Investigative research on food

Question

PART 1: Introduction

The purpose of this project is to explore, research, and present the global ramifications of a local food issue. So, you will begin bypicking  a topic of concern to you, related to your food supply. Then, you willinterview a local expert. This information will form the  basis for your further research. See the Assignments link for posting your doing and posting Some articles for further consideration Below are some topics and associated articles that I found to pique your interest about issues directly related to the long­term  sustainability of food production.These are intended to thought­provoking and controversial. Some of them are  news articles, and some of them are stories and opinion.  You may agree or  disagree with the points of view, but I hope they give you  ideas for further exploration.  However, please don't feel limited by these!

TOPIC	Article/Vedio
Food Saftey       Urban Agriculture	Small Farmers In New England Fear New Food Safety Rules How Safe is Your Food? The Benefits of Buying Local Food In Africa, Producing Food from Waste Could City Farming be a Solution for Bangkok s Urban Poor	https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/09/04/218642746/small-farmers-in-new-england-fear-new-food-safety-rules https://foodsafety.news21.com/ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/1123/In-Africa-producing-food-from-waste https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/0810/Could-city-farming-be-a-solution-for-Bangkok-s-urban-poor
Agro­Forestry	Hope is Evergreen	https://www.unep.org/pdf/OP_May/EN/OP-2010-05-EN-ARTICLE8.pdf
Sustainable Management of Crop Production	The Next Green Revolution A Push to Farm Smarter­­Not Bigger­­To Feed the Words Hungry Do We Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World?	https://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-06/the-next-green-revolution-this-time-without-fossil-fuels https://flirchi.com/sign/casual?fb=1&gm=1&ht=1&fr=1&p=7877&pc=7877_casual¶m=1&adwpl=3542&sid=15100513_14_43694_56125b6478ea98 https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2011/0920/A-push-to-farm-smarter-not-bigger-to-feed-the-world-s-hungry https://www.upworthy.com/3-lies-about-food-youre-used-to-hearing-and-might-even-believe?c=tkp1
Conservation Tillage	That Stubble in the Fields Helps Farms Hold onto Precious Topsoil Zero Tillage: When Less Means More	https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0510/051024.html https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0510/051024.html https://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0101sp1.htm
Plant Breeding	Why Midwest Drought Could Have Been Much Worse for Some Corn Farmers "People of Corn" Protest GMO Strain in Mexico	https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0925/Why-Midwest-drought-could-have-been-much-worse-for-some-corn-farmers https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0925/Why-Midwest-drought-could-have-been-much-worse-for-some-corn-farmers https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2013/0516/People-of-corn-protest-GMO-strain-in-Mexico

 

PART 2. 
Reasons for this Assignment

 

To engage in a reading by asking lots of questions; toquestion material that you receive; to practice the process of refining questions

To articulate and evaluate your own views, beliefs, preconceptions, or thoughts

To assess the quality of evidence based on the characteristics of that evidence

What to do:

1. Identify your chosen topic and article.  Brainstorm a list of  questions that you have as you read through at least one articlepertaining to the topic of your choice. 

2. Generate at least 50 questions. No, I'm not kidding. 50 is the minimum; number them. It's okay if the same question keeps popping up in slightly different words. It's okay if manyof the questions seem rather trivial and only a few of themseem big or important. HOWEVER, at least some of the questions should be very thoughtful; don't be content withasking "what is that" questions or with asking "fake" bigquestions like "why can't we just grow more food?" Also, yourquestions should show that you've read and thought about theentire issue even if one part of the assignment really catches
your attention and you end up asking most of your questions about that part.