AGSC 265 - Building Community Food Systems

Credit(s): 3

This course examines the connections between farming, food, and society at global, national, and regional levels, with a focus on community food system transformation. Students will think critically about food system components and gain experience in building community food systems through collaborative projects aimed at increasing community access to regionally produced food. (Spring Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes

Identify the components of the food system and explain how they are interconnected.
Describe food and agriculture systems and how these are changing.
Discuss the social, political, economic, and environmental implications of food system change at national and regional scales.
Develop a framework for a project that increases access to regionally produced food in the community.
Collaborate to design and conduct a community food system development project.
Evaluate successes and challenges experienced over the course of the project.