Model feed the world
Order Description

Purpose:
To ask you to consider the four models of meals that Michael Pollan creates and evaluate them as models for wider scale agriculture and gastronomy. In the process, you will be asked to think about your own shopping experiences, including those you have done at the Farmer’s Markets and the LA County Fair, and analyze how those experiences argue for one, or more, of his models. You will also be expected to find sources, including at least one scholarly journal, to help make your case.

Texts:
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
A minimum of four other sources, including at least one scholarly journal
Your own meals and shopping experiences

Topic:
Michael Pollan offers four models of meals, from McDonald’s to shooting a pig. Each has its benefits, and each its drawbacks. His argument in the main seems to be that as things are, we have given over the responsibility for feeding the US population to corporations and the government, neither of which has the kind of foresight needed to ensure that what’s available to us is the best thing for us.

Choosing one of the four models as the only way forward is probably impossible (and perhaps irresponsible), but choosing among them and coming up with a happy and healthy compromise is what each of must do. The main thing is that we understand that these are choices, they have a politics attached, and that they present both benefits and drawbacks.

With that in mind, please analyze the benefits and drawbacks of the four ways of eating Pollan presents, and come up with what, for you, is a livable compromise. Make your argument by referencing his text, and as you defend your model, please discuss how you have implemented this in your life. You might talk about a meal you have made or one that someone has made for you, including items you may have purchased at the market or fair. In addition, using Pollan’s book and additional sources you will find on the Library databases, argue the merits of this choice for the population as a whole as a way to resolve the unsettled question that Pollan leaves–is there an answer to factory farming and fast-food consumption, one that is possible to implement given constraints of nature, cost, availability, geography, etc.

Model feed the world
Order Description

Purpose:
To ask you to consider the four models of meals that Michael Pollan creates and evaluate them as models for wider scale agriculture and gastronomy. In the process, you will be asked to think about your own shopping experiences, including those you have done at the Farmer’s Markets and the LA County Fair, and analyze how those experiences argue for one, or more, of his models. You will also be expected to find sources, including at least one scholarly journal, to help make your case.

Texts:
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
A minimum of four other sources, including at least one scholarly journal
Your own meals and shopping experiences

Topic:
Michael Pollan offers four models of meals, from McDonald’s to shooting a pig. Each has its benefits, and each its drawbacks. His argument in the main seems to be that as things are, we have given over the responsibility for feeding the US population to corporations and the government, neither of which has the kind of foresight needed to ensure that what’s available to us is the best thing for us.

Choosing one of the four models as the only way forward is probably impossible (and perhaps irresponsible), but choosing among them and coming up with a happy and healthy compromise is what each of must do. The main thing is that we understand that these are choices, they have a politics attached, and that they present both benefits and drawbacks.

With that in mind, please analyze the benefits and drawbacks of the four ways of eating Pollan presents, and come up with what, for you, is a livable compromise. Make your argument by referencing his text, and as you defend your model, please discuss how you have implemented this in your life. You might talk about a meal you have made or one that someone has made for you, including items you may have purchased at the market or fair. In addition, using Pollan’s book and additional sources you will find on the Library databases, argue the merits of this choice for the population as a whole as a way to resolve the unsettled question that Pollan leaves–is there an answer to factory farming and fast-food consumption, one that is possible to implement given constraints of nature, cost, availability, geography, etc.