What does where you live have to do with the food you eat? Why do some areas of the city have access to fresh, green and even organic vegetables and why are other areas of the city surrounded by fast food chains and convenience stores? Why are poor people around the globe the most likely to be those that are faced with food insecurity as well as the most likely to suffer from obesity?
This course will not just involve engaging discussion groups and reading material; it will use urban Milwaukee as a classroom. Guest speakers will share the knowledge they earned in the field, so to speak, and students will go on field trips to local urban farms. Documentaries will be a key part of the course.
The curriculum is fabulous. The class needs only one thing: enrollment. You know how it works; if enough people enroll, the class stays alive. Let's make sure this one does!
urban Studies 360: Perspectives on the Urban Scene: "You are Where You Eat." Urban Food Geographies, fall 2010, Tuesdays 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Jennifer Cadenas, instructor.
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