1 credit
Spring 2026 Lecture Upper DivisionJEDI
This course will uncover the foundations of inequities in access to healthy, nutritious food from the first era of colonization to the modern era of globalization. The course will make students aware of the racial and ethnic inequities in farming and food systems and consider mechanisms of decolonization: resistance against the status quo and the development of new food systems.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the emergence of modern food systems through the eras of colonization and globalization.
2Analyze the factors that contribute to inequities in access to healthy, nutritious food.
3Investigate global and local food justice movements.
4Evaluate the legacies of colonialism in today's food deserts.
5Investigate local food movements, such as urban agriculture, represent attempts at decolonization.
6Investigate the activism of indigenous groups around the world seeking decolonization and food justice.
7Consider policies to reduce inequities in food systems.
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