JUST 300MM - Food Justice

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Justice Studies

Description:

Food Justice seeks to ensure that the benefits and risks of where, what, and how food is grown, produced, transported, distributed, accessed and eaten are shared fairly. This course will examine impacts of colonization on local and traditional foods, health, hunger, justice, and land management policies and the re-emergence of Indigenous practices with land, water, and food systems management. Permaculture principles and indigenous land ethics will guide our process of learning. In addition, this course will examine food justice from diverse theoretical, applied, and ethical perspectives (e.g., race, ethnicity, class, equity, law, economy, ecology, sovereignty, globesity and wellbeing). Empirical evidence now confirms the relationship among poverty, the built environment, nutrition, and chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.