ENVS 4950 |
Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies | ETSU | Spring 2012
Close to Home: A study
of the Cultural and Environmental Aspects of the Local Food Movement in Upper
East Tennessee
Sarah Hoover |
Customized Syllabus
February 1, 2012
Statement of Purpose
I am interested in the reasons that people choose to eat locally grown food as opposed to food produced by industrial agriculture. I am also interested in the culture that has grown up around the local food movement, and in the environmental, health, and economical implications of the movement. I am an anthropology major. I am considering careers in many aspects of anthropology, including medical and environmental anthropology.
Additional Texts
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. By Barbara Kingsolver. HarperPerrenial, 2008. 400 pages.
Food Justice: Food,
Health, and the Environment. By
Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi. The
MIT Press (MA), 2010. 304 pages.
Service Placement
Jonesborough Farmer’s Market
Jonesborough, TN
http://www.jonesborough.locallygrown.net/
Karen Childress
My duties include editing the market’s website, helping to fill orders at the weekly pick-up, interviewing customers and farmers about their involvement with the market, and other jobs that need to be done along the way.