Course: Sustainable Food Teach-Out

In this conversation, Virginia and Benjamin discuss the World War II Victory Garden movement, where we saw nearly 20 million Americans start and care for their own household gardens. In …

Cynthia gives a tour of the Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace and shows how the Marketplace helps the local community by providing access to resources such as commercial kitchens and storage spaces. …

Cynthia Vanrenterghem gives a tour of the Growing Hope Hoop House in Ypsilanti, Michigan. We will learn about the crops grown at the hoop house and how year-round farmers can …

Local food systems are extremely complex and community-based work is a long-term commitment, one that requires strong relationships with a broad range of people. Growing Hope, an Ypsilanti-based, 501c3 nonprofit …

Jeremy Moghtader and Benjamin Morse tour the Freight Farms at the University of Michigan Campus Farms. This segment explores the systems and technology used to produce food in an unconventional …

The localization movement is in full swing, but what does ‘eating local’ actually mean and what are the benefits from doing so? In this segment Jeremy and Benjamin talk about …

Food waste, across our entire food system, is also a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and our food-related impact. In this segment, Virginia and Benjamin talk about the issue …

Many of us would like to reduce the amount of food waste that occurs in our food systems, while also reducing the amount of plastic packaging that goes into transporting …

Food is something that is highly personal and something that each of us interacts with on a daily basis. There are obvious moments in which we make a food-related choice, …

Many of us have heard of “Meatless Mondays” but Alex Bryan and others at the University of Michigan are moving beyond a focus on meat through a new initiative called …

In this segment Jennifer Blesh and Benjamin discuss how insights from the field of ecology can help us build a sustainable future food system. You will learn about the size …

In this video, Martin Heller speaks with Benjamin about how small changes in your dietary decisions can have a large impact on your food-related environmental impact (GHG emissions, land use, …

We all eat food, that’s obvious. What’s less obvious is how our food choices might affect climate change. We can measure the carbon footprint of a country, a community, a …

In this Teach-Out, we will explore the complexities of the food system and how we can, individually and collectively, create food habits that reduce our impact on climate change. Together …