Socratic Seminar

In Class, we had a Socratic Seminar regarding the text, Farmer in Chief, a letter written to the president elect from Michael Pollan. I thought this article was interesting, informational, a tad repetitive but overall a successful article. I really enjoyed how the author stated the problem, gave factual and his opinions, and proposed a probable solution. In articles similar to this, I have found there is a lot of blame, and solutions that don't always fix the full problem. I found this article to be easy to read and comprehend, but also containted enough statisics to be credible.

In our discussion, we talked about a lot of things. We started talking about the economic crisis, and ended up talking about health care, and how the problem starts in the classroom. That was my point that I tried to make. If we want to effect our future, we need to educate our youth at an early stage, before it is to late. Some of our families have taught us about eating organic, and the benefits of doing so. Not everyone has that oppertunity putting them at a disadvantage.

The question that I brought to the table was, " What would happen if we give the food industrial a specific, limited amount of fossil fuels there are allowed to use?" If we gaven them a limited amount, they would have to plan out what they wanted to use it on. It's like monopoly, the childhood game.Your given a specific amount of money, and you can't buy everything you see, but sometimes it's in your best investment to do so. Some things cannot be grown in the United States. Does that mean we have to elliminate the item, or limit or consumption of it and get it imported? Things like fruit, vegetables, and meat is easily producd anywhere. Certain spices can only be grown in South America and other places. Instead of importing fruits, vegetables and meat from South America, we should import what we don't have.