AGR 105 - Sustainable Agriculture & the Environment

3 Credit(s)

Examines the practice of agro-ecology: the interface of management, biology and the environment in our effort to produce food, feed, and fiber for a rapidly growing human population. Consequences of historical and current practices and policies will be discussed as well as strengths and weaknesses of alternative practices that seek to employ more knowledge of biology and ecology.

Course Type: Lecture
Tuition Tier: Base
Delivery Method:
In-Person
Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO 1) Students will describe how issues at various levels - farm, community, regional, national, and global - influence agriculture sustainability and future food supply.
CLO 2) Students will demonstrate agricultural/horticultural practices at the farm-level, including agroecological management principles and practices, used to reduce environmental degradation.
CL0 3) Students will be able to analyze the environmental, economic, and social costs and benefits involved in delivering food from farm to market.
CLO 4) Students will describe how agri-environmental policies used to keep farmland in production, as well as integrating farming priorities into the urban and rural interface.
CLO 5) Students will analyze the role of sustainable agriculture has on global trade to mee the nutritional needs of a growing world population.