VAST 221 - Value Meals:Technology at the Dinner Table

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Description:

This course explores the intersections between technology and values as they relate to what we eat. Technological advances produce new food preservation methods, higher crop yields per acre and year round variety of relatively inexpensive foods. Topics such as genetic modification, cloned meat in the food supply and the Slow Food Movement will illustrate how technological capabilities balance with moral and ethical issues as we make daily food choices. Diorio

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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