Prompt:

Michael Pollan, like Richard Manning, is concerned about our current agricultural systems. His exploration of Polyface Farm might offer new solutions to the problems they both explore. Using ideas from both of these authors, evaluate the potential of organic farming to meet our food production needs. Also think about these questions: how does energy work in the system used by Polyface Farm? Does it offer a solution to the problems that Manning sees? Whaat factors might stop other farmers from adopting this approach? Given the scope of the problem described by Manning, what solutions are workable?