The Rhetoric of Food: Precedent Food Texts as Inventio

From Big Ag to Campus Cafeterias: Intersections of Food-Supply Networks as Technical Communication Pedagogy

“…For instance, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 2012 Census Report, over the past 30 years, the average age of U.S. farmers has risen to 58 years old (Vilsack and Clark, 2012). Adrienne Lamberti (2015) argues that while many factors contribute to this trend of declining professional interest in farming (urbanization, environmental regulations, rising land, and equipment prices), the resurging interest in food production, distribution, consumption, and increased student awareness about the aging population of U.S. farmers may lead to questions about who will accept responsibility for future food production.…”