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Virginia Tech

ALS-2204: Sustainable Food Systems

Description: Introduction to the economic, social, and ecological foundations of civic agriculture. Topics include industrialization, localized food systems, and citizen participation in civic agriculture. Emphasis will be given to a range of civic agriculture models, strategies, and hands-on approaches to establish, retain and strengthen community-based food and agriculture systems, locally- nationally-globally.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ALS-4204, ALS-4214

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.68 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 59.67%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.57%

Kimberly L Niewolny202378.7%14.8%2.0%0.8%0.8%3.0%3.7212
Peter E Ziegler202069.0%20.3%7.8%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.492

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