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Sociology of Food

 * As it is presented, all the information is somewhat relevant to the topic. It begins by detailing the asymmetries in the food distribution market and shortly tries to expand on the early history of food and agriculture. The article becomes more limited when it presents sociological perspectives because it only talks about symbolic interactionist, has a sentence or two related to conflict theory, but adds no citations. Article also talks about psychological and physical disorders such as anorexia and obesity.
 * This article is not very objective and is ultimately a bad example if presented in support of the use of WIkipedia.
 * The article has a section for references but does not use many citations throughout the text so it is unclear where these references were specifically implemented.
 * On the talk page there is little to no editor activity and someone says it does a good job of showing what a bad article is.
 * The introduction of article says this section needs expansion and the article is said to need improvement.



Food Security

 * All the information in the article is relevant to the topic and it only branches off when speaking of important components of Food Secturity. The article expands in detail on the latest food security standards of the largest producers in the world as well.
 * The information is presented objectively and does not use bias in order to push one viewpoint further than another.
 * The links in the citations work. The links I clicked were reliable sources; many are informational peer-reviewed sources as well as many links leading to government-based websites on food security standards. These sources are primarily research based and do not advance any biases.
 * On the Talk page we can see the evolution of this wiki page. Early in its stages some citations were missing, some people have included more ways to prevent food-borne illnesses, and discussed bacterial growth.
 * The article has been stamped with a message saying that additional verification of citations are needed. It is not a part of any WikiProjects.
 * This article focuses heavily on the definition of food safety, food safety standards across global producers and the agencies that enforce them. Mainly when we have spoken about food safety in class we talked about the pervasiveness of pesticide drift.

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I will be contributing to the Organic Farming article. Organic farming is largely proposed as a more socially sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture but rarely is the position of the farmworkers considered. This article does not include any information on the standards of labor practices in organic agriculture. Furthermore, there is no discussion on whether or not working for organic farms is a more socially just and sustainable occupation for farmworkers.

"Social sustainability, farm labor, and organic agriculture: Findings from an exploratory analysis" Shreck, Getz, Feenstra

"Privatizing farm worker justice: Regulating labor through voluntary certification and labeling" Brown, Getz

"Class Politics and Agricultural Exceptionalism in California's Organic Agriculture Movement" Getz, Brown, Shreck. 2008.

"Agrarian Dreams" Guthman

"Determinants of the Organic Farmers’ Demand for Hired Farm Labor" Carrie E. Neely

Draft of Contribution
As a part of their occupation, many farmworkers face the risk of hazardous work conditions and especially face the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders due to long hours of continuous stoop labor. Because of the lack of pesticides, and the fact that a large majority of organic farms operate on a small-scale and are family-run and owned, organic agriculture is often marketed to consumers as a safer and more socially sustainable alternative for farmworkers than conventional agriculture. Although there is a large amount of literature detailing the economic, environmental, and ecological benefits of organic agriculture, there is little research that suggests that organic agriculture presents a safer alternative for farmworkers. USDA's requirements for organic certification address growing practices, but do not mention labor practices. A survey of 500 organic farms in California revealed that a majority of organic farmers do not support the implementation of social justice standards as a requirement for certification. This same survey revealed that many also question the idea that it is the responsibility of organic employers to begin eliminating the social inequities that farmworkers have historically faced.