I was completely unaware that honeybees are disappearing every day. The documentary Vanishing of the Bees, investigates the economic, political, and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. The film focuses on our agricultural landscape and how there is a connection with man and the honeybee. I did not know the honeybee plays such a vital role in our ecosystem until after I watched the documentary. I was alarmed by the "Colony Collapse Disorder" and how it is tragic that bees are disappearing constantly. I appreciated that the documentary provided viewers with ways to help the bee population. The real question is if we listen and take the time to devote our time to save the honeybee.
There are factory farms in my area. The closet one is called Amy's Farm in Ontario, CA. It is actually a safe farm that provides humane care to animals. They provide fresh and environmentally safe food for the people of the city. They are a real, polycultural farm that focuses on sustainable, organic methods of farming. They also provide communities with fresh produce and educate their visitors on their non-profit work. It is great to see such an honest and good farm near me that provides for humane care for animals and other organisms.
I do not personally compost in my household. I was looking into composting a year ago back when I was very involved in my environmental community. I saw it as a healthy way to help the environment and attempt to do little things to helps the environment. We do have a bin that our gardeners use to compost. We have begun to compost beginning of this year since I involved my household in this. It is a great feeling knowing that we are helping the environment reduce chemicals in our soil by composting.
Hi Snay,
ReplyDeleteThere's a documentary on netflix called Rotten Foods and they discuss how honey isn't actually honey anymore it's mixed with rice syrup and sold as honey. It's one of the ways the market is trying to manipulate the producing of honey due to diminishing number of bees.
I appreciate that there are farms, such as Amy's Farm, doing such great work to educate our communities on farming best practices and sustainable options. As we've learned through our class, mono cultures are such a major source of damage to the ecology, so poly-cultural farms provide a great and natural alternative to rotate crop and maintain clean and sustainable farming within our communities. However, I've always questioned whether organic produce remains organic when it's placed at the grocery store. For example, if organic produce is placed next to conventional produce, I'm assuming some sort of cross contamination occurs, which works against the organic nature of the product. Just thought I'd share that as some food for thought.
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