200 research outputs found
Marjorie Sandor, 25th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textMarjorie Sandor is the author of a book of stories, A Night of Music, and a book of essays, The Night Gardener. Her new story collection, Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime, will be published by Sarabande Books in 2003. Her stories and essays have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, Five Points, and The New York Times Magazine, as well as several anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories 1985 and 1988, The Pushcart Prize XIII, The Best of Beacon 1999 and In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal. Sandor teaches in the MFA creative writing program at Oregon State University in Corvalis. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Associated Writing Programs
STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF PRODUCTION FREE FROM CHEMICAL USE
No full textThe assumption, that in case of production different from the conventional one, operational and production risk are increasing in farms, is supported by the calculations. Input/output relations undergo a change in each sector and this may have serious financial outcomes, which would importantly determine profit yielding capacity and efficiency of farming. The statement of Offermann and Nieberg is true of the cost structure, according to which essential cost difference between the two technologies can not be measured. By the aid of the calculation, it was successfully verified – in compliance with the opinion of Wookey – that organic production can be as profitable, as the conventional production or even more so. In contradiction to Bmvel’s data, it can be demonstrated, that even a revenues, surpassing the result of conventional production may be realized in organic farms. On the whole, the results obtained strengthen the standing-point of Szente, according to which the profit, originating from organic production may be higher, than that from conventional production, although it fails already to reach the saliently high values, which were characteristic of the earlier years. In production technology, upon the effect of the change in operational elements and elimination of chemical use, increased yield risk is to be taken into account, although at the same time, the possibility of a more successful operation will in-crease through the market premium price. Subsidy of each technology is different, which means, that allowances associated with the expectable future much better environment-saving technologies will further increase profitability. Also market changes may promote this process, since consumers and institutions become increasingly disposed to take a turn to goods, produced free from chemicals. It is indicated also by statistical data, that more and more producers are dealing with organic production and also the size of areas turned on organic farming is continuously increasing. The rhythm of the development of organic markets is still lagging behind this, but the possibility is open to the agricultural sector being in process of transition. Conventional agriculture is yet unable to produce commodities, suitable for satisfaction of all demands of consumers in every respect, and also efficiency and profitability of production are very low, several sectors can be operated with loss only.organic farming, turning on, profitability, Agribusiness, Crop Production/Industries, Environmental Economics and Policy, Farm Management,
Socialistinis mąstymo būdas
No full textStraipsnyje analizuojamas socialistinis mąstymo būdas kaip žmogiškosios sąmonės faktorius, pagrįstas mokslinio komunizmo teorija ir apibrėžiantis adekvačią prieigą šiuolaikinės epochos problemoms nagrinėti. Išskiriami specifiniai šio mąstymo būdo bruožai. Teigiama, kad darbininkų klasės politinių poreikių prioritetas socialistinėje sąmonėje realizuojamas nuvainikuojant buržuazinio mąstymo būdo teisinį centrizmą. Mąstymo būdas, paremtas moksline visuomenės raidos teorija, perėjimo iš kapitalizmo į komunizmą laikotarpiu orientuojasi visų pirma į politiką. Socialistinis mąstymo būdas savo vertinimų bei sprendimų sistemoje kelia į pirmą vietą darbininkų klasės politinės valdžios poreikį dėl to, kad tik turėdama politinę valdžią, ši klasė gali įgyvendinti savo politinius ir ekonominius tikslus. Socialistiniame mąstymo ir elgimosi būde politinis centrizmas būdingas ne tik kolektyvinei, bet ir individualinio pobūdžio veiklai. Kolektyvizmas, kaip komunistinis elgesio ir mąstymo principas, grindžiamas išplėtotų visuomeninių santykių sistema. Tai ne buržuazinio individualizmo priešprieša, bet jo įveikimas, aukštesnė elgesio pakopa, išsivysčiusio individo atributas
Tikėjimas be bažnyčios ir dorovės poveikis
No full textStraipsnyje nagrinėjamas bažnyčios ir religijos vaidmuo socialistinėje valstybėje. Teigiama, kad bažnyčios įtaka socialistinėse šalyse Centrinėje Rytų Europoje vis dar nemaža, bet nuolat silpnėja. Socializmo kūrimo procese bažnyčia pamažu išstumiama iš svarbiausių politinio, ekonominio ir kultūrinio visuomenės gyvenimo sričių. Bažnyčios siūlomi menkai pagrįsti visuomeninių pokyčių teoriniai, ideologiniai sprendimai, jos silpnėjanti organizacinė veikla mažina bažnyčios visuomeninės veiklos ir kitų gyvenimo sričių kontrolę arba visai ją nuneigia. Sukurtos religinių pažiūrų sistemos ir prie jų prisiderinę tikėjimai išlieka ir plinta naujoje kartoje ir tuomet, kai bažnyčios galia ir vaidmuo labai sumažėję. Nagrinėjamas „likutinio religingumo“ fenomenas, kai individas yra praradęs nuolatinius ryšius su religinėmis organizacijomis, bet apmąstydamas bendras ar asmenines pasaulėžiūros problemas, pasiremia religiniais vaizdiniais. Likutinis religingumas nėra lemiamas ideologinis principas, tai viena iš mąstysenos paklaidų
The Endrod 19 Project
No full textThe author in this article with two appendix, one geo-morphological and the other geophysical, is dealing with the first results of the Italian excavations in Hungary in a volume devoted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to the topographical and archaeological work made by different teams in a mikroregion in south-east of the country. The project Endrod 19 represents a complex, integrate joint work in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The site ranging from the pre-Scythian to the Sarmatian age constitutes a typical example of the steppic character of settlement, mainly constituted by pit-houses, channels etc., a sort of Pit-Archaeology
Local Food: Sustainability is Participation
No full textPart of the Georgia Tech Sustainable Food Project, sponsored by the Georgia Tech Honors Program, The School of Literature, Communication & Culture, and Students Organizing for Sustainability.Presented on March 3rd, 2008 11am to 12 pm at the Georgia Tech Library East Commons Performance SpaceRuntime: 55:08 minutesEating local is more than a consumer experience. It means rebuilding a whole web of relations and demands not only interactions with farmers, but more of us becoming food producers directly involved with the sources of our food: plants, seeds, animals, microbes, earth. Get inspired to reclaim food, power, and dignity.
Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist, activist, and author, who travels widely teaching and sharing fermentation skills. His passion for fermentation developed out of his overlapping interests in food, nutrition, and gardening
Results of a questionnaire survey of Hungarian organic farms
No full textCarried out in 2006, this study presents the results of a questionnaire survey covering 110 organic farms. For these farms the study shows the production structure, the parameters governing the conversion from conventional production to organic farming, and the factors motivating this conversion. Among aspects surveyed are changes in cost-output/sales price and respondents’ opinions regarding selling organic products. Also discussed are respondents’ subsequent success stories. Included in this paper are farmers’ future expectations relating to demand and prices. The results obtained are contrasted with those published in domestic and international professional literature.organic farming, willingness to change, questionnaire survey, analysis, Hungary, Farm Management,
STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF PRODUCTION FREE FROM CHEMICAL USE
No full textThe assumption, that in case of production different from the conventional one, operational and production risk are increasing in farms, is supported by the calculations. Input/output relations undergo a change in each sector and this may have serious financial outcomes, which would importantly determine profit yielding capacity and efficiency of farming. The statement of Offermann and Nieberg is true of the cost structure, according to which essential cost difference between the two technologies can not be measured. By the aid of the calculation, it was successfully verified – in compliance with the opinion of Wookey – that organic production can be as profitable, as the conventional production or even more so. In contradiction to Bmvel’s data, it can be demonstrated, that even a revenues, surpassing the result of conventional production may be realized in organic farms. On the whole, the results obtained strengthen the standing-point of Szente, according to which the profit, originating from organic production may be higher, than that from conventional production, although it fails already to reach the saliently high values, which were characteristic of the earlier years. In production technology, upon the effect of the change in operational elements and elimination of chemical use, increased yield risk is to be taken into account, although at the same time, the possibility of a more successful operation will in-crease through the market premium price. Subsidy of each technology is different, which means, that allowances associated with the expectable future much better environment-saving technologies will further increase profitability. Also market changes may promote this process, since consumers and institutions become increasingly disposed to take a turn to goods, produced free from chemicals. It is indicated also by statistical data, that more and more producers are dealing with organic production and also the size of areas turned on organic farming is continuously increasing. The rhythm of the development of organic markets is still lagging behind this, but the possibility is open to the agricultural sector being in process of transition. Conventional agriculture is yet unable to produce commodities, suitable for satisfaction of all demands of consumers in every respect, and also efficiency and profitability of production are very low, several sectors can be operated with loss only
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