Berry’s Blog

  Every family has certain digital media that could be photo, videos, etc. that are significant to them. These things could be bad if it was the last photo before a family member or pet died or it could be something good that reminds the family of a funny time or something else significant. My family has a couple of these, but one that really stands out is a picture of me when I was only a couple of months old in a Michigan football helmet. As the story goes, my dad wanted to get a couple of photos that my mom never would have approved of. I was put in many different places, but the one that became a big deal when my dad put me inside a Michigan football helmet. He took a couple of pictures and videos, but when he went to take me out, he realized I was stuck. How he managed to get me out will never truly be known, but it still stands as a funny moment. While this was a funnier story, it is still retold similar to the story of the girl who filmed the Kennedy assassination. This vide...

  There is no doubt that the agricultural sector is having to change at an unprecedented rate due to a multitude of factors. For thousands of years only food was grown that could sustain itself with the natural resources of that area. However, the 20 th century saw that change for the first time in human history. Crops were now being grown in places that they didn’t really belong and in quantities that were not sustainable in certain areas. For example, look at the Ogallala aquifer which has experienced a 70-foot water drop since the Industrial Revolution. This is the aquifer that provides a significant proportion of the water for Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota agriculture. This seems to imply that something like vertical farming could solve the issue. It uses less water and it is resistant to weather changes that have also started to play a bigger role in the agriculture sector. However, something like vertical farming will neve...