Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

Concerns are growing over the ability of the modern food system to simultaneously achieve
food security and environmental sustainability in the face of global change. Yet, the …

Food systems education can help individuals and communities transition to more
sustainable food systems. Despite the growing scholarship on food systems education, there …

By way of introduction, we turn to an excerpt from Ryan Galt's field notes from a field trip
taken by his undergraduate food systems class in November 2012: In a neighbourhood park …

Purpose Food waste represents a major sustainability challenge with environmental,
economic, social and health implications. Institutions of higher education contribute to …

The purpose of this chapter is to revisit, and build upon, themes that emerged from a 2011
article on food systems pedagogy in the discipline of planning (Mendes & Nasr). The chapter …

Industrialized agriculture, characterized by high inputs, large-scale monocultures, and
confined livestock production, with a narrow focus on profit, is a major transgressor of …

In this article, we offer a manifesto for a progressive twenty-first century land-grant mission in
an era of rising authoritarian populism in the United States. We explore the historical context …

In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) called for more interdisciplinary and
community-engaged approaches to teaching and learning in the agricultural and life …

Higher education institutions are increasingly offering Sustainable Food Systems (SFS)
degree programs in response to societal demand for training a professional food systems …