In your essay, go beyond the five-paragraph essay format by offering a unified thesis that synthesizes your sources to make a single main point (whose key word or phrase will repeat in your topic sentences), and include the following:

Why is so much food wasted? (The reason why so much food is wasted is because of sell by dates)
Some sources: https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/

https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs (Links to an external site.)

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00052/full

1. Do not include solutions. You will address solutions in the final paper of the course.

2. Make a clear thesis statement.

For example: “A key cause of food waste is retailers’ unreasonable aesthetic criteria for produce.”

3. Use a clear plan of organization.

In your essay, go beyond the five-paragraph essay format by offering a unified thesis that synthesizes your sources to make a single main point (whose key word or phrase will repeat in your topic sentences), and include the following:

-An attention-grabbing introduction that ends with your thesis statement, which centers on a cause of the problem
-An analysis of the problem’s cause you have chosen as your focus
-A strong conclusion

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