Food, Agricultural and the Environment: Law and Policy

Catalog description

The course focuses on (1) the interrelationship of food and agricultural production and environmental sustainability and (2) the influence of a complex array of laws on the development of sustainable, local foods-based markets. Students will explore readings from a variety of sources, hear from guest speakers, and delve into a research project of their own choosing. Students will gain an understanding of how laws govern and interact with food safety research, physical infrastructure, personal consumption habits, patterns of private sector investment, race-based and other structural inequalities, and how the law affects notions of community and reflects underlying cultural values.