My proposed topic is that a plant based diet has more beneficial effects than a meat based diet.

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We never know what the future will bring, but we do know that we will need food. Many of the authors we look at identify problems that will remain at the forefront—climate change, global hunger, and labor injustice, food waste, GMOs, to name a few. They also discuss potential changes that might lessen the negative impact of food production on the environment and that might bring food production to the urban centers where food is in short supply. Still, even as we think of solutions to existing concerns, new problems will inevitably emerge. In fact, the authors we have read suggest as many questions as they answer. 

 

Here are some things to consider: Is the future of food going to be organic? Will it rely on conventional, industrial approaches? Or will we adopt hybrid approaches? What ethical principles will guide food policy in the future? What kinds of moral choices will individuals make? Will they see food choices as moral choices more or less than they do now? What roles will innovative approaches and new technologies play in feeding the population? Should we focus on futuristic, potentially expensive, inventions or return to the basics? What roles will corporations and industrial farming play in the future of food? What roles will small-scale farming and local businesses play? Will worker justice and the impacts of food production on historically oppressed groups be considered? Will democracy emerge as a positive force in bringing about food equity? Will people care more about global hunger in the future than they do now? Will the global hunger crisis ever become a thing of the past? Will biotechnology like Vertical farming or Hydroponics change conventional farming?  

 

Drawing on all course readings, documentaries, class discussions, and your own research, make an argument about a food related issue, and propose a solution to the problem.  

 

Reflect on what we have previously discussed in this course and your own previous work, keeping in mind the following rhetorical elements:  

Purpose: (What are you trying to accomplish?)  

Audience/Relationship to the Reader (To whom are you addressing your argument?)  

Context: (What are the influencing factors surrounding your argument, for both audience and you?)  

Voice: (What tone are you going to use, to persuade your audience most effectively?)  

Your argument should employ one or more of the following three elements of the rhetorical appeal:  

Ethos: Appeals to the character and expertise of the writer or speaker  

Logos: Appeals based on logic, reasoning, and evidence concerning the subject  

Pathos: Appeals to the beliefs and values of the audience  

Develop your argument using the methods and techniques discussed in class and your readings, employing at minimum the use of:  

A strong thesis (claim)  

Warrants/evidence to support thesis  

A strong conclusion  

All your claims ought to be fully developed and backed by authoritative sources. Be sure you cite your sources according to the proper MLA format guidelines. These include:  

Direct quotations  

Paraphrased statements  

Sources: Five to eight credible, reliable sources. 

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