FOOD
1. Watch this:

(this disturbing film is an excerpt from a full length documentary on the use of animals. The 10 minutes long link address only food).

2. Watch Food Inc. (linked in Modules).

3. Read this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0&pagewanted=print (Links to an external site.)

Written assignment: In a 2500 word paper:

Summarise and discuss what you learned in each of the 3 sections above.

PLEASE MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE SUMMARISING.
4. Conclusion: In your conclusion answer these questions:

How did we get “here”?
Are there broader consequences?
Should our food supply be more transparent? If so, why? If not, why not?
What are the causes and consequences to “the veil” (a term from Food Inc.)?
Does any of this matter? If so, how? If not, why not?
What are your proposed ideas for solutions?
NB/ APA format is standard for the social sciences

Your final portfolio should include first your final, polished, well-researched, synthesized research paper (this means you have integrated sources fully; no dropped, unanalyzed quotes or sources that supposedly speak for themselves) . The research essay alone (not including the bibliography, etc) must fulfill the minimum page length of 5-7 pages with proper in-text citation. This draft should have culminated into an essay that persuades the reader to consider a central question, hypothesis or claim, and does so adding one’s own unique voice or perspective “into the mix” of authors.

And please write 100-150 words abstract for about this research paper.