Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege
How can diversity courses at land-grant universities be shaped to better prepare the next generation of food systems practitioners, educators, and researchers? This is the question I approach in a discussion of the first undergraduate diversity requirement course in a college of agriculture focusing...
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2016-10-01
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| description | How can diversity courses at land-grant universities be shaped to better prepare the next generation of food systems practitioners, educators, and researchers? This is the question I approach in a discussion of the first undergraduate diversity requirement course in a college of agriculture focusing on domestic issues of race, gender, ethnicity, class, and equity in the development of U.S. food systems. I discuss the benefits I found of using food systems studies as a framework for learning about diversity by highlighting the interconnections among people through discussions of issues every student can appreciate: food and eating. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2999c59b8a50435ea341f95b7f8f9dff2023-09-03T00:43:55ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012016-10-015410.5304/jafscd.2015.054.022381Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White PrivilegeJason S. Parker0University of VermontHow can diversity courses at land-grant universities be shaped to better prepare the next generation of food systems practitioners, educators, and researchers? This is the question I approach in a discussion of the first undergraduate diversity requirement course in a college of agriculture focusing on domestic issues of race, gender, ethnicity, class, and equity in the development of U.S. food systems. I discuss the benefits I found of using food systems studies as a framework for learning about diversity by highlighting the interconnections among people through discussions of issues every student can appreciate: food and eating.https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/381Diversity TrainingFood SystemsSustainable AgricultureCommunity EngagementLand-Grant UniversitiesWhite Privilege |
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| title | Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege |
| title_full | Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege |
| title_fullStr | Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege |
| title_short | Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege |
| title_sort | using the interconnections and complexities of food systems to teach about human diversity and white privilege |
| topic | Diversity Training Food Systems Sustainable Agriculture Community Engagement Land-Grant Universities White Privilege |
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