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The Assignment

Topic: Examine a food policy in the United States

Topic ideas: Topic: Examine a food policy or an issue related to food policy in the United States
This list is not meant to be limiting but instead to spark ideas:


●Effectiveness of the USDA
● Food insecurity (hunger)
● Fishing/hunting issues as related to food policies
● Depletion of minerals from soil/overfarming
● Abundance of fast food
● Restaurant regulations
● Food deserts/food swamps
● Food waste/disposal
● School lunches
● Deforestation to accommodate farmland
● Loss of “family” farms
● Obesity (will need to narrow to a more specific focus)
● Overproduction of food
● NAFTA and other trade agreements and food production
● Overpopulation leading to hunger
● Nutrition education
● Additives/ingredients in our food
● US food regulations vs another country or EU
● Genetically modified/bioengineered foods
● Climate change and food production
● Food safety
● Supply chain issues
● Meatpacking
● Manufactured meats
● GMO/Bioengineered food
● SNAP/WIC programs
● Farm subsidies
● Sugar tax