Review the SAMPLE Synthesis Organization Chart in Module III. Be sure that your 3-5 sources come from popular periodicals--newspapers and magazines. Check that you have at least 3 different sources

Organizing a Synthesis

(To add columns and/or rows, click anywhere on the chart, and in Layout see Insert Right and/or Insert Below.)

For a synthesis

use at least 3 sources.
use at least 3 subtopics.
use examples from at least 2 of the sources for each subtopic.

Then each horizontal row here becomes one body paragraph.

My Research Question

How can purchasing so-called "ugly produce” impact sustainability?

	Source 1 Boothroyd, Aoife	Source 2 McClellan, Jennifer	Source 3 Medina, Jennifer	Source 4 Royte, Elizabeth
Subtopic People/hunger		"according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, fruit and vegetables have the highest waste rate of any food group, some of which is based solely on rigid size and cosmetic standards” (McClellan).	Figueirido explains that farmers "have a really tough job as it is, and supermarkets make it harder by rejecting so much [of their harvest]" (qtd. in Medina)
Subtopic People/farmers	"wholesale food business Spade & Barrow [has] developed a holistic approach to their operations . . .which ensures that farmers are able to harvest their entire crop - irrespective of size and shape” (Boothroyd).		"there may be No. 1 and No. 2 [USDA] grades, but hardly anyone is stocking No. 2 in the produce aisle," (Medina).
Subtopic Planet		The ability to bypass grocery retailers and sell ugly produce directly to consumers is an innovative way to tackle the food waste issue (McClellan).	As Medina describes, Imperfect Produce and Food Recovery Network are two such businesses delivering ugly produce in the San Francisco area that stemmed from two college students witnessing the vast amount of food waste in the cafeteria.
Subtopic Profit			Wasted food itself, which rose by 50% between 1974 and 2006, contributes greatly to the saturation of landfills, as well as greenhouse gas production, but there are several consequences that are not as visible as a pile of garbage (Medina).	As Royte explains, "producing food that no one eats - whether sausages or snickerdoodles - also squanders the water, fertilizer, pesticides, seeds, fuel, and land needed to grow it. The quantities aren't trivial" (36).