GEOG 384 - Geography of Food

2019-2020 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course introduces students to geographic patterns and issues related to food. Topics include the origin and diffusion of food crops and food products, food distribution and consumption, the environmental impacts and sociopolitical dimensions of food production, food security and food deserts, and historical as well as contemporary cultural interpretations of food. These topics are examined at different spatial scales - local, regional, national and global.

Prerequisite(s): GEOG 102, GEOG 111, and GEOG 112
Offered: Not on a regular basis