Directions for PAPER #2--this is a long post.. so be sure to read all

(Along with getting started on this paper #2, you also have some reading to do. Pls read up to page 164 in Where am I Eating. Be looking for quotes and ideas you can integrate into your paper.)

Hey there, so for paper #2, you will be choosing one set of questions from the list below. There are about a dozen paper topics to choose from. (You will see that some are kind of similar; pick the one that works best for you. 

When writing your draft, if your argument is slightly more broad or narrow, it is ok to tweak the prompt questions.

If you feel you need to come up with an additional question or two, you can do so.

Once you have picked your set of questions, pls answer 3 of your questions--do Rule of 3 for each. That makes 9 or so paragraphs that you should bring to class next Tuesday, July 8th. 

Just as with Paper #1, you will be following the paragraph template. You will want to have 2 quotes per paragraph. The page minimum for this paper is 7. You will be doing a 3 para intro. 

Here are the essay choices that you all came up with:

CULTURE AND FOOD

1.     How does culture impact our relationship/attitude to food?
2.     Why is it hard to change our culture?
3.     How does our knowledge/lack of knowledge of food affect what we eat?
4.     How can we better educate ourselves?
5.     How does the media affect our view of food?

GLOBALIZATION, THIRD-WORLD IMPACT

1.     How could America aid farmers/underdeveloped countries to develop their economies and achieve autonomy?

2.     How do companies affect countries that supply food?

3.     How do companies affect countries that consume foods imported from other countries?

4.     How does globalization affect food production?

Corporate Food System

1.     What is the impact of the corporate food system on other cultures ?

2.     What is the impact of corporate food system on US consumers and our world?

3.     What lessons can US culture take from these other cultures?

4.     What kind of relation do we have with food?

5.     How do these native culture preserve to their tradition?

6.     How do you stay connected to your roots?

CULTURE AND FOOD

1.     What conditions/ factors cause Americans to become less appreciative of their food?

2.     What are the consequences of being disconnected with our food and their roots? What do Americans value differently compared to that of farmers/producers in other countries? 

3.     How do consumer's choices impact that of the producers in a farm? 

4.     What can we do to improve people's choice of food consumption to better the lives of the consumers and producers? 

CORPORATE FOOD SYSTEM

1.     What are corporate food companies’ impact on third world cultures? 

2.     Why do corporate food companies outsource so often?

3.     How are corporate food companies taking over and why?

4.     How could third world cultures overcome the corporations and keep their values?

GMO’S

1.     How long have we been using GMO technology?

2.     How are GMOs affecting are food, health & economy?

3.     Is there a connection between GMOs and bad impacts on the environment?

4.     What is the benefit of using GMO technology in the food industry?

CULTURE AND FOOD

1.     How does culture impact our relationship/attitude to food?

2.     Why is it hard to change our culture?

3.     How does our knowledge/lack of knowledge of food affect what we eat?

4.     How can we better educate ourselves?

5.     How does the media affect our view of food?

FOOD and CONTROL

1.     Who is in control of our food system?

2.     How are they controlling it?

3.     What are some of the consequences to us of not having control of our food system?

4.     Why is hard to regain control?

5.     How do we regain control of our relationship to food?

FOOD QUALITY

1.     How are big corporate factories harming our food?

2.     Why does America need more than what it can consume?

3.     What can we do to eliminate all the wasted food that we don't use?

4.     Should there be limits to how much a household can purchase depending on family size to ensure they won't be eating more than what they could (normally) eat? Why or why not?

5.     What happens to the unstandardized food? (food items that do not meet an official standard)

FOOD QUALITY

1.     What happens to our food when it does not pass certifications?

2.     What are the certifications?

3.     Who are the inspectors working for? (USDA) etc..

4.     Who benefits the most and how do they benefit?

5.     How do we increase the quality of our food?

FOOD INSECURITY

1.     What is food insecurity? 

2.     What are some of the factors that cause food insecurity?

3.     Who gets affected the most? 

4.     Are food stamps really the solution to food insecurity? 

5.     What choices do the food stamp recipients make when buying food? 

6.     Why are we killing our children with fast food when other children are dying of hunger? 

If you pick either one of these below , you will need to also generate 3-4 more smaller sub-questions, so that you are not just doing one question.

1. Our lifestyle(capitalism/consumerism) causes direct and indirect problems such as slavery in the chocolate industry, how do we prevent that?

2. In Ted Talk, Jon Jandai said "Food, housing, clothes and medicine must be cheap and easy for everybody! Because that is a civilization. But if you make these things hard for people to get, that is uncivilized!". What changes can we make in our lifestyle to make those necessities affordable to everybody?