Food Sys, Transform, Glbl Dev

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

People say you are what you eat. Can what we eat change the world? Today’s food system is not fit for purpose - it produces more than enough food, yet more people are living in hunger than ever before, it is a leading source of GHG emissions, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, unhealthy diets, and a large share of people that run it live in poverty. This course explores the public policies and investments necessary to bend the arc of the food system to deliver healthy people, a healthy economy, and a healthy planet. Students will learn to apply economic and financial cost-benefit analysis techniques to public policies and investments in the food system. Each student will undertake a case study tailored to their specific area of interest in the food system (food security, nutrition, agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, etc.