BIOL 217 The Ecology of Food (SI)
How do our food choices impact other people and the environment? Though we are usually unaware of it, what we eat, how we organize food production, and how we control food distribution entail choices and these choices have ecological impacts. This course will help us understand the scientific underpinnings of our food system and recognize the impacts of our food choices. Topics investigated include limits of food production, relationships with human population, differences between organic and industrial agricultural systems, genetically modified foods, global agricultural production and trade (including agricultural subsidies), global malnutrition and the interrelatedness of many of these issues.