ENVS
4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies, ETSU Spring 2011:
Sustainable Agriculture: The Local Food Movement and
Self-Sufficient Living in Upper East TN
T. H. -- Customized
Syllabus
January 2011--update
April 2011
Statement of Purpose
I
am interested in food production, sustainable agriculture, and alternatives to
the factory farm system. I am a business
major. I hope to have a career related
to alternative business models for food production and distribution, and/ or
related to the marketing of sustainable foods.
Additional Texts
In addition to the texts that all
students are required to take for this course, I have selected the following:
·
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. By Barbara
Kingsolver. HarperPerrenial, 2008. 400 pages.
·
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four
Meals.
By Michael Pollan. Penguin,
2007. 450 pages.
Service Placement
·
Jonesborough
Farmer’s Market
·
Jonesborough,
TN
·
http://www.jonesborough.locallygrown.net/
·
Curtis
Buchanan & Karen Childress
My
duties will include fulfilling orders for the online farmer's market, during
the off season, as well as some online marketing and inventory activities. Jonesborough Farmer's Market is an all-local,
mostly organic food market.
Final Writing Project