond Fair Trade Organic farming business. The enterprise is aiming for a ‘sustainable model that builds and manages the entire supply chain for premium coffee‚ offering consumers quality products that are beyond just paying fair prices and traceable produce of organic cultivation’1. This involves a resident
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Bolaven Farms’ mission statement is “Growing the finest coffee is our passion. Restoring land ownership to the joy of the farming poor is our desire”. Its main purpose is to alleviate poverty and to produce premium organic coffee. Once earning the initial investment‚ its aim to reinvest 80% of its profit for community development sort of makes it a social business. SWOT Analysis of Bolaven Farm: Strength: Cheap labor‚ business with social cause‚ premium grade coffee‚ organic certified coffee‚ 75%
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write‚ the SWOT analysis‚ the assigned readings‚ and the visit to a farm that offered agritourism. The most notable part of the summer assignment was the visit to the farm in my home-state‚ Connecticut‚ to compare to Zenda Farms. I feel that visiting the farm over the summer was very useful because the visit allowed for me to draw major parallels between the farm I visited and Zenda. Both farms were in the beginning of their journeys to becoming a large and sustainable farm‚ also both farms have limited
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Strengths of Oakhurst Olive Farm Strength is one of the four components considered when formulating a SWOT analysis. Strengths are classified as internal factors as they affect the company directly. The strengths of Oakhurst farm are as follows: A great reputation in the market as well as in the industry‚ a great research and management team‚ the farm’s own nursery‚ efficient distribution and unique selling points‚ great location and geographical terrain‚ a beneficial skills development centre
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State Farm; know by their slogan as being a “good neighbor‚ and always "being there" was founded in 1922 by a retired insurance salesperson George Jacob. The mission of the company is to be the first and best choice in products and service. Started as a single line auto insurance company‚ State Farms now offers nearly 100 goods and services‚ in five different lines of business‚ to help their customers in their lives. The company handles approximately 35‚000 claims per day‚ which show they are "there"
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Perdue Farms Inc. I) Introduction Founded by Arthur W. Perdue in 1920‚ Perdue Farms‚ Inc. has always focused on quality. To improve the quality of his stock‚ Arthur Perdue bought leghorn breeding stock from Texas and mixed his own chicken feed. By 1940‚ Arthur Perdue realized that higher profits would come from selling the chickens‚ not the eggs. In 1950‚ Arthur Perdue’s son‚ Frank‚ took over leadership of the company and led the company into vertical integration. Perdue Farms controlled its
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insurer in the U.S. (through its property‚ life and health policies)‚ State Farm covers about one in five households. has been the number one automobile insurer in the United States since 1942. Top 50 Employer - Equal Opportunity Magazine’s 2009 Reader’s Choice Award (2009). National Association of Female Executives Top Companies for Executive Women - The National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) named State Farm among their Top 30 Companies for Executive Women for the second year in a row
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SWOT Analysis Established by Dr. Jared Wilson and his wife Susan Wilson‚ the Wilson Family Peach Farm is situated on 80 acres of land located northwest of Gainsville‚ Georgia and once operational will produce seven varieties of peaches and nectarines to provide a retirement occupation and supplemental income for the owners‚ Mr. and Mrs. Wilson (Peach and Apricot Farm Business Plan. 2004). Dr. Jared Wilson has a well-established network within the state of Georgia and Mrs. Susan Wilson has a longstanding
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Case 9 Sunshine Farms: Withering Since NAFTA Question 1: Is NAFTA unfair to American farmers? Explain. NAFTA has been unfair to some segments of the American farming industry as seen by the number of farms in Florida that have been closed since the passage of NAFTA. The case study indicates that due to the reduction & removal of tariffs‚ it is difficult for American farmers that specialize in the same products as Mexico to be competitive. This is primarily due to lower administrative costs
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Assignments 2. My aunt and uncle owned a farm and it was one of the best places I can remember being at. “The Farm” as we called it was out in the country and there were cows‚ horses‚ and farm dogs. When I was younger we went out there all the time‚ my cousin and I are very close and we spent a lot of time messing around. My uncle was like a father to me for the first three years of my life‚ unfortunately he died and they had to sell the farm. As I remember the farm I see the big barns and the trees behind
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