Questions for Mr. Scott Russell Sanders

1.  Who is the targeted audience for your book? Was it written for environmental activists, people interested in conservation and sustainability, or Cornucopians who feel it is their right to consume without consequence?      

2.  If we don’t start holding ourselves accountable for our heinous actions towards Mother Nature, how long before we start to see significant change? 
 
3.  Do you ever find yourself conforming to the American consumption craze?  

4.  How realistic do you think it is to ask people to change their daily lifestyles, even when it may translate into more money and time spent (examples: Kroger vs. BloomingFoods—Gap vs. Home-Made sweater)?

Research Paper Outline

FARMING SUSTAINABLY

Thesis: With agriculture being a source of revenue for the city of Bloomington, Indiana, I will examine a unique type of farmer: small family farmers (who grow and ship locally) and investigate how salient of an issue sustaining the Earth's resources is to them.

Introduction

1.  Industrial Farming

            A. Benefits

                        a.  Cheap Food

                        b.  Genetic Altering

                        c.  Productivity

            B.  Social Costs

                        a.  Run-off

                        b.  Toxic Chemicals

                        c.  Loss of Nutrients

2.  Organic Family Faming

            A. Benefits

                        a.  All-Natural

                        b.  Less energy use

                        c. Free-Range

            B.  Social Costs

                        a.  Competition w/ large farms

                        b.  More expensive

                        c. Time and labor

3.  Schacht Farms

            A.  Operations

            B.  Type of Farming

            C. Combat against big farms

            D.  Turn Profit

            E. Concerned with Environment?

4.  What to do?

            A.  Public Policy

                        a.  Tax Credit

                        b.  University Funding

                        c.  Commodity Price Systems

Conclusion