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Browsing Food and Farming Justice Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Adverse Effects of Farm Labor Housing on Mental Health
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)In order to comprehend mental health and well being among the migrant farm worker population, one must consider the various stressors that may have contributed to poor mental health statuses. This project examines ... -
Analysis of Bradford Reactive Soil Protein in Agronomic Treatments at the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station
(Kalamazoo College, 2013)Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonize over 70% of all land plants and are generally known to be mutualists with plants. They produce a glycoprotein called glomalin, but very little is known about the proteins‘ structure ... -
Are Pollination Services Limited to Sungold Cherry Tomato Plants in Urban Agricultural Landscapes in Detroit, Michigan?
(Kalamazoo College, 2016)Most crops in global food production benefit from pollination services. Agricultural intensification has resulted in commercial agriculture fields relying heavily on the non-native European honeybee for pollination needs. ... -
Bringing Children's Art into Nature : A Community Art SIP
(2011)For the summer of 2011 I was an intern at Edison Environmental Science Academy in Kalamazoo, ML I helped facilitate a Garden Camp which took place two days a week at the garden outside the school, and two days a week at ... -
Double Up Food Bucks : Incentivized Alternative to Industrial Agriculture
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)This thesis was largely developed from preexisting literature and the author’s experience with a food assistance incentive program, Double Up Food Bucks, as an intern at the Kalamazoo Farmer's Market. The research explored ... -
Ecological and Cultural Self-Understanding Through the Language of Food
(2018)Applying a critical analytic approach to food studies touches both environmental and social concerns since food exists fluidly—inextricably connecting the two. Thus, a critical theory approach to food extends across the ... -
Effectiveness of Pollination by Wild Bees as Influenced by Landscape Composition and Distance from Natural Habitat
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Honey bees have traditionally been used for crop pollination but are currently facing a population decline. Wild bees may present a supplement or alternative to honey bee pollination. A high diversity of pollinators ... -
Effectiveness of pollination by wild bees as influenced by landscape composition and distance from natural habitat
(Kalamazoo College, 2012)Bees are an animal pollinator often utilized by fruit growers. While honey bees have historically been used for crop pollination, they are currently facing a number of threats to their population. Wild bees present a ... -
Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Systems on the Root Health of Maize
(Kalamazoo College, 1996)Many plant pathogens attack a plant through its root system. A healthy root system is less susceptible to disease and so is vital to the health of the plant. This investigation focused on the health of the roots of the ... -
Evaluating the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture Products : a Meta-Analysis of Various Agricultural Life Cycle Assessments
(2019)The purpose of this Senior Individualized Project was to investigate the environmental impact of various agricultural products. Life cycle assessments (LCAs) for the subject products were collected and compared using an ... -
Food Security in the U.S.: Is Food a Basic Human Right?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The U.S. has a long history of food assistance; from the breadlines of the Great Depression to the creation of ‘Food Stamps;’ church basement soup kitchens to institutionalized non-profits, the approach to hunger has ... -
Health Concerns and Healthcare Accessibility of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers in the United States
(2004)Each year the number of immigrants in the United States increases. Many of these immigrants are of Hispanic decent, coming to participate as a migrant or seasonal farm worker in the United States Agricultural System in ... -
National Organic Certification in the United States and the Organic Agriculture Movement
(Kalamazoo College, 2007)What is "organic"? Organic Agriculture is defined most basically by how it compares economically and environmentally to conventional farms and by techniques that take advantage of and work in harmony with natural ecological ... -
National Organic Standards in the United States and the Organic Movement
(Kalamazoo College, 2007-04-27)Organic Agriculture is defined most basically by how it compares economically and environmentally to conventional farms and by techniques that take advantage of and work in harmony with natural ecological systems. Ideas ... -
No a la Ley Monsanto : An analysis of the framing and dissemination strategies utilized by the anti-GM agriculture and anti-seed patenting movements in contemporary Chile
(2015)This paper will look into the framing and dissemination strategies used by the anti-GMO and anti-seed patenting movement in contemporary Chile, ultimately identifying the major frameworks used and analyzing their impacts. ... -
Pennies Per Pound: How the Agricultural Sector Keeps Food Cheap and Farmworkers Exploited
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2012)This paper applies Johan Galtung's concept of structural violence to the exploitative system, largely consisting of governmental programs and agribusiness corporations, that abuses migrant farmworkers in the United States. ... -
Pennies Per Pound: How the Agricultural Sector Keeps Food Cheap and Farmworkers Exploited
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Agribusiness implements this strategy of myth disguised as Enlightenment in order to keep migrant farmworkers marginalized and exploited. Agribusiness plays a central role in spreading myths about the agricultural system ... -
The Property Line : A Poetry SIP
(2017)The author presents a collection of poems inspired by work on the family farm, including a sonnet crown: a sequence of fifteen sonnets where sonnets two through fourteen begin with the final line of the proceeding sonnet ... -
Reaching Economic Efficiency: Conservation Programs at Risk without Passage of the 2012 Farm Bill
(2012)The 2012 Farm Bill, titled Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 has created controversy about the necessities of American Agricultural Policy. Budget cuts have placed Conservation Programs at risk for major budget cuts, ... -
The relationship between obesity and poverty: A literature review
(Kalamazoo College, 2010)Many health problems in the United States are related to disparities in income and education. Over the past half-century, America has developed intensifying and increasingly costly problems of obesity and poverty. ...
