History Research paper on organic farming

Submit a 5-6 pages research paper proposal on organic farming from a historical perspective. Include revised research questions, a statement on your methodology, and bibliography ( with key source annotated. Narrow your focus to a particular time/place. You can use "Organic farming: and international history" it's a book for William lockeretz, editor. 

PS: this paper is for "Global Food History" class so you have to make the topic historical somehow and try to relate it to history.