Assignment :
Select one of the following assignments:
Option 1: Organic Community Vegetable Garden Project
Option 2: Impact of Buying Local Produce on Sustainability
Option 3: Agricultural Land Loss
Option 1: Organic Community Vegetable Garden Project
1. Select an unused area in your neighborhood that can be converted into an organic vegetable garden for the local community or charity. Possibilities include an abandoned lot, an industrial or business park, a rooftop, a churchyard, a community park, or a local forest preserve.
2. Begin filling out the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
3. Complete the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
4. Write a 700- to 1,050-word letter to the landowner requesting use of the space for a garden. Outline the benefits of a having an organic garden within the community and include points from the completed planning document.
Submit your letter and the completed planning document.
Option 2: Impact of Buying Local Produce on Sustainability
1. Research options for buying locally grown produce in your state or in neighboring states. In addition to conducting background research using case studies, you can research your local grocery store, U-pick farms, or farmers' markets to determine which locally grown produce is available.
2. Use the evidence you have gathered to explain how buying locally promotes agricultural sustainability and supports the local economy.
Begin filling out the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
3. Complete the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
4. Write a 750- to 1,050-word article for your local newspaper that summarizes the findings listed in your planning document.
Submit your newspaper article and the completed planning document.
Option 3: Agricultural Land Loss
1. Determine the amount of agricultural land lost to non-agricultural uses (such as housing development, strip malls, and so on) in your state or area by using the historical function on a virtual map of Earth. You can find a virtual map online by typing "map of earth" into an Internet search engine.
2. Determine the reasons for farmland decline and provide suggestions for improving the sustainability of remaining farms. You can obtain data from local newspapers and websites to determine the reasons and magnitude of agricultural land loss.
Begin filling out the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
3. Complete the planning document to develop a plan that incorporates the principles of sustainability into your project.
4. Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that raises awareness of agricultural land loss and provides suggestions for the most effective methods for sustainably managing the remaining farmland.
Explain the importance of maintaining local sustainable farmland for your community.
Include customized historical and recent maps using a virtual map program.
Submit your presentation and the completed planning document.
Attachment:- Service Learning Project.rar