Food preferences differ culture by culture, but food itself is at the center of life. This interdisciplinary course explores practices and politics of food production, consumption, and regulation locally and globally. After taking a historic and anthropological look at food practices across cultures that lead to agricultural revolutions, students examine how their food choices influence personal health, farmworkers, and animals. Students will also examine the environmental dimensions of food systems in the context of climate change, resource depletion, and food insecurity, as well as alternative sustainable strategies in response.
- Teacher: Ryan Andrews
- Teacher: Mara Horowitz