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...couldn’t do a study abroad program as easily as some of our peers, because we’re science concentrators,” says Bahan. “It didn’t make that much sense to go study physics and astronomy in Latin America, and give up my opportunities to take the classes at Harvard,” Krieger said. The roommates benefited from a four year Harvard education, supplemented by an additional semester of international experience. While it may be sad to see your class graduate without you, there are still perks to super...
...able to afford it. This group's once predominantly grain-dependent diet now includes meat, milk and cheese, as well as more fresh fruits and vegetables. More than 300 million people in China, probably 100 million in Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia, and millions more in the rest of Latin America and Asia are increasingly beginning to resemble their counterparts in the West in terms of what they eat and how they shop for groceries. There's more emphasis on convenience and packaged foods, and supermarkets are populating the retail arena in ever greater numbers...
...With this growth comes a dramatic shift in food-production methods. India, for example, is increasingly focused on modernizing its agribusiness and on encouraging farmers to grow more fruits and vegetables instead of staples like wheat and rice. Improved agricultural output in Asia and Latin America has also meant growing demand for tractors, fertilizers and speciality seeds. Drip-irrigation equipment is particularly crucial to farms in China and India, which must use scarce water supplies more efficiently. Post-harvest, the processing and packaging sectors present opportunities in areas such as food-processing machinery, freezer and cold-storage facilities, and packaging...
...things that are completely contradictory. The first thing it did was it shut down all immigration from across the Atlantic Ocean. Since there hadn't been much immigration from Asia in a couple of years since it was regulated, and since there was very little immigration from Latin America in those days, the source of immigration was from across the Atlantic and the Atlantic Ocean was not a pleasant place for any immigrant boat during the war. Immigration just flat-out stopped during the war years. The second influence was the reverse of the first. The war produced a tremendous...
Farmer, the founder of Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit organization with projects in the U.S., Latin America, and Russia, said that although the success of projects like those he runs are dependent on the commitment of governments to providing basic health rights, Partners in Health would not necessarily avoid getting involved in countries where the regime is unwelcoming...