ENVI 219
Topics in Sustainable Agriculture
Fall 2013
Division II
Cross-listed
ANTH 218
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Class Details
What does sustainability mean in the context of agricultural practice, food production, and consumption? This course encourages students to think analytically and critically about the meanings and practices of sustainability in the context of food and agriculture. We examine diverse regional and historic contexts to explore how concerns about sustainability in relation to agricultural production and food consumption emerged, and explore the contemporary incarnations of sustainable agriculture in organic, fair trade, and local agriculture as well as in debates around food miles, biofuels, and genetic modification. Cutting across each of these individual topics, we will think about the connections between production and consumption, ecology and society. By the end of this course, it is expected that students will develop a multifaceted understanding of the social, political and cultural dimensions of sustainable food and agriculture.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1366
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1366
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
students will be required to submit discussion questions before each class, complete a short writing assignment each week, and prepare a mid-term essay and final research paper
Prerequisites:
none
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 219 Division II ANTH 218 Division II
ENVI 219 Division II ANTH 218 Division II
Attributes:
ENVI Humanities, Arts + Social Science Electives
ENVI Environmental Policy
ENVP SC-B Group Electives
ENVI Environmental Policy
ENVP SC-B Group Electives
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ENVI 219 - 01 (F) LEC Topics Sustainable Agriculture
ENVI 219 - 01 (F) LEC Topics Sustainable AgricultureDivision IIShaila Seshia GalvinTF 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
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