NUT 5180Food System and Policy

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Prerequisite(s): None Students in this course are provided an overview of the United States food system, with a focus on the food system’s interrelationships with public health, the environment, equity, and society. The students in this course may use a systems-thinking approach to examine and understand the interconnectedness of the social, economic, environmental, political, and economic influences and consequences that affect food and public health. Analysis of the United States’ contemporary food system on a local, regional, and federal level through diverse theoretical, applied, and ethical perspectives are discussed during this class. The role of agriculture in the economy, national development, and environmental degradation are also discussed. The origins of scarcity and abundance, population growth, hunger and obesity, and poverty are analyzed.