AUT 2021 Food Systems Seminar: The Future of Food Systems (NUTR 400)

There is growing urgency for our food systems to be more sustainable, resilient, and equitable. But how? Food systems are too-often implicated in perpetuating health inequities, climate chaos, and diminishing biodiversity. Competing solutions to these challenges are being considered locally and globally, across often-complicated supply chains and impacted by various public health, social, ecological, and economic drivers. Should farms and food systems feed regional or international communities; should they be large or small, uniform or diverse? What are the outcomes for our climate, human and ecological health, justice and equity? Which technologies and processes of engagement should be prioritized? While solutions may not be binary, choices must be made to nourish a growing human population on a finite Earth. In this seminar, we will learn from experts and practitioners at the forefront of addressing these challenges and considering different possibilities for the future of food systems.

Guest speakers will include Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and Devon Mihesuah, author of the book, Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the US.

A complete speaker schedule will be available online in September.

The course is taught by Yona Sipos.

Questions?  Contact us at ugnutr@uw.edu.