FS 308 - Foundation in Food & Culture System

3 cr.

This course examines the cultures of food, exploring how people use food to define themselves as indivduals, groups, and societies, and how cultural concerns shape food. The course investigates the meaning and significance of food in different cultures, and how race, ethnicity gender, socioeconomics status and religion influence food choices. How can we understand the system that brings food from the field to the plate? What characterizes our current food system? What alternatives have existed in the past and might exist in the future?