Organic Farming and Industrialized Agriculture (25 Points)

Organic Farming and Industrialized Agriculture (25 points)

1. Go to the supermarket (or online) and compare the price of 10 different grocery items- find the price of the non-organic item and the same organic item. Place this information in a table for an easy side-by-side comparison. Calculate the percent difference in price and list that in a 3rd column. (10 points)

2. Turn in the table along with typed answers to the questions below (with sources listed*).

 How does organic food differ from non-organic food? Explain. (5 points)

 Why exactly is organic food often more expensive? (5 points)

 According to some economists, organic food would be cheaper than food produced by industrialized agriculture if food prices included the estimated costs of the harmful environmental and health impacts of industrialized food production. Why? (5 points)

Organic Farming and Industrialized Agriculture (25 points)

3. Go to the supermarket (or online) and compare the price of 10 different grocery items- find the price of the non-organic item and the same organic item. Place this information in a table for an easy side-by-side comparison. Calculate the percent difference in price and list that in a 3rd column. (10 points)

4. Turn in the table along with typed answers to the questions below (with sources listed*).

 How does organic food differ from non-organic food? Explain. (5 points)

 Why exactly is organic food often more expensive? (5 points)

 According to some economists, organic food would be cheaper than food produced by industrialized agriculture if food prices included the estimated costs of the harmful environmental and health impacts of industrialized food production. Why? (5 points)