Spring 2017  |  PA 5790 Section 001: Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy -- Urban Food Systems and Policy (67836)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon 06:00PM - 08:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 60
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Selected topics.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?anu+PA5790+Spring2017 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?boyer120+PA5790+Spring2017
Class Description:
This course will explore: A) the different policy objectives emerging in the narrative around urban agriculture and food systems, including social, environmental, and economic objectives; B) Emerging analysis tools to evaluate progress toward these objectives; and C) Pathways to achieve urban food system objectives from perspectives of urban farmers, farmers markets, food policy councils, etc.. The course will include guest lectures from faculty and practitioners alike, including mayors and food policy council members, and field visits to urban farms and food policy councils.
Learning Objectives:
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Interdisciplinary and systems thinking; understanding diverse policy actors and priorities in the urban foodscape
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Understanding how to quantify community-wide food use;
understanding resource intensity of urban food use (water, land, greenhouse gases, energy)



Class participation: 10%

Reflections: 10%

Assignment 1: 20%

Assignment 2: 20%

Assignment 3: 20%

Assignment 4: 20%
Class Format:

1hr lecture

1hr guest lecture

30 min - discussion (readings and class content)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67836/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 February 2017

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