GLS 102-05
Plat du jour: Why we eat what we eat
Tuesdays 2:20-4:20
CMM-BLL 114

  BROWSE: Assorted bookmarks

Library of Congress Bibliography: Food History

 2:20-3:15 pm
 3:25-4:20 pm
Jan 23
 Plat du jour: What's on your plate? How does it get there? Agriculture. Breeding. Trade.
Ingredients and their (global) origins
What is globalization?

Visit to the Life Sciences Greenhouse
Jan 30
 How did it come about?
Before Big Era 1: Evolution		 How did it come about?
Big Era 1- 3. Geography, Ecology, Migration
Time and Space
Feb 6
 Students (A): Wheat, Maize, Rice, Root crops, Goats (Posters) How did it come about? Big Era 4-5. Trade, 'discovery'
Feb 13 Students (B): Salt, Pepper, Ginger, Tea, Sugar, Margarine (Posters) How did it come about?
Big Era 6-7. Colonialism, Industrialization
Feb 20
 Agriculture then and now Plant and animal breeding; Genetic engineering
Feb 27 Discussion on foods in supermarkets
[Read up on global Institutions and treaties, UN, WTO, CBD; Our Food: Comprehensive page
Mar 6
 Discussion:
Eat locally, think globally?
Eat globally, think locally?
[Background: local food movements, RAFT, ]

Class requirements:
1) Participate in all classes and class-discussions (15% of grade)
2) Maintain a journal to record your responses after every class (20% of grade)
    -Show entry to professor before start of next class OR
    -e-mail to professor before the next class meeting OR
    -Make blog entry before next class meeting
    [Use Blog Tool under Course Tools in BlackBoard] 
3) Poster presentation on assigned topics (A-B) (20 of %)
4) Submit information on processed food from supermarket (20% of grade)
5) Submit short summary of issues involved in trying to increase amount of local products in one's diet (20% of grade)
6) Attend FOUR College Meetings during the semester (5% of grade)

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