Utilizing Value-added Foods to Prepare Students for Careers in a Sustainable Food System

Download or read book Utilizing Value-added Foods to Prepare Students for Careers in a Sustainable Food System written by Gianna Fazioli and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the food system evolves through more alternative and sustainable avenues, so should the educational models designed to educate future leaders in the food system. This paper seeks to analyze the rise of food-focused academic programs that include experiential learning in advocating for greater engagement in the production processes that make both mainstream and alternative food systems. By exploring the curriculum and goals of three programs, I argue for a greater emphasis on training around value-added production. Through examination of these case studies, I defined six pedagogical approaches surrounding value-added production that seem particularly promising for teaching about food systems. And by using experiential learning, value-based education, interdisciplinary, and constructivist learning theories as pedagogical frameworks in my analysis, I focused on how these pedagogical approaches embodied important elements, such as systems thinking, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, which I see as key to teaching about food systems and bridging sustainable food production and sustainable food consumption. To this end, I explore the rise of alternative food systems approaches, the rise of experiential-focused academic programs that include food and agriculture, and the pedagogical goals and outcomes of these practices." -- Abstract.