Clothing Industry, geology homework help
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Assignment
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4
Human
Geography Online
Product Labeling: Textiles or Food
Intro
: Consumer spaces are grocery stores, malls, farmers markets, websites, and other places where we spend money
so that we can bring home products. Behind the scenes there are warehouses, shipping lanes, garment factories, cotton
fields, plantations, and much more. By examining the commodity chains of the products we buy, we can begin to learn
about how we are connected to the world through our consumption patterns. Geographers go beyond what we
’
re
buying to ask questions like: Where do products come from? Who makes the products we buy? How do employment
opportunities differ between the U.S. and the other countries supplying a large portion of our consumer goods? Which
countries tend to produce the products we consume in the U.S.? Why don
’
t we produce more of our own stuff? What
factors have led to domestic (U.S.) companies outsourcing production to other countries? What are the consequences of
buying from other countries? Could we produce everything we buy? We consider economic, social, environmental,
political, and geographical factors.
This assignment
1.
List
of clothing or grocery items and where they are from:
a.
Go
through
your clothing
OR your kitchen/grocery
stor
e and
make
a list
of countri
es whe
re
at leas
t
20
different clothing
items
w
ere
made,
or
15
differen
t grocery
items
from any
or all of the
following
categories:
fresh
pro
duce
, coffee
, tea
, or
chocola
te. For
groceries
, also
take
note
of the
words
or
labels
on the packaging
(examples: Natural
, 100% USDA
Or
ganic
, USDA
Or
ganic
, Fair Trade
Certified,
Kosher
, Gluten
Free
, etc.).
For clothing, your selection
sho
uld
be fairly
rand
om, ju
st make
sure to
ch
oo
se items with tags
tha
t identify
wher
e they wer
e made. For groceri
es,
note
all inf
ormation
abo
ut
where
the product came from.
You
might
want to
choose
a theme
like
“
coffee
”
,
“
the produce section
in
November
”
,
“
clothes I don
’
t even
wear
anymore
”
, etc. Items
like
coffee may
have both a country of
origin
and
a U.S. city
because
the
supply
chain
is long. List
at
least the country of origin. Including
more
info
is
encouraged,
but
it depends on
the
items and
the
packaging. For clothing, don
’
t be surprised
if
you
only
have 0-2
items
made in the
United
States,
this is
the average
!
b.
Turn in a
list
that shows each country and a brief description of the items found there (see the examples
below).
Clothing:
Groceries:
United States
Colombia
T-shirt, Land
’
s End
Organic Colombian Ground Coffee, Bridgewater, MA
Jeans, American Appar
el
-Equal exchange fair trade logo
-USDA Organic
Vietnam
Jacket, Tommy Hilfiger
Mexico
FTO Union Majomut Organic Coffee, Klatch Coffee,
Bangladesh
Upland, CA
T-shirt, GAP
-USDA Organic
-Fair trade certified
-Single source
2.
Map your data
–
Using the
blank
map located under
“
Assignments
”
on Blackboard, locate each country
where your
clothing or groceries originated and write the number of your items made in each country on the
correct spot
, and label the country
(yes, some countries are small
–
use arrows or other symbols if necessary).
3.
Research
ONE
or more of the companies that make your clothing/groceries. Type in search terms such as
“
Where
are [brand name] clothes made
”
or
“
Which country makes [brand name]
”
or
“
USDA Organic
Certification
”
to get
started.
Include a bibliography with at least three sources.
On food or clothing products, words like
“
natural
”
and
“
organic
”
can be meaningless. Natural is usually totally
meaningless (but it helps sell products when people don
’
t realize this). Organic only means something if a labe
l
accompanies it that is affiliated with an official certification process, except in some very small-scale farming
operations (such as some farmers that sell products at farmers markets, because organic certification can be
very expensive). In addition to USDA Organic labels, you may also find legitimate labels from certification
processes for small companies, so keep your eyes open. Certification and product labeling is a growing trend and
there are some labels and words that cannot be on packaging unless the product has met guidelines established
by the federal government, or other agencies
. You are encouraged to learn the difference and write about it
–
for any of the words or peculiar labels you find. In the past, students have found all sorts of interesting
marketing strategies and product labels intended to trick consumers into thinking they were buying very ethical
sourced/manufactured products, when it was far from the case.
4.
Essay:
Consider the questions from the intro to this assignment and the research section. Develop an essay that
addresses how your clothing/groceries fit into the global economy and answer the final question: Going forward
from the state of global garment manufacturing/global food production today, how can the system change for
the better?
5.
Submit your list and map with your essay on Blackboard via Turnitin and don
’
t forget the paper requirements
(below).
Essay Requirements:
2 pages
minimum
(maps, images, bibliographies, and other
materials do
not
count toward the 2
pages)
Typed, double-spaced, 1
”
margins
Common, 12 point font (Times/Times New Roman/Arial)
Include a bibliography with at least 3 sources.
Use (and highlight/color/bold) at least 5 vocabulary words
from the book. Chapter 8 (agriculture) and Chapter
9 (economic geography) will have related words, but you can also take words from other chapters.
Do not put your name, course info, or other personal info on your paper.
Upload through Turnitin on Blackboard
–
no plagiarism! Plagiarism results in a zero on the assignment.
Images/maps cannot be uploaded separately
–
they must be included in your paper to count toward your grade.
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