Using the Interconnections and Complexities of Food Systems to Teach About Human Diversity and White Privilege

Jason S. Parker

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2015, vol. 5, issue 4

Abstract: 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. See the press release for this article.

Keywords: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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