Crystal MathisonProfessor HarrisWritten Communication15 October 2018 A Solution to Food Deserts: Micro Farms In the United States, about 23.5 million people live in food deserts, low-income areas with limited access to affordable, healthy food such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Residents of food deserts often have poor diets and related health problems, including diabetes and heart disease. Most food deserts are in cities such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Phoenix, and Oklahoma City. However, living in a rural area does not assure an abundance of fresh food options. In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that around 2.3 million people, or 2.2 percent of all U.S. households, live in low-income rural areas that are more than 10 miles from a grocery store. A recent trend in agriculture called micro farming presents a possible solution to food deserts. A micro farm is a small-scale farm that uses less than five acres of land to raise vegetables, fruit, nuts, herbs, mushrooms, and even small livestock (Movahed, 2015). Because micro farms are compact, farmers do not need to invest in expensive equipment such as tractors and harvesters, but can use hand tools to manage their plots. Rather than relying on harmful herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers, micro farmers use organic methods such as composting that biuld the soil and encourage plentiful harvests. The aim is to build a sustainable ecosystem that promotes growth. For example, composted soil uses worms to process waste, add fertilizer, and serve as a food source for small livestock. Beds of straw discourage weeds and support mushrooms. Flowering plants attract bees, which pollinate fruit trees and bushes. Micro farms include private gardens in yards and on rooftops, community gardens in abandoned or underused lots, hydroponic growing operations in underused buildings, and sustainable farms that produce cheese, honey, herbs, and other goods for sale and profit. In cities, micro farms do more than provide food for their owners and others. They also improve the quality of life for residents by reducing heat islands, clusters of structures that are warmer than surrounding locations (Harris, n.d.). Planting crops and fruit or nut trees in abandoned lots freshens the immediate and nearby areas. Instead of using heat-absorbing tar or asphalt to cover roofs, rooftop gardens keep buildings cool, absorb rainwater, and dillute pollutants in the water and air. In rural locations, micro farms can sustain families and provide local employment. For example, Jean-Martin and Maude-Helene Fortier use low-technology, organic practices in Quebec to manage a micro farm that realizes about 45 percent profit and produces an income for the couple and two employees (Fortier, 2015). In short, for communities in food deserts, micro farms provide affordable sources of nutritious food and possible avenues for profitable enterprises. Works Cited This file created specifically for Zaina.

1. Crystal MathisonProfessor HarrisWritten Communication15
October 2018
A
Solution
to Food Deserts: Micro Farms
In the United States, about 23.5 million people live in food
deserts, low-income areas with limited access to affordable,
healthy food such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Residents of
food deserts often have poor diets and related health problems,
including diabetes and heart disease. Most food deserts are in
cities such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Phoenix, and Oklahoma City.
However, living in a rural area does not assure an abundance of
fresh food options. In fact, the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) reports that around 2.3 million people, or
2.2 percent of all U.S. households, live in low-income rural
areas that are more than 10 miles from a grocery store.
A recent trend in agriculture called micro farming presents a
possible solution to food deserts. A micro farm is a small-scale
farm that uses less than five acres of land to raise vegetables,
fruit, nuts, herbs, mushrooms, and even small livestock
(Movahed, 2015). Because micro farms are compact, farmers do

2. not need to invest in expensive equipment such as tractors and
harvesters, but can use hand tools to manage their plots. Rather
than relying on harmful herbicides, pesticides, and chemical
fertilizers, micro farmers use organic methods such as
composting that biuld the soil and encourage plentiful harvests.
The aim is to build a sustainable ecosystem that promotes
growth. For example, composted soil uses worms to process
waste, add fertilizer, and serve as a food source for small
livestock. Beds of straw discourage weeds and support
mushrooms. Flowering plants attract bees, which pollinate fruit
trees and bushes.
Micro farms include private gardens in yards and on rooftops,
community gardens in abandoned or underused lots, hydroponic
growing operations in underused buildings, and sustainable
farms that produce cheese, honey, herbs, and other goods for
sale and profit.
In cities, micro farms do more than provide food for their
owners and others. They also improve the quality of life for
residents by reducing heat islands, clusters of structures that are
warmer than surrounding locations (Harris, n.d.). Planting crops
and fruit or nut trees in abandoned lots freshens the immediate
and nearby areas. Instead of using heat-absorbing tar or asphalt
to cover roofs, rooftop gardens keep buildings cool, absorb
rainwater, and dillute pollutants in the water and air.
In rural locations, micro farms can sustain families and provide

3. local employment. For example, Jean-Martin and Maude-Helene
Fortier use low-technology, organic practices in Quebec to
manage a micro farm that realizes about 45 percent profit and
produces an income for the couple and two employees (Fortier,
2015).
In short, for communities in food deserts, micro farms provide
affordable sources of nutritious food and possible avenues for
profitable enterprises.
Works Cited
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Assignment Rubric
Assignment Directions: Bridge to the Profession: Professional

4. Research - FASB
Codification
Read the Bridge to the Profession - Professional Research:
FASB Codification in
Chapter 8 of your textbook. Your Assignment will be to put
together a PowerPoint
presentation, addressing the four prompts outlined in the
scenario below.
The presentation should be 10–15 slides, not including the title
and reference slide.
Each slide is required to also include a scripted narration of
what would be said at that
point in the presentation. The slides should be easy to read and
include proper citation
of sources.
In conducting year-end inventory counts, your audit team is
debating the impact of the
client's right of return policy both on inventory valuation and
revenue recognition. The

5. assist controller argues that there is no need to worry about the
return policies since
they have not changed in a while. The audit senior wants a more
authoritative answer
and has asked you to conduct some research of the authoritative
literature before she
presses the point with the client.
Instructions:
If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go
to
http://aaahq.org/asclogin.cfm to log in and prepare responses to
the following. Provide
Codification references for your responses.
a. Analyze the implications of authoritative guidance for
revenue recognition when
right of return exists.
b. Identify when this guidance would be important for a
company.
c. Sales with high rates of return can ultimately cause inventory
to be misstated.

6. Formulate a conclusion as to whether returns are allowed, and
whether different
industries are able to make different types of return policies.
d. Determine in what situations a reasonable estimate of returns
would be difficult to
make.
Submit your presentation to the Assignment Dropbox.
Unit 9 Assignment Grading Rubric
Points are earned based on correct and
thorough responses to the checklist
Percentage
Possible
Points
Points
Earned

7. [AC300: Intermediate Accounting I] Unit 9
items.
Analyze correct authoritative guidance
and revenue recognition.
20%
5
Identify when revenue recognition
applies to inventory return policies.
20% 5
Formulate a conclusion on the merits of
industry wide inventory return policies.
20% 5
Determine in what situations a

8. reasonable estimate of returns would be
difficult to make.
20%
5
Subtotal: 80% 20
Develop PowerPoint presentation of 10–
15 slides with speaker notes and proper
citations of sources.
20%
5
Total 100% 25

9. DocumentationShelly Cashman Excel 2016 | Module 1: SAM
Project 1aBlooming Everywhere DeliveryCREATING A
WORKSHEET AND A CHARTAuthor:Zainab AlasfoorNote: Do
not edit this sheet. If your name does not appear in cell B6,
please download a new copy of the file from the SAM website.
Company AnalysisAreaFY 2018FY 2019FY 2020FY 2021North
Miami$ 2,000.00$ 2,850.00$ 3,140.00South Miami$
3,500.00$ 4,200.00$ 4,500.00East Miami$ 2,400.00$
2,650.00$ 3,500.00West MiamiTotal RevenueTotal$
7,900.00$ 7,900.00ExpensesAreaFY 2018FY 2019FY
2020North Miami250280310South Miami375420470East
Miami300340400West Miami320350635Total
ExpensesTotal124513901815ProfitYearFY 2018FY 2019FY
2020Total ProfitNet Profit$ - 0
Blooming Everywhere Delivery
2018 – 2020 Revenue
FY 2018North MiamiSouth MiamiEast MiamiWest
Miami200035002400FY 2019North MiamiSouth MiamiEast
MiamiWest Miami285042002650FY 2020North MiamiSouth
MiamiEast MiamiWest Miami314045003500