Academic Catalog 2018-2019 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENS 201 - Food Ecology

Course Units: 1
(Same as BIO 201   ) (Not Offered this Academic Year) Sophomores and juniors have priority. This course will examine the environmental issues related to producing food; it will include food derived through agriculture and from domesticated or wild animals (dairy, beef, chicken, pork, or fish). We will compare production methods in the technologically advanced West with those in more traditional systems, both past and present. We will look at how and why food production was transformed from an energy-harvesting endeavor  into an enormous user of fossil fuel.  We will look at how and why food production causes environmental problems, such as: loss of soil fertility, reductions in fresh water supplies, and the pollution of groundwater, rivers, and oceans. We will explore whether current methods of food production are sustainable and adequate for a growing population; we will discuss new ideas that could help ensure food production, while also reducing pollution and use of fossil fuel. Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): BIO 103 (110)  or declared ENS major. CC: SET



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