Int'L Studies in Foods and Nutrition

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Through study and travel, this course explores how agriculture, food cuisine, nutrition, and health affect and are affected by the unique culture, history, climate, geography, and economic and political systems of selected countries. The course draws on local academic and professional experts, food producers, and food service providers to investigate these interrelationships through field trips, site visits, interviews, lectures, seminars, and demonstrations, with an emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives.