ENST3002

The phrase “food desert” was coined in the 1990s by a resident of public housing in Scotland. The idea of food deserts quickly became integrated within scholarship, legislation, and regulation within the UK and the US and refers to communities or regions with substantially reduced access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods. As a response to food desertification, scholars and community advocates have appealed to food security, food justice, and food sovereignty as theoretical frameworks to define objectives related to improving food access. This course will explore how those theoretical frameworks have been defined and how they manifest in practical efforts to ensure that communities are able to eat well.

prereq: 1101 or Pol 1101

013407

Human Diversity and Equity, Sustainability and the Environment

Periodic Fall & Spring