Our agricultural web includes all that we require to grow, process, and distribute food. Certainly, eating means participating in a huge cultural-political-environmental system that ends with us, the consumers. For many in our society, however, getting better food is a secondary problem. Getting enough food is the primary problem. We can't talk about food and agriculture without acknowledging the severe inequities that exist in our society in who has food. Food is about more than taste and even nutrition; it's also about who can afford it; who has acces to it; and who has the time, energy, and facilities to prepare it.
Why Consider a Food Security and Policy Minor?
There are many opporunities to connect to work around food and farm policy on a number of scales. In addition, there is a need for holistic nutrition and food planning. Specialists are needed to work in government and nonprofit organizations to help in outreach around food programs and connect families to food. This includes writing curricula, and/or participating in garden-to-table programs. Growing food, and participating in permaculture as primary producers, is essential for understanding complexities and challenges of our food system.