8th+Grade+ELA+2010-11

= = = Internet Resources For Food Persuasive Letter: =

Directions:

 * ==== Choose a link that will give you more information about and possible actions/solutions for the problem you are targeting in your persuasive letter. ====
 * ====** Class work DUE at end of period: **====
 * ==== Read the information and take notes by writing a **quick summary of main ideas/arguments and supporting details** from the linked article, blog or opinion column. **Include the title and author of the text you read**. ====
 * ==== Finally, write a **short explanation of how the new information connects to problems, target audiences, actions and effects you've already brainstormed. Does the new information change who you will target or the actions you will try to persuade others to take?** ====

= local, sustainable farms - = =In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/us/06farmers.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Opinion Piece addresses government subsidies & other issues - =A Food Manifesto for the Future= By [|MARK BITTMAN] http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/a-food-manifesto-for-the-future/?emc=eta1

Debating Opinion Pieces about the role of supermarkets and healthy food -

**Can Wal-Mart Make Us Healthier?**
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/23/can-wal-mart-make-us-healthier?emc=eta1

Food labeling - =Food Makers Devise Own Label Plan= http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/business/25label.html?emc=eta1

Food contamination & Safety - =Senate Passes Sweeping Law on Food Safety= http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/health/policy/01food.html?emc=eta1

Food Contamination & Safety - =[|The White House Blog]=

Food Safety Modernization Act: Putting the Focus on Prevention
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/01/03/food-safety-modernization-act-putting-focus-prevention

= Animal living conditions & food safety - = =Clean Living in the Henhouse= http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/business/07eggfarm.html?emc=eta1

= Use of antibiotics in animals - = =U.S. Meat Farmers Brace for Limits on Antibiotics= http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15farm.html?emc=eta1

Website about food contamination & safety - Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention http://www.foodborneillness.org/

Race & Working Conditions for Meatworkers - America's Food Sweatshops: []