For this assignment you will research an issue regarding food sustainability and the impact on local or regional policies, politics, livelihoods, resources or any other aspect of the environment. Your issue must be clearly linked to the food chain and you must link this issue to local or regional environmental sustainability.

Your paper should answer the following questions:

1. What is the role of  local to global food demand on the natural resources in Rhode Island in particular and New England in general (or the area you are from).

2. Do you think the consumption of these resources is sustainability? Why or why not?

3. What policies have affected the issue of resources sustainability in the issue or resources you are examining?

www.dem.ri.gov

rifb.org

rifoodcouncil.org

rismp.org