Introduction to the Course
Course Start Date, Materials, and Q&A
Syllabus
Questions?
Read: Neff, Roni. Introduction to the US Food System, Chapter 1.
Video 1: Food systems and food system analysis
Read: Cronon, William. Nature’s Metropolis, Chapter 5.
Video 2: A short history of how we got here
Read: Weis, Tony. The Ecological Hoofprint, Introduction and Chapter 3.
Read: Patel, Raj. “The Chicken-Nugget Theory of Capitalism.”
Video 3: The meatification of the modern food system
Recording: Q&A Session #1
Read: Poore and Nemecek. “Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers.”
Read: Our World in Data, "Environmental Impacts of Food Production."
Video 1: The environmental impacts of meat
Read: Johnson, Nathanael. "Swine of the Times."
Video 2: The meat industry’s impacts on animals
Read: Fitzgerald, Amy. “A Social History of the Slaughterhouse.”
(If accessible) Watch: The Smell of Money
Video 3: Socio-political impacts of meat production
Recording: Q&A Session #2
REVISIT Poore and Nemecek. "Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers"
Video 1: The food system benefits of plants
Read: Santo et al. "Considering Plant-Based Meat Substitutes and Cell-Based Meats."
Read: Dutkiewicz and Hayek. "Yes, plant-based meat is better for the planet: The environmental debate over meatless meat, explained."
Video 2: Plant-based "alternative" proteins
Recording: Q&A Session #3
Read: Dutkiewicz, Jan. "How do you convince people to eat less meat?"
Video 1: The process of dietary change
Read: Changing Markets Foundation. "The New Merchants of Doubt."
Read: Reynolds, George. "Why do people hate vegans?"
Video 2: Impediments to change
Gell, Aaron. "Confessions of a former carnivore."
Video: 3 Wrap-up
Recording: Q&A Session #4
