Education Toward Food Citizenship & Comm

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Explores in breadth and depth, using the Northwest Food Shed as a case study, the systems in which food production, processing, distribution, consumption and waste pathways form a chain of interrelationships and are shaped within social-cultural, political, economic, and environmental contexts. Examines alternatives to the existing constituents of the prevailing global industrial food system that emphasize clean, fair, fresh, nutritious, local, accessible, and traditional food for all. Provides opportunities to explore designing, creating, adopting, conducting, revising, and extending place-based curriculum and programs for learning in Edible Education for young people and adults in schools and other educational settings. This is the first of four courses that make up the Leadership in Edible Education Certificate Program and Concentration. It can also be taken as a stand-alone course. This course involves a series of off-campus field classes situated in the Central Puget Sound Region.