one pager reaction paper. 4

Instructions We are obviously living through a strange, sometimes frightening time, with consequences that reach into every aspect of our lives. Since we were talking about food before we left for Spring Break, for this reaction paper, I want each group to contemplate how the current pandemic intersects with food, and what changes result? Rather than engaging with a particular assigned reading (which was not given), papers should address the following questions: How has your relationship with food changed over the past several weeks as a result of the developing pandemic? What aspects of the food system (how food is produced, distributed, sold) have shaped these changing relationships? Do you think the food system needs to change to reflect the challenges presented by the spread of infectious disease, or to become more robust in the face of these and future crises? Please write an essay that is between 400 and 700 words (if you write more this is not a problem, although you should resist the temptation to allow a paper to be longer than it needs to be simply because you don’t want to “edit down”. In other words, sometimes an essay is 900 words but should be 700. It’s easier to leave it at 900, but it’s better if it is boiled down to 700. On the other hand, there are plenty of good essays that are longer than 700 words, so don’t worry if you go over the limit as long as it’s still good. All the usual standards and expectations apply. Also, because I realize that many of you are working across time-zones and will not necessarily be able to be online at the time time, I have extended the usual deadline. Rather than writing these “in class”, you have several days to finish writing them. This way, groups can still collaborate asynchronously using Google Docs or a similar cloud service, in which the document you’re writing doesn’t need to be emailed back and forth, but is hosted on a cloud-based platform. I encourage you all to make extensive use of the “commenting” function in whatever software you use, which allows you to make notes/tags like, “I think we need to say more here about X.” Since we have a quiz coming up for Wednesday, I will give you until Friday, March 27 at 3:30pm to turn in these essays. Only one submission per group needs to be submitted, but please remember to include the names of all students who participated in the writing at the top of the page.