PPM 672 - Food Planning and Policy

This course is designed to build knowledge of the food system, how it functions and interacts-or could-with planning and public policy. The intent of the course is to familiarize students with basic issues in the production, distribution, marketing, and disposal of food, especially when elements may be influenced by civic action and public regulation. The course is a seminar and will develop and challenge students’ thinking through readings and structured discussions. Students should have an increased understanding of food systems as a planning and community development topic, the forces shaping food systems, dimensions of conventional and alternative models, and their own relationship and choices respecting the contemporary American food system.

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Credits: 3

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Course Type: Policy, Planning, and Management