Essays about: "the Organic Farming Movement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words the Organic Farming Movement.

1. 1. En blomstrande odling : växtföljdens betydelse för frilandsodlade snittblommor i Sverige.

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : jenny Rastamo; [2022]
   Keywords : snittblommor; växtföljd; friland; annueller; blomsterodling; jordhälsa; växtskydd;

   Abstract : Marknaden för snittblommor har ökat markant det senaste decenniet och en stor del importeras via Holland från utvecklingsländer, som Kenya, Ecuador och Colombia Arbetsvillkoren på de här blomsterodlingarna är ofta dåliga med låga löner och tvivelaktig arbetsmiljö. Som motreaktion startade Slow flower-rörelsen i USA för knappt 10 år sedan för att lyfta inhemsk snittblomsproduktion och koppla samman blomsterodlare med konsumenter. READ MORE

3. 2. Livestock-MRSA in Danish Pig Farms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Mona Tykesson Klubien; [2021]
   Keywords : GIS; epidemiology; MRSA; Denmark; pig production; logistic regression; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This study looks at factors contributing to LA-MRSA prevalence in Danish pig farms. LA-MRSA is a pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to methicillin (penicillin) and tetracycline antibiotics found in livestock such as pigs, poultry and cattle. READ MORE

4. 3. Seeds of sustainability? : A case study on agricultural sustainability perceptions among small-scale farmers in the Manyara region, Tanzania

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Evelina Tarvainen; [2020]
   Keywords : Norms of sustainability; sustainable agriculture; the Organic Farming Movement; local seed trade; small-scale farmers; Green political theory; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Agricultural policies worldwide are giving an increased focus to the goal of sustainable agriculture, but there are still uncertainties around how this is performed and achieved. As small-scale farmers are a fundamental part of agricultural production worldwide, earlier scholars request deeper understanding of how these farmers perceive sustainable agriculture and how they perceive the pathway towards sustainability. READ MORE

5. 4. Customer Perceptions of Organic Certification Standards

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Damir Kokic; Marcus Brando Pedersen-Slaatten; [2019]
   Keywords : Organic certifications; eco-labels; organic agriculture; resource circulation; resource nourishing; GMO; Biodynamic Farming;

   Abstract : Along with the organic food market development, two directions within the industry has appeared, the traditional organic farming and the biodynamic organic farming. The thesis aimed to derive at which organic certification of organic food in the Swedish food market is most appropriate to the organic movement, based on customer perceptions of Swedish University students. READ MORE

6. 5. The political ecology of alternative agriculture: Ontological difference and conflict in the struggle over sustainability in Scania and on Zealand

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Sofie Andersson; [2019]
   Keywords : Biodynamic farming; alternative agriculture; political ontology; political ecology; human ecology; organic farming; sustainability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim in this thesis is to explore how power dynamics are involved as one way of knowing the environment is held to be more rational than the other. This is being put in the case of the development of alternative agriculture in Sweden and Denmark, where organic agriculture has managed to gain greater attention in recent years whilst biodynamic farming has been less successful. READ MORE