The Growing Culture of Organic Farming

The Growing Culture of Organic Farming

How has the growing culture of organic farming and natural ecology fared in a shrinking global economy?

The growing culture of organic farming has a positive impact on human health and the environment.

I plan to use sites that talk about the organic farming and natural ecology, also plan to use The Omnivores Dilemma as a reference to my research.

Assignment related to the research Description of and points for the assignment: Due date as indicated in course syllabus: Exact Date and time in MST:

Research Proposal and Outline Four part proposal and six part outline (60 pts) Week 4 in Dropbox 1/30/2012 at 12:59am

Annotated Bibliography List and summary of at least five sources (100 pts) Week 5 in Dropbox 2/6/2012 at 12:59am

First Draft of Research Paper Draft of first three sections of final paper, including introduction, thesis statement, and problem section (60 pts) Week 6 in Dropbox 2/13/2012 at 12:59am

Second Draft of Research Paper Draft of final three sections of final paper, including solution and call to action Week Discussion topic 2 2/21/2012 at 12:59am

Research Paper Presentation The format presentation of the entire paper (50 pts) Week 7 in Dropbox 2/21/2012 at 12:59am

Final Research Paper Entire paper addressing feedback on first two drafts. It must have all six sections and include a References page (150 pts) Week 8 in Dropbox 2/27/2012 at 12:59 am

I. My main point is to find how favorable the economic indicators are to organic farming. Gaining more knowledge of the organic produce and natural ecology. There's plenty of room for growth in the organic farming business by knowing and having knowledge of the current market dynamics. Pointing out the pros and cons of organic farming and natural ecology.

II. U.S. sales of organic food and beverages have grown from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. This shows that 5% of national crop land is currently the organic production. II. The risk of market fluctuations and weather are minimal, since organic farmers are open to new value opportunities for their produce and their business.

III. One of the pros for organic farming and natural ecology is that their produce is chemical and pesticides free. As well as their organic produce crops have high nutritional value. III. Another big part and most important is that organic farming and natural ecology has not impact on nature. III. Now the cons for organic farming are that organically grown produce and food is expensive to afford. Organic food is not always available since farmers grow crops according to the season, for example watermelon,