blog about omnivores 8,10,11 they say 6 and 7 and writers resource.

I read the Omnivore’s Dilemma chapters 8, 10 and 11. Chapter 8 is the beginning of the big organic section of this book. It starts off introducing how Pollan observes and lends a hand to the organic Polyface Farm in Virginia. He goes on to explain how the farm works by rotating pastures with different animals which makes them have a healthier environment. This farm puts out “25000 lbs of beef, 50,000 lbs of pork, 12,000 broilers, 800 turkeys, 500 rabbits, and 30,000 dozen eggs.” Chapter 10 goes deeper into the rotation of the Polyface farm livestock’s grazing. Although we survive off all the meat, eggs, milk and what not that is produced from animals, without grass we wouldn’t have any of those which makes grass the keystone species. They explain how there needs to be a balance in the time the cows graze it and the time they allow the pasture to regrow back to its original length. Chapter 11 talks about the techniques used to raise animals, some producers practice “stacking” which is to produce more than one animal at a time in a given space. This method can reduce the amount of disease among the community thus creating less of a need for antibiotics.

They Say I Say help you learn how to strengthen your argument without being too closed minded. One way to open your mind is to explain the other side of the argument and use those to convince the readers with your credibility.

I plan on using MLA citation formatting in my writing this semester, because i am already fairly familiar with it, and want to perfect it.