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Summer 2023 | BBE 3201 Section 001: Sustainability of Food Systems: A Life Cycle Perspective (82695)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Pre-Covid
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 100 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Consequences of global food system. Diversity in food systems. Current topics in food sustainability.
- Class Description:
- Hamburger or hummus? Conventional or organic? McDonald's or Mediterranean diet? What dietary choices are the most sustainable recognizing that what we eat affects not only our health but also the environment and the well-being of those involved in food production? Feeding a world population that in the coming decades will grow in both numbers and in wealth will require that we greatly increase the amount of food we produce and be better informed of its impacts. This course examines the consequences of the global food system from a life cycle perspective. Students will explore the diversity of both the foods we eat and the means by which we grow, process, distribute, and prepare them. Students will be asked to investigate and debate current topics and controversies in food sustainability, focusing on inherent complexity and trade-offs in various dietary options and the means of producing them. Case studies, readings, and discussion topics will be chosen to emphasize that responsible decisions concerning what we eat can only be made when we consider entire food supply chains and their full set of economic, environmental, and social consequences.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82695/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2012
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