Topic: Negative consequences of Factory Farms
Research question: Should local sustainable farms replace factory farms?
Working thesis statement: Factory farms allow for cruel and abnormal treatment of animals and degrade the quality of the product and therefore, should be replaced by local sustainable farms.
Research plan: The following is a partial list of references, which will be used to conduct research:
The Chicken Industry. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2012, from www.peta.org/​issues/​animals-used-for-food/​chicken-industry.aspx
Pollan, M. (2007). The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin Group.
Renton, A. (2007, October 20). This is One Happy Cow. Observer Food Monthly. Retrieved September 22, 2012, from www.guardian.co.uk/​lifestyle/​2007/​oct/​21/​foodanddrink.features14