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Overview
Program Description
This fully online program, offered through OntarioLearn, explores the practices, principles and philosophies involved in local food system development. Students will learn the academic and hands-on knowledge of regional food initiatives across Canada. Additionally, these courses will touch on the international best practices. The program allows students a progressive look at the struggle for workers in the local sustainable food area.
Note: The host college (St. Lawrence College) has been actively updating this program, therefore the offering cycles may be inconsistent, and there may be multiple semesters where courses are unavailable.
Courses
Program Requirements
| Level 1 | ||||
| Take all of the following Mandatory Courses: | ||||
| Expected Availability | ||||
| Credits | Fall | Winter | Summer | |
| Between Farm & Table-Local Food BusinessFDMG-1072 | 3 | No | Yes | No View More Details about FDMG-1072 |
| This course will be an exploration of the plethora of local food businesses and infrastructure emerging across Canada. These businesses include innovative models such as co-operatives, eco-friendly distributors (ie. food-box, dropoffs by bicycle)non-profit partnerships, and Community Supported Agriculture. | ||||
| Field to ForkFDMG-1068 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No View More Details about FDMG-1068 |
| In an age of the 4000 km caesar salad and the 100 mile diet, with 800 million hungry people on Earth and over 1 billion overweight, understanding the "food system" is a hot item on the menu. How do we, and how should we eat for the 21st century? How do we build the sustainable local and global food systems we want? This course explores these questions by following food's circular journey - from the farm fields where heirloom and biotech seeds are sown; into chick McNugget and atrisanal cheese factories; out to A&P, farmers markets, and restaurants; onto our dinner tables, forks and taste buds; and back to the beginning via composters and landfills. Its a wild mix, including issues like biotechnology, organic farming, globalization, climate change, peak oil, water scarcity, food security, obesity, hunger, the global food price crisis. At the centre of the course, and certificate program, it serves as an introduction for, are the practical opportunities and challenges of making food system changes happen on local and global political, econcomic and ecological fields. | ||||
| Food Security & Food Justice in CanadaFDMG-1073 | 3 | No | Yes | No View More Details about FDMG-1073 |
| Study the causes and consequences of urban and rural food insecurity across Canada. Struggle with the tensions between short-term stop gaps (foodbanks, meal programs, charitable services) and long-term food justice solutions (education, equitable incomes, affordability and accessibility of healthy food). Bring these realities to life by doing research or field work for a food security organization in your region. | ||||
| Understanding Sustainable FarmingFDMG-1069 | 3 | Yes | No | No View More Details about FDMG-1069 |
| This course will encourage you to explore how the interest in, and practice of, sustainable farming is growing. You will see that although the mainstream agricultural model is widely recognized as unsustainable, there is a wide divergence of views on how to create a more sustainable system. You will begin by exploring the ecological, economic, and social-justice principles of sustainable farming. Following this, you will critically examine different approaches that are being touted as forms of sustainable agriculture including organic farming, food justice certification, and the use of genetically engineered crops. You will conclude with a review of tools and strategies that non-profit organizations, governments, and businesses can draw upon to enhance agricultural sustainability. This is an asynchronous online course, offered through OntarioLearn. | ||||
| Urban Agriculture, Community GardensFDMG-1070 | 3 | Yes | No | No View More Details about FDMG-1070 |
| Study the exciting urban agriculture projects and policies that are currently transforming the landscape, building community, and creating food security in Canadian cities. From community, schoolyard and rooftop gardens, to urban CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms and greenhouses, consider success stories and challenges for the development of urban food production. Take a close look at the relationship between municipal law and policy and urban agriculture in cities of interest to you. | ||||
| Food System Trends & Policy in CanadaFDMG-1071 | 3 | No | Yes | No View More Details about FDMG-1071 |
| The production, processing and consumption of food are at the core of many local and global issues. World hunger, malnutrition, genetically modified seeds, access to markets for new farmers, and human nutrition are just a few of the issues which are prevalent today. Although policies have attempted to address various food issues, there is a broad consensus that food policy lacks effectiveness on several fronts. This course will introduce you to the various elements, concepts, and key issues in the field of Food Policy. It will help you understand the complexity of formulating and implementing policies, and to gain the practical skills to critically analyze food policies and programs. This will be accomplished by examining various Canadian and international food policies and programs. This is an asynchronous online course, offered through OntarioLearn. | ||||
| Program Residency | ||||
| Students Must Complete a Minimum of 5 credits in this program at Fanshawe College to meet the Program Residency requirement and graduate from this program | ||||
Program Details
Program Code
SLF1
Delivery
Part-Time
Online
Online
Topic Area
Culinary and Hospitality
Credential
