Centering Equity in Sustainable Food Systems Education

Sustainable food systems education (SFSE) is rapidly advancing to meet the need for developing future professionals who are capable of effective decision-making regarding agriculture, food, nutrition, consumption, and waste in a complex world. Equity, particularly racial equity and its intersectiona...

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Autores principales: Eleanor J. Sterling, Erin Betley, Selena Ahmed, Sharon Akabas, Daniel J. Clegg, Shauna Downs, Betty Izumi, Pamela Koch, Sara M. Kross, Karen Spiller, Lemir Teron, Will Valley
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3934016edbc144318e12a494b87695822021-11-09T16:11:31ZCentering Equity in Sustainable Food Systems Education2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.737434https://doaj.org/article/3934016edbc144318e12a494b87695822021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.737434/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XSustainable food systems education (SFSE) is rapidly advancing to meet the need for developing future professionals who are capable of effective decision-making regarding agriculture, food, nutrition, consumption, and waste in a complex world. Equity, particularly racial equity and its intersectional links with other inequities, should play a central role in efforts to advance SFSE given the harmful social and environmental externalities of food systems and ongoing oppression and systemic inequities such as lack of food access faced by racialized and/or marginalized populations. However, few institutional and intra-disciplinary resources exist on how to engage students in discussion about equity and related topics in SFSE. We present perspectives based on our multi-institutional collaborations to develop and apply pedagogical materials that center equity while building students' skills in systems thinking, critical reflection, and affective engagement. Examples are provided of how to develop undergraduate and graduate sustainable food systems curricula that embrace complexity and recognize the affective layers, or underlying experiences of feelings and emotions, when engaging with topics of equity, justice, oppression, and privilege.Eleanor J. SterlingErin BetleySelena AhmedSharon AkabasDaniel J. CleggShauna DownsBetty IzumiPamela KochSara M. KrossKaren SpillerLemir TeronWill ValleyFrontiers Media S.A.articlefood systems pedagogysystems thinkingequitycritical reflectionsustainable food systems educationaffectNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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topic food systems pedagogy
systems thinking
equity
critical reflection
sustainable food systems education
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Nutrition. Foods and food supply
TX341-641
Food processing and manufacture
TP368-456
spellingShingle food systems pedagogy
systems thinking
equity
critical reflection
sustainable food systems education
affect
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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Food processing and manufacture
TP368-456
Eleanor J. Sterling
Erin Betley
Selena Ahmed
Sharon Akabas
Daniel J. Clegg
Shauna Downs
Betty Izumi
Pamela Koch
Sara M. Kross
Karen Spiller
Lemir Teron
Will Valley
Centering Equity in Sustainable Food Systems Education
description Sustainable food systems education (SFSE) is rapidly advancing to meet the need for developing future professionals who are capable of effective decision-making regarding agriculture, food, nutrition, consumption, and waste in a complex world. Equity, particularly racial equity and its intersectional links with other inequities, should play a central role in efforts to advance SFSE given the harmful social and environmental externalities of food systems and ongoing oppression and systemic inequities such as lack of food access faced by racialized and/or marginalized populations. However, few institutional and intra-disciplinary resources exist on how to engage students in discussion about equity and related topics in SFSE. We present perspectives based on our multi-institutional collaborations to develop and apply pedagogical materials that center equity while building students' skills in systems thinking, critical reflection, and affective engagement. Examples are provided of how to develop undergraduate and graduate sustainable food systems curricula that embrace complexity and recognize the affective layers, or underlying experiences of feelings and emotions, when engaging with topics of equity, justice, oppression, and privilege.
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Erin Betley
Selena Ahmed
Sharon Akabas
Daniel J. Clegg
Shauna Downs
Betty Izumi
Pamela Koch
Sara M. Kross
Karen Spiller
Lemir Teron
Will Valley
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Will Valley
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title Centering Equity in Sustainable Food Systems Education
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