MINI-SEMINARS IN IDP

I got a chance to get exposure to what is happening at a global level with food systems-especially concerning emissions, blue foods, research, and development

As someone with very little knowledge of food systems coming into this course, I first and foremost walking away from the course with a broad understanding of how food systems work and how they will need to change in a climate-change-intensifying world. I also am incredibly appreciative of Professor Chow's teaching us that there are tradeoffs to pretty much any "solution" to the food crisis and that there will always be winners and losers. I feel that this kind of thought process/mindset is translatable to pretty much any set of solutions to a global crisis, so I'm thankful to have developed the ability to think critically about solutions and understand that a "silver bullet" almost never exists. I also feel that I've learned how I can modify my food consumption habits to better align with a sustainable mindset. I might never eat red meat again!

I learned a lot about food systems, its relation to climate change, and true cost accounting. I also learned about some of the big food system/climate/development challenges we face in the near future and the different ways in which we can approach these problems. Very informative!

So much! Being able to think outside of the US and it's policies was really cathatrtic. The timing of being in this course seemed very timely - and relevant. So many great concepts covered and so much amazing analysis my brain is still parsing through!

I learned that food systems is a VERY deep field and that a lot of research remains to be defined and explored. I was fascinated by two topics: True Cost Accounting and use of emerging technologies to monitor food safety. I wanted to keep learning more and more about these topics.