1. Organic agriculture
organic agricultureI need the Statement asap.and the essay needs to be focus in one area,
not too broad. just anything about organic agriculture, like og marketing, sell or
production.BROAD TOPIC VS. SPECIFIC TOPICFor your paper, you can choose to focus on a
broad topic or a very specific topic. For example,if you choose “ plant biotechnology” as
your topic, you would have two options: (1) you coulddiscuss plant biotechnology in
general (though you would need to describe at least oneexample of plant biotechnology) or
(2) you could discuss a specific type of plant biotechnology(e.g., herbicide-tolerant
soybeans). These two options apply to most of the topics listed above.REQUIRED PAPER
COMPONENTS(a) Define and/or describe your chosen topic.(b) Discuss the history of your
chosen topic. When did your chosen agrifood effort,movement, or practice emerge on the
agrifood scene? How has it changed/grown overtime? Is it becoming more/less popular?
Who are the main promoters, participants,users, beneficiaries, and other key players?(c)
Provide local, state, national, or international data (if available) related to your topic.
(Ifpossible, provide information graphics, such as bar graphs, line graphs, etc.)(d) Describe
at least one real-world example of your chosen topic.(e) Discuss the positive and negative
impacts of your chosen agrifood effort, movement,or practice on communities, societal
groups, and/or human health.(f) Discuss the positive and negative impacts of your chosen
agrifood effort, movement,or practice on the natural environment.(g) Discuss the
sustainability of your chosen topic. Is it economically feasible? Sociallyresponsible?
Environmentally friendly?(h) Discuss what the future holds for your chosen agrifood effort,
movement, or practice.SOURCESYou should rely on course readings (if applicable) and
outside sources (books, academic journalarticles, newspaper articles, government reports,
Internet websites, etc.) for your paper. Try toinclude at least some works by
rural/agricultural sociologists (talk to the instructor if you needhelp finding
rural/agricultural sociology literature!).PROPER CITATIONSAll borrowed ideas,
data/figures, and direct quotes must be clearly referenced using anaccepted style (e.g., APA,
MLA) for in-text citations and works cited. You must include pagenumbers for all direct
quotes.GRADING OF FINAL PAPERSPapers will be graded using the following breakdown of
points:Your Points Possible Points Item__________ 20 Definition / description / history of
topic__________ 5 Use of local, state, national, or international data__________ 5 Discussion of
real-world example(s)__________ 15 Impacts on communities, societal groups, and/or human
health__________ 15 Impacts on the natural environment__________ 10 Economic, social, and
environmental sustainability__________ 10 What does the future hold?__________ 10 Use of
2. sources and proper citations__________ 5 Overall flow and organization__________ 5 Spelling
and grammarALTERNATIVE FINAL PAPER TOPICIf you would like to write a final paper
that does not conform to the above guidelines, pleaseseek approval from the instructor.
Alternative final paper topics could include an in-depthcomparison of two different agrifood
efforts (e.g., corn-fed vs. grass-fed beef; fast food vs.slow food; tillage vs. no-till systems), a
comprehensive literature review of a particular topic(e.g., the community impacts of
community supported agriculture), or an analysis of empiricaldata (e.g., survey data
provided by the instructor).if u wanna see the instruction tell me how can i upload it to you
