The organization of food systems determines how and where we grow, raise, process, and distribute food in an industrial society. With a growing percentage of the population living in urban centers and natural resources strained, developing healthier, more sustainable food systems is more important than ever.
Food Systems Courses
55 Mins
- AICP CM
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- SACPLAN CPD
43 Mins
- AICP CM
- CNU-A
- SACPLAN CPD
48 Mins
- AIA CES
- AICP CM
- SACPLAN CPD
75 Mins
- CIP
- AIA CES
- AICP CM
- SACPLAN CPD
Top Food Systems Instructors
Lauren Dunning
Lauren Dunning is a lawyer and public health practitioner whose work has focused on developing strategies...
Chris Holtkamp
Chris Holtkamp is a certified planner and is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning at the...
Kevin Credit
Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...
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The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid
Instructor: Mark David Major
Learn why the regular grid has been a standard part of the town planning vocabulary around the world for nearly five millennia.
Economic Thinking for Planners: Cities, Externalities, and Governance
Instructor: Peter Gordon
Through history, people have become better off as they urbanized. This course investigates how and why the quality of life has improved in cities.