GEOG 582SFood/Agricult & Sustainability

Catalog

Food, agriculture, and nutrition in geographical and evolutionary perspective, with a view to elucidating sustainability both at the level of the individual student, and at the societal level. Food systems; organic vs. fossil fuel based agriculture; co-evolution of crops, livestock, and humans; strengths and weaknesses of nutrition science; the paleo-diet, etc.; ethnic differences in digestion/nutrition; food equity; soil fertility and erosion; agriculture and climate change.