U.S. Food System: Public Health Perspectives
Explore the U.S. food system's impact on public health, equity, and the environment. Learn about sustainable practices and policy.
Explore the U.S. food system's impact on public health, equity, and the environment. Learn about sustainable practices and policy.
This course, offered by Johns Hopkins University, provides a comprehensive introduction to the U.S. food system from a public health perspective. It explores how food production practices and dietary choices impact public health and the environment. The curriculum covers key topics such as food security, sustainability, ecological perspectives on food production, animal production, and food policy. Led by faculty from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, the course features guest lectures from experts in various disciplines. Students will gain insights into historical and political factors shaping the current food system and explore alternative approaches. The course also includes case studies of initiatives improving the food system, offering practical examples of positive change.
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What you'll learn
Understand the concept of food systems and their impact on public health and the environment
Analyze food security issues and the right to food in the context of climate change
Explore sustainable and resilient food system strategies
Examine ecological perspectives on food production and soil health
Investigate the public health implications of industrial food animal production
Analyze U.S. food and farm policies and their effects on public health
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11.5 Hours PreRecorded video
6 quizzes
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. food system from a public health perspective. It explores the interconnections between food production, consumption, and their impacts on public health and the environment. The curriculum covers key topics such as food security, sustainability, ecological approaches to food production, animal production, and food policy. Students will learn about historical and political factors that have shaped the current food system and explore alternative approaches for a more sustainable and healthy future. The course also includes case studies of initiatives improving the food system, offering practical examples of positive change in various contexts.
Is Climate Change Vindicating Malthus? Food Security and the Right to Food
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Food System Sustainability and Resilience
Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete
Ecological Perspectives on Food Production
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
Food Animal Production and Public Health
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Food and Farm Policy Perspectives
Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete
Improving Food Systems: Stories from the Field
Module 6 · 9 Hours to complete
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Food Systems Education Program Manager
Pamela Rhubart Berg is the Director of the Food Systems Education Program at the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). Before earning her MPH at JHSPH in 2002, she coordinated public health and clinical research studies for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, University of North Carolina, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Pam’s passion for the intersection of nutrition, food security, and environmental health led her to CLF, where she spent five years managing the School’s technical assistance role in the Meatless Monday campaign. In her current role, she works closely with CLF’s faculty and staff to oversee the growing educational portfolio, which includes five courses, a Certificate Program, an MPH concentration, a textbook and curricula, as well as the Food System Lab at Cylburn, an urban teaching farm located at the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, MD.
Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Bob Lawrence is Center for a Livable Future Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the founding director of the Center for a Livable Future (CLF). He graduated from Harvard Medical School and is a founding director of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a human rights advocacy group that shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to ban anti-personnel landmines. Dr. Lawrence chaired the first U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and has chaired committees for the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. Before joining Johns Hopkins, he served as the director of Health Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he directed programs in Agricultural Sciences, Population Sciences, and Environmental Sciences, gaining insight into the connections among agriculture, food production, population, the environment, and public health. In 1996, Bob, alongside a team from within and outside Johns Hopkins, established CLF, which has since grown significantly and continues to focus on using the best available science to highlight the relationships among agriculture, diet, environment, and public health.
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