SURVEY OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FOOD PRODUCTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain and apply concepts from biological and physical sciences to growing plants in controlled environments with an emphasis on application in organic systems. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate the effects of controlled environments on plant growth and evaluate the results. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Select crops and cultivars appropriate for growing in controlled environments, indoors and outdoors. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the scientific principles behind food safety, sanitation, organic practices, and good agricultural practices in controlled environments. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of food production in controlled environments, specifically their application in urban food systems. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of controlled environment agriculture and identify potential trade‐offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain and apply concepts from biological and physical sciences to growing plants in controlled environments with an emphasis on application in organic systems. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate the effects of controlled environments on plant growth and evaluate the results. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Select crops and cultivars appropriate for growing in controlled environments, indoors and outdoors. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the scientific principles behind food safety, sanitation, organic practices, and good agricultural practices in controlled environments. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of food production in controlled environments, specifically their application in urban food systems. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of controlled environment agriculture and identify potential trade‐offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate