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need sa example for course



I need an example related to sustainable agriculture that represents a 
poorly structured problem situation that I can use in a course related to 
sustainable agriculture.

By poorly structured, I mean a problem situation in which there are at 
least two parties with apparently differing goals (i.e., one appears to 
want to see one option happen, the other appears to want another option to 
happen, and the two options appear to be incompatible).  The goals are 
usually imprecisely framed and may be derived loosely from more fundamental 
beliefs about how the world should be.  Examples of this kind of problem 
situation include (1) Should genetically engineered crops be allowed in 
organic production?  (2) Should nitrogen use be restricted or reduced in 
midwestern corn?  (3) Should agricultural price supports be eliminated in 
the U.S.?  (4) Should the CRP be renewed?

In addition, I need the problem situation to be small enough that students 
can understand it in some detail after reading approximately 40 pages of 
material.  The detail should provide information about roles, norms, and 
values of the participants in the problem situation, and a sketch of the 
power relations among them.

Please send me any examples of poorly structured problem situations that 
you may have encountered (whether they fit my needs or not), and if you use 
any of them in a course, I would appreciate hearing about what you do.

Thanks for your help.
David Andow