Research and Development Facilities

Throughout this course there has been a constant emphasis that the public needs to be far more conscious of food, foodsafety, food distribution, and threats to our food supply – whether because of natural or human causes, unintended orintended (e.g., agroterrorism). Your final paper must focus on the potential vulnerability of a specific sector of the U.S. agricultural system, from among the following vulnerable areas: Research and Development Facilities Domestic Foreign Farms, Orchards, and Ranches Domestic Foreign Packaging and Production Facilities Warehousing and Distribution Systems Point-of-Sale Grocery Stores and Restaurants Select one of these food-related sectors and then use the CARVER plus Shock Method Prioritization Tool to address known (e.g., past), current (e.g., present), and potential (e.g., future) vulnerabilities of the selected food-related sector. Be sure to address each of the six attributes of the selected vulnerable food-related sector: Critically — measure public health and economic impacts of an attack Accessibility — ability to physically access and egress from target Recoverability — ability of system to recover from an attack Vulnerability — ease of accomplishing attack Effect — amount of direct loss from an attack as measured by loss in production Recognizability — ease of identifying target Then, remember to address the seventh attribute – Shock, or the total impact on health, the economy, and psychological well-being. Other recognized prioritization methods in support of this required plan will be allowed. Your paper must also meet the following requirements: Be a minimum of five double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title/cover page and reference page). If you include an abstract, the abstract does not count towards the five pages.