Fenway Park
Boston Commons
Boston Garden
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Boston
Boston Skyline
Fenway Park
Boston Commons
Boston Garden
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
Fenway Park
Boston Commons
Boston Garden
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Main Economic Activities
United States
"The United States and Canada are the most industrially and technologically advanced nations, with the highest percentages of workers in nonagricultural pursuits—well over 90%"
"The United States and Canada are the most industrially and technologically advanced nations, with the highest percentages of workers in nonagricultural pursuits—well over 90%"
"About 13% of the land in North America is used for growing crops, with a slightly higher percentage used as permanent pasture. About 70 per cent of the farmland is in the United States; about 15% is in Canada; 10 per cent in Mexico; and nearly all of the remainder in Central America.
The United States and Canada are by far the chief producers of agricultural products. In general, farms in the United States and Canada are privately owned, highly mechanized, and large in area. Farms of more than 1,000 acres (405 hectares) are common. In general, farms in the United States and Canada use large quantities of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals."
"The continent's richest farmland is found on the eastern Great Plains, stretching southward from south-central Canada into the United States, and in the so-called Corn Belt of the midwestern United States. Wheat is the main crop of the Great Plains. The Corn Belt produces large amounts of hay, soybeans, and various cereals, in addition to corn. Central Mexico is also a major corn-growing area.
Virtually every kind of fruit and vegetable is grown somewhere in North America. In the United States and Canada, much of the fresh produce supplied to large cities comes from nearby farms that specialize in growing fruits and vegetables. The subtropical and tropical areas of North America are noted for the commercial production of citrus fruits, winter vegetables, cotton, sugarcane, coffee, and bananas. Chief foods grown in these areas for local use are corn, beans, sweet potatoes, various other vegetables, and fruits.
About one-tenth of the cropland is under irrigation. Nearly 70 per cent the irrigated land is in the United States, mainly in California, Texas, and the mountain states from Montana to Arizona and New Mexico; much of the rest is in Mexico. Sugar beets, cotton, and fruits and vegetables are among the crops grown on irrigated land."
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Highlighting Agriculture United States
Corn
"The Unites States is by far the largest producer of corn in the world. It produces 32% of the worlds corn crop in early 2010. Corn is grown over 400,000 U.S. Farms. The U.S. exports about 20% of the U.S. farmers corn production. Corn grown for grain accounts for almost one quarter of the harvested crop acres in this country."
Soybeans
"Approximately 3.06 billion bushels of soybeans were harvested from 73.6 million acres of cropland in the U.S. in 2011. This acreage is roughly equivalent to that of corn grown for grain. Soybeans rank second, after corn, among the most-planted field crops in the U.S. Over 279,110 farms in the U.S. produce soybeans making the U.S. the largest producer and exporter of soybeans."
Wheat
"Over 160,810 (2007 Census of Agriculture)farms in the United States produce wheat and wheat production exceeds 2.27 billion bushels a year. The U.S. produces about 10% of the world's wheat and supplies about 25% of the world's wheat export market."
Cotton
"Fewer than 18,605 (2007 Census of Agriculture) farms in the United States produce cotton (2007 Census of Agriculture). Cotton is grown from coast-to-coast, but in only 17 southern states, concentrated in California, Texas, and the Southeast. According to the National Cotton Council of America, farms in those states produce over 30% of the world's cotton with annual exports of more than $7 billion"
Grain sorghum
"In the United States, 26,242 farms grow grain sorghum. Grain Sorghum used primarily as an animal feed, but also is used in food products and as an industrial feedstock."
Twenty two million farms dot Americas landscape. About 97% of the U.S. farms are operated by families, individuals, family partnership or family corporations. Farm and ranch families comprise just 2% of the U.S. population. More than 21,000,000 American workers produce, process and sell the nations food and fiber.
-I believe that one of the biggest issues with the food production in the U.S. is that it is not controlled by a family farm, growing food for people, families and communities, while maintaining bio-diversity; it has become a large corporate industrial agriculture farms, where these machines have replaced farmers. As a result we see a disconnect between us as a community and the food system where we have been reduced to just consumers.
"The Unites States is by far the largest producer of corn in the world. It produces 32% of the worlds corn crop in early 2010. Corn is grown over 400,000 U.S. Farms. The U.S. exports about 20% of the U.S. farmers corn production. Corn grown for grain accounts for almost one quarter of the harvested crop acres in this country."
Soybeans
"Approximately 3.06 billion bushels of soybeans were harvested from 73.6 million acres of cropland in the U.S. in 2011. This acreage is roughly equivalent to that of corn grown for grain. Soybeans rank second, after corn, among the most-planted field crops in the U.S. Over 279,110 farms in the U.S. produce soybeans making the U.S. the largest producer and exporter of soybeans."
Wheat
"Over 160,810 (2007 Census of Agriculture)farms in the United States produce wheat and wheat production exceeds 2.27 billion bushels a year. The U.S. produces about 10% of the world's wheat and supplies about 25% of the world's wheat export market."
Cotton
"Fewer than 18,605 (2007 Census of Agriculture) farms in the United States produce cotton (2007 Census of Agriculture). Cotton is grown from coast-to-coast, but in only 17 southern states, concentrated in California, Texas, and the Southeast. According to the National Cotton Council of America, farms in those states produce over 30% of the world's cotton with annual exports of more than $7 billion"
Grain sorghum
"In the United States, 26,242 farms grow grain sorghum. Grain Sorghum used primarily as an animal feed, but also is used in food products and as an industrial feedstock."
Twenty two million farms dot Americas landscape. About 97% of the U.S. farms are operated by families, individuals, family partnership or family corporations. Farm and ranch families comprise just 2% of the U.S. population. More than 21,000,000 American workers produce, process and sell the nations food and fiber.
-I believe that one of the biggest issues with the food production in the U.S. is that it is not controlled by a family farm, growing food for people, families and communities, while maintaining bio-diversity; it has become a large corporate industrial agriculture farms, where these machines have replaced farmers. As a result we see a disconnect between us as a community and the food system where we have been reduced to just consumers.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Diseases
Diseases In the Unites States
- "Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men. About 610,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 43 seconds. Each minute, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event."
Monday, January 26, 2015
Three Thematic Maps
The United States
"A thematic map is a type of map especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. These maps can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent".
Graduated Circle Map- "Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men. About 610,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 43 seconds. Each minute, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event."
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