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AGROECOL 701

THE FARM AS SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL ENDEAVOR

3 credits.

Farms may be analyzed as intentional entities shaped by the contexts in which they must operate. This course explores how these biophysical and social contexts both exert constraints and provide opportunities, leading to the diversity of farms observed.

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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a vision of agriculture as a social and ecological activity for which we have many diverse demands Audience: Graduate 2. Differentiate the roles of the natural and social sciences of agriculture, including their basic methods of inquiry Audience: Graduate 3. Apply an agroecological imagination to think about food and agriculture contextually Audience: Graduate 4. Reflect on the organizational, political, and personal challenges to cultivating a more beneficent agriculture Audience: Graduate 5. Engage with the organizational, political, and personal challenges of this contextualized diversity for the cultivation of a more beneficent agriculture Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a vision of agriculture as a social and ecological activity for which we have many diverse demands Audience: Graduate 2. Differentiate the roles of the natural and social sciences of agriculture, including their basic methods of inquiry Audience: Graduate 3. Apply an agroecological imagination to think about food and agriculture contextually Audience: Graduate 4. Reflect on the organizational, political, and personal challenges to cultivating a more beneficent agriculture Audience: Graduate 5. Engage with the organizational, political, and personal challenges of this contextualized diversity for the cultivation of a more beneficent agriculture Audience: Graduate

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