Taught By:
Angel Cruz
Research Scholar
Horticulture Science
North Carolina State University
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Course Description:
This course explores the economic, socio-cultural, policy and health perspectives of community food systems using a multidisciplinary and systems-level framework. Students will use a systems framework to critically examine local and global food challenges related to food insecurity, food justice and food sovereignty, food waste and sustainable approaches to addressing food challenges. Aspects of this course include team building through group work and in-class discussion and development of personal food ethic provocative propositions.