ENVI 238 - Food Justice and Sustainability

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of food, agriculture, society, and the environment. Two overarching questions guide us: first, how are inequalities in race, class, and gender created and reproduced within food systems? Second, how might societies create environmentally sustainable food and agricultural systems that also foster justice, equity, and respect for diverse cultures and practices? In the first half of the semester, we will investigate injustices within and by the dominant food and agriculture system, including issues related to pesticide exposure, farm labor, global food insecurity, land access, and livelihoods. In the second half of the semester, we will consider various agricultural systems and grassroots movements that may support food justice including, food sovereignty, Black food movements, queer food collectives, agroecology, local food, and others. Offered every year. (4 Credits)