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