Food Systems Analysis
This course links conceptual and practical considerations of food-system assessment and develop a base of tools for practitioners. It examines major elements of the assessment process: systems thinking and conceptual frameworks; the food system from consumer and producer perspectives; identifying leverage points that might be influenced to affect positive change.
Prerequisites: ENVS 203.
Outcomes: Students will understand inter-relationships among environment, food supply, markets, American diets, and health, learn to analyze assessment methods for food-system sectors, and examine conceptual frameworks for food-system analysis.
Prerequisites: ENVS 203.
Outcomes: Students will understand inter-relationships among environment, food supply, markets, American diets, and health, learn to analyze assessment methods for food-system sectors, and examine conceptual frameworks for food-system analysis.