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In this assignment you will work with state-level indicators to gain an understanding of how the food system is "measured" and how its structure and performance differs across states and time

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In this assignment you will work with state-level indicators to gain an understanding of how the food system is "measured" and how its structure and performance differs across states and time. In the 9.2 - The Future of the Food System module, we talked about measuring food system performance and the Institutes of Medicine Food Systems Metrics showed how we might want to measure food system performance--but is that data readily available?

Here we can look at some data that is collected in the University of Minnesota State-Level Food System Indicators website (Links to an external site.).

1. Choose 1 state's indicator sheet and Oregon's indicator sheet to compare their food systems in 2012.

• What are a few of the most important differences between your state and Oregon?
• How are they most similar?
• Why might these similarities and differences exist and how do they affect overall food system performance? Focus on indicators that you think are meaningful, important and directly comparable – not just on the largest differences.

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2. Use Oregon's indicator sheet to compare internal changes in the state’s food system from 1997-2012.

• How has the food system in Oregon changed differently over time?
• Why might the food system in  Oregon have changed in different ways?

Guidelines

A complete and meaningful response to the discussion prompt will earn the required points. 

If you only choose to respond to another student's original response to the prompt, you will earn 1 out of 2 possible points if it is complete and meaningful, for example, raises additional support for an argument, respectfully challenges a position, or raises meaningful questions.

In each Discussion forum, if you both respond to the original prompt and engage in a dialog with a classmate in an exchange of more than 2 posts (your original post or a classmate's), you can earn an additional one point in that forum, gaining an additional point on the Discussion.