ENVS 312: The Science of Sustainable Food

Course Description

Due to large-scale land use and intense fossil-fuel inputs, some scientists say that the biggest crisis our world currently faces is the imminent collapse of our food system. To begin, this course will discuss the evolutionary underpinnings of our food preferences and how those preferences translate into the food systems in place today. From there we as a class will build the rest of the course based on scientific topics of the student’s choice that will help us understand why the current system is so unsustainable and what alternatives are available. Prerequisites: ENV STD 101 and ENV STDS 260, or instructor consent.