ENV 6558 - Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience

Food movements are playing an increasingly vital role in the development, promotion, and success of justice, sustainability, and health movements throughout our society. From "eat local" and Community-Supported Agriculture operations to guerilla gardening and “food freedom” bills, food has become a merging of the personal and the political that can either reject or embrace a commitment to justice, sustainability, and health. In this course, students will explore food and land justice through the lens of political economy, and there will be cooking, canning, and field trips to local farms and restaurants who are variously engaged in the food movement.