99-460: Urban Agriculture in Global Context
Farming has been practiced in urban and peri-urban areas for centuries. However, during the past two decades, urban agriculture has gained status as a multi-pronged strategy for social, economic and environmental revitalization in cities. This interdisciplinary course explores today¿s phenomena of urban agriculture as a platform for inquiry into the tension between global/industrial and local/sustainable food systems. Students taking this course will investigate the interconnected socio-cultural, political-economic and spatial dimensions of urban agriculture as it exists in Pittsburgh and in cities worldwide. Ecological approaches are used to challenge students to understand what it is we eat and how each of us can engage more fully with emergent forms and sites of food production and consumption.Course readings will span geography, policy and urbanism with detailed analysis given to: 1) the social and political act of urban food growing during times of crisis/food scarcity throughout history, 2) the evolving regulatory context of globalized and localized food systems in the U.S., and 3) the spatial implications of urban agriculture as demonstrated through the newest innovations in building and public space design involving food production.Larry Patrick larrylpatrick@gmail.comRenee Roy krr@andrew.cmu.edu
| A | MW | 06:30 pm - 07:50 pm | BH A54 | Patrick, Roy |