With my survey up and running, I have gotten a number of responses. The results show that most people are not now, nor have they ever been, vegetarian. Most people also eat an average amount of meat throughout the week with few eating it never or more than thrice a day. Almost everyone has seen a documentary on the food production industry about meat with a slight effect on their lifestyles. Almost everyone is aware that most of the meat in the US comes from industrial farming. Again almost all of the respondents said that organic meat is healthier than non-organic and that it is also more expensive. No one eats organic meat many times throughout the week, but it is eaten. Most also believe that organic meat is not marketed as strongly as it's industrial counterpart. Then for the last question I found that people are willing to eat organic meat if it is cheaper of the same price as industrial meat, but not if it is more expensive. My findings are proving my hypothesis about why people eat non-organic meat over the organic option.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C6CGLXC
I think you have the right idea with your survey and have gotten plenty of responses to gather information. You sound like you already know how you are going to analyze your results, but I can try to help some I guess. You could focus on the idea that people are going to buy the least expensive meat and don't car about the side effects of it, that most people have never been or will never become a vegetarian, or that people don't fully understand the effects of eating unhealthy meats. Other than that it looks good and you should be ready to draft your essay.
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