SCI 207 Week 2 Discussion 1 | Assignment Help | Ashford University (2020)
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SCI 207 Week 2 Discussion 1 | Assignment Help | Ashford University (2020)
Week 2 - Discussion Forum 1
Food Resilience Plan for Ashfordton
Prior to beginning
work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 4 in your course textbook.
Imagine that you
are a resident of Ashfordton, a community whose characteristics are described
below. You have come together with your neighbors for a special meeting to
devise a management plan for helping the community become more resilient and
sustainable in terms of its food production by 2050. A community that is
resilient is able to recover quickly from events like drought or storms. By
increasing its own food production, Ashfordton can also reduce its food
miles—the distance that imported food must travel. By making its food
production more sustainable, Ashfordton can help ensure that its residents’
food needs are supplied for generations to come, without placing undue harm on
the local environment in the process.
Fortunately, you
have all attended the meeting with the knowledge that you have gained from your
readings in this course. Now it is time to put your thinking cap on and get to
work! Your ideas should consist of one or more of the following elements (some
suggestions may apply to both categories):
·
Food resiliency measures (e.g., building vertical farms in the city
center to ensure that urban residents can have access to fresh, organically
grown produce).
·
Food sustainability measures (e.g., phasing out use of organic
pesticides in favor of companion planting and other organic methods).
This week’s
discussion will take place in an online app called Tricider. There, you will be
able to post your ideas for plan components and also share pros and cons of
different proposals during the week. Finally, you will be able to vote on the
three components that you think the plan should include.
For directions on how to use the Tricider app, please review the Tricider Help Guide.
In Tricider, you will be expected to do the following:
·
Post at least two separate and entirely original ideas. Do not duplicate
ideas already posted by your peers.
o
Include your full name for each one.
·
Post at least six different pros and six different cons for your
classmates’ proposed ideas (12 in all).
·
Vote on what you feel are the top three ideas in the list.
o
Do not vote before Friday, so that you can vote from the full collection
of student ideas.
You must complete
the three tasks above to receive full credit for this discussion.
Please note: You
are welcome to post questions and comments to this board for your instructor;
however, this discussion board does not have any posting requirements of its
own, and no additional credit will be given for posts made here.