The Botany of Desire

The Botany of Desire was interesting but not very useful. However I did learn a few things that may be relevant to my cause. Apples, apples, apples! I finished reading Animal Liberation this morning...Notes from that coming soon. It's too dark in my living room to type them right now. I don't feel like turning on the lamp. My biggest worry right now is that I don't know what direction I want to go with my topic. As I said before I just finished reading Animal Liberation. Basically, it is an animal psychology book that explores animal suffering and intelligence. It has a chapter on animals in the meat industry which is very informative. I just don't know how to tie in the actual process with the animal's experience and include vegetables in there somewhere. I was thinking maybe something like:

I. In the Lab

    a. Plants

        i. GMOs

    b. Animals

        

II. On the Farm

    a. Plants    

       i. Saving Seed

       ii. Pesticides

    b. Animals

       i. Chicken Coops

       ii. Pig Farm

       iii. Feedlot

    

III. In your grocery store

     a. How to eat responsibly.

That needs some work. But it feels good to write something down. I definitely have the most information for "On the farm" So I either need to find more info on the other topics OR just focus on "On the Farm" I do really want to present solutions. I haven't given up on the idea or storytelling yet. I just haven't figured out how to make that happen. I feel like it will probably come to me once the research falls into place.