Earth & Environmental Sciences
ENVR 6150: Food Security and Sustainability
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Explores the science of sustainable food production around the world and examines the issues related to nutrition and hunger, food safety, and food production.
- Discusses issues such as population growth, climate change, and sustainability, which are presented as thematic topics.
- Also discusses issues such as soil health, genetically modified (and engineered) foods, water use, governmental food guidelines, and human health.
- Pulls focus on the thematic topics from scientific literature but also includes additional sources of information, such as gray literature, media coverage, documentaries, and popular nonfiction.
- Explores local examples of sustainable agriculture, including incentives in food security and sustainability in New England.
Explores the science of sustainable food production around the world and examines the issues related to nutrition and hunger, food safety, and food production. Show more.