The Sustainable Food Systems Minor is an interdisciplinary course of study from all three colleges. It provides students with a holistic food systems perspective and an increased ability to access careers and graduate programs related to food systems.
The minor is purposefully designed to prepare students to receive training needed to fill jobs related to food and agriculture. The minor examines topics related to production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food, and equity and inclusion issues of food sovereignty, indigenous perspectives, and equitable access to all dimensions of the food system. In addition to completion of core courses, an additional 6 units of coursework are selected. Students select the 6 additional units of coursework from the following professionally-related categories: food for all, food business, food and health, food justice, food production, food-related science and engineering, and food stories and literature.