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Food Film Review

Unit outcome addressed in this Assignment:  

· Recognize how challenges in food production affect food choices

Course outcomes assessed with this Assignment

NS435-1: Identify ecologic influences on food choices.

GEL-1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English .

Instructions

The purpose of this Assignment is to influence government policies which would support responsible environmental practices, such as sustainable agriculture and reduced land/water pollutants.

You will write the paper as though it were being submitted to your local house of representatives.

To complete the Project, first you will select a film to view and analyze. The film you choose must be a documentary that reviews controversies concerning modern food production. Use an internet search engine to assist you in finding a documentary. Combine any of the following phrases with “film” to begin your search:

· food documentary

· industrial food production

· factory farming

· subsidized farming

· bottled water

· genetically modified foods

· sustainable fishing documentary

After you have chosen a film to view contact your instructor for approval.  

In response to the film, you will write a report that addresses all of the following:

· Describe 2 main points from the film and how they relate to different food production systems (conventional versus sustainable)

· Describe how the film’s concepts relate to“ Global Change Impacts in the United States, Agriculture Section;” including the role that conventional food production plays on the environment.

· What role do conventional food systems play as a user of water? How does the use of water in food production/agriculture compare to other sectors?

· Identification of 2–3 eating/drinking behaviors of your own that you could modify, in effort to minimize environmental pollutants (e.g., eating organic).

· Identification of strategies you could take to support a movement away from the current industrial food system?

Requirements

· This Assignment needs to include at least two references.

· At least 4 pages including your intro and reference page

· This Assignment should be in APA format and follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics. Be sure to reference to the readings and film in your paper and use APA in-text citation and a reference page to attribute each source.