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2019-20 College of Liberal Arts [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

English
  

  • ENG 231 - Media and Literature

    Studies the history and aesthetics of media and the relationship of media to literature. Material and focus will vary from year to year. Suitable for nonmajors. For 300-level credit, see ENG 331.  May be repeated for credit
  

  • ENG 232 - Studies in Film

    Focuses on film literacy and the culture of film, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific area of film director, genre, national cinema(s), film making, film festivals, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. Suitable for nonmajors. For 300-level credit, see ENG 332. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 233 - Studies in Television

    Focuses on television literacy and the culture of television, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific area of television director, genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. Suitable for nonmajors. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 234 - Studies Contemporary Media

    Focuses on media literacy and the culture of media, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. Suitable for nonmajors. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 240 - Literary Nonfiction

    Allows students to sample a wide array of writing forms and strategies under the heading of “creative nonfiction.” Examines the personal essay, memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, nature writing, and social criticism. Suitable for nonmajors.
  

  • ENG 241 - The Bible as Literature

    A study of the Old and New Testaments as works of creative literature, with frequent excursions into poems, plays, and novels influenced by the Bible. Works range from black spirituals to Jesus Christ Superstar. Suitable for nonmajors
  

  • ENG 243 - Studies Literary Themes

    Focuses on drama, poetry, fiction, and prose. Suitable for nonmajors. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 245 - Studies in American Literature

    Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. For 300-level credit, see ENG 345. May be repeated for credit
  

  • ENG 246 - Studies British Literature

    Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. Suitable for nonmajors. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 250 - Studies in Rhetoric

    Studies rhetorical and linguistic theories of public discourse to analyze, critique, and create persuasive texts and media. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: WCMP
  

  • ENG 301 - Anglo Saxon & Medieval Lit

    Studies Medieval literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 302 - Studies Early Modern Lit

    Examines British literature from 1500 to 1700. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 303 - Studies in 18th and 19th-Century British Literature

    Examines British literature from 1700 to 1900. May be repeated for credit. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 305 - Studies in Early American Literature

    Examines literature, history and culture from writings of exploration and conquest through through the colonial period. This course may include texts from Puritan and Native American writings as well as revolutionary texts and slave narratives.

      Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.

  

  • ENG 306 - Studies in 19th Century American Lit

    Examines major writers and writings of the 19th Century. Emphases may include works of American romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, and naturalism, and examines literary movements in their cultural contexts. For 400-level credit, see ENG 406. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 309 - Studies Literature Before 1900

    Explores representative works from one or more cultural traditions before 1900. May be repeated for credit.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 310 - Studies in Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature

    Studies literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500, in England. Emphasis on the history of the language, the cultural diversity, and the oral-formulaic nature of the poetry. Primary focus: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
  

  • ENG 311 - Studies in Renaissance Literature

    Examines English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries, excepting Shakespeare, in the context of the times. Focus varies from term to term, sometimes by genre (prose, lyric, epic, dramatic), sometimes by theme.
  

  • ENG 312 - Studies in 20th Century American Literature

    Examines American writers and writings of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 314 - Studies in 20th Century Literature

    Studies literature of the 20th century.  For 400-level credit, see ENG 414. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit. 
  

  • ENG 315 - Studies Contemporary Literature

    Studies contemporary literature of the 21st century. May be repeated for credit.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 321 - Studies in Transnational Literature

    Studies literature and literary movements or forms produced in diverse national contexts, including postcolonial and diasporic literatures. For 400-level credit, see ENG 421.  Prereq(s): Prerequisite: 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 322 - Studies Multiethnic Literature

    Studies literature by writers of different racial and ethnic origins. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 331 - Media and Literature

    Studies the history and aesthetics of media and the relationship of media to literature. Material and focus will vary from year to year. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 332 - Studies in Film

    Focuses on film literacy and the culture of film, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific area of film director, genre, national cinema(s), film making, film festivals, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 333 - Studies in Television

    Focuses on television literacy and the culture of television, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific area of television director, genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit
  

  • ENG 334 - Studies Contemporary Media

    Focuses on media literacy and the culture of media, using representative works that allow immersion in a specific genre, aesthetic, and/or examination of race, class, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and globalization.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit
  

  • ENG 340 - Great Books of English Lit

    This course will offer students a chance to explore writers and works they have not had a chance to read. Each student will choose ten works from a master list from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf to discuss and write about.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 342 - Speculative Fiction

    Specific topics vary. May focus on science fiction; fantasy; utopias/dystopias; horror and the occult; magical realism; other; a combination thereof. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 344 - Literature & Cultural Studies

    Specific topics vary. Possibilities include The Postmodern; Visual Culture; Media Mixtures; Interactive Literary Venues; or some combination thereof.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 345 - Studies American Literature

    Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 346 - Studies British Literature

    Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. Suitable for nonmajors. Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 349 - Major Authors

    Focuses on the work of a single author OR a group of closely connected authors.  Prereq(s): 200-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 350 - Studies in Rhetoric

    Studies rhetorical and linguistic theories of public discourse to analyze, critique, and create persuasive texts and media.  Prereq(s): WCMP May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 401 - Anglo Saxon & Medieval Literature

    Studies Medieval literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500.  Prereq(s): 300-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 402 - Early Modern Literature

    Examines British literature from 1500-1700. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 403 - 18 & 19 Century British Literature

    Examines British literature from 1700 to 1900. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 406 - 19th Century American Lit

    Examines major writers and writings of the 19th Century. Emphases may include works of American romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, and naturalism, and examines literary movements in their cultural contexts. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 410 - Studies in Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature

    Studies literature in historical context of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, from 600 to 1500, in England. Emphasis on the history of the language, the cultural diversity, and the oral-formulaic nature of the poetry. Primary focus: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
  

  • ENG 411 - 20 Century British Literature

    Examines British writers and writings of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 412 - 20th Century American Lit

    Examines American writers and writings of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 414 - 20th Century Literature

    Studies literature of the 20th century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 415 - Studies ContemporaryLiterature

    Studies contemporary literature of the 21st century. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 421 - Studies in Transnational Literature

    Studies literature and literary movements or forms produced in diverse national contexts, including postcolonial and diasporic literatures.

      Prereq(s): Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit. 
  

  • ENG 422 - Studies Multiethnic Literature

    Studies literature by writers of different racial and ethnics origins. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 444 - Literature & Culture Studies

    Specific topics vary. Possibilities include The Postmodern; Visual Culture; Media Mixtures; Interactive Literary Venues; or some combination thereof. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 445 - Studies American Literature

    Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 446 - Studies British Literature

    : Studies forms, traditions, themes, and genres, varying from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 449 - Major Authors

    Focuses on the works of a single author OR a group of closely connected authors. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 300-level ENG course or instructor consent.
  

  • ENG 450 - Studies in Rhetoric

    Studies rhetorical and linguistic theories of public discourse to analyze, critique, and create persuasive texts and media.  Prereq(s): WCMP May be repeated for credit.
  

  • ENG 498/499 - Independent Study/Research


English (Writing)
  

  • ENGW 140 - Composition: Writing about Selected Topics

    Develops students’ ability to write college-level essays by practicing strategies of argumentation and by refining skills of invention, completeness, clarity, and mechanical correctness. Section topics are designated by individual instructors. In order to satisfy the College’s general education requirement for writing (WCMP), students must receive a grade of ‘C’ or better in the course. May be repeated for credit, so long as a different topic is selected.
  

  • ENGW 167 - Introduction to Creative Writing

    Writing in a variety of genres, including fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Focus on peer evaluation (oral and written) as well as that of the professor. Models of these genres are studied not as literature, but as writing samples.
  

  • ENGW 210 - Language and Power

    Surveys rhetorical tools leaders have used throughout history to change their societies. Students will analyze how these tools function within speeches, letters, essays, and other literary texts that have persuaded audiences to think, feel, and act in new – sometimes positive, sometimes destructive – ways. By modeling such writing in their own essays, students will practice using these tools to address contemporary social issues while discussing the ethical concerns that responsible citizens must consider whenever they use rhetoric. Prereq(s): ENGW 140 .
  

  • ENGW 216 - Grammar Bootcamp

    Covers basic English grammar as well as more advanced grammar to prepare students for advanced writing courses. Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, diction, and cohesion.
  

  • ENGW 217 - Introduction to Professional Writing

    Offers a foundation in professional writing theory and practice. Using a rhetorical approach, analyzes situations, texts, and audiences to understand and produce effective documents. Appropriate for non-majors.
  

  • ENGW 260 - The Writer’s Craft

    Students will learn about creative potential and how to nurture it. They will take up a writing “practice” that includes regular writing and attention to the conditions under which they are most creative and productive. Responding effectively to the writing of others and basic techniques of craft that good writers use to achieve effect and meaning will be explored.
  

  • ENGW 261 - Writing Poetry

    Offers an introduction to writing poetry, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequence of reading and writing assignments.
  

  • ENGW 262 - Writing Creative Nonfiction

    Offers an introduction to writing creative nonfiction, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequences of reading and writing assignments.
  

  • ENGW 263 - Writing Fiction

    Offers an introduction to writing creative fiction, giving close attention to the defining characteristics of the genre through a sequences of reading and writing assignments.
  

  • ENGW 267 - Topics/Techniques in Writing

    Offers an introduction to a specific genre of writing (such as humor writing or writing children’s books) or a close study of a specific literary technique (such as point of view or narrative design), giving close attention to the defining characteristics through a sequence of reading and writing assignments. May be repeated for credit with differen instructors or topics. Prereq(s): ENGW 140   May be repeated for credit with different instructors or topics.
  

  • ENGW 277 - Visual and Verbal Text Design

    Investigates how visuals (pictures, graphics, color, and layout) interact with words to add or disrupt meaning in texts. Studies cutting-edge research on visual perception. Practices document design using InDesign software. Prereq(s): ENGW 140   
  

  • ENGW 294 - The Writing Life

    Provides students the opportunity to work with the Irving Bachellor Professor of Creative Writing during the Winter with the Writers festival.
  

  • ENGW 360 - The Writers Bookshelf

    Teaches the principles of “reading as a writer” through an intense focus on a single genre of writing (such as the novel, the lyric poem, or young adult literature), devoting particular attention to the craft within these works. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGW 167 or instructor consent. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 361 - Poetry Workshop

    Focuses on the writing of poetry through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary poets. May be repeated for credit with different instructors. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 362 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop

    Focuses on the writing of creative nonfiction through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary nonfiction writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 363 - Fiction Workshop

    Focuses on the writing of short fiction through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary fiction writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 367 - Creative Writing Workshop-Special Topics

    Emphasizes the writing of a specific genre (such as young adult literature, literary journalism, or science fiction) through workshops run by the student participants and supervised by the professor in a conventional creative writing format. Includes reading and discussion of contemporary writers. May be repeated for credit with different instructors or topics. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 368 - Playwriting Workshop

    Through the reading of plays and multiple workshops, students write a full-length script. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 369 - Screenwriting Workshop

    Through the reading of screenplays, watching of films, and multiple workshops, students write a full-length screenplay. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 374 - Editing Essentials

    Focuses on editing writing at three levels: for correctness (grammar and punctuation); for precision (unity, order, coherence, emphasis, language); and for style (syntax, levels of detail, tone, diction, voice). Students will perform close analysis of surface features of their own and professional writing, and they will complete exercises designed to strengthen their ability to edit writing at the three levels mentioned above. This course is especially appropriate for students preparing to be teachers or engage in any profession that requires writing. Prereq(s): ENGW 140 .
  

  • ENGW 374 - Editing Essentials

    Focuses on editing writing at three levels: for correctness (grammar and punctuation); for precision (unity, order, coherence, emphasis, language); and for style (syntax, levels of detail, tone, diction, voice). Students will perform close analysis of surface features of their own and professional writing, and they will complete exercises designed to strengthen their ability to edit writing at the three levels mentioned above. This course is especially appropriate for students preparing to be teachers or engage in any profession that requires writing. Prereq(s): ENGW 140  
  

  • ENGW 377 - Studies in Professional Writing

    Studies select topics, genres, and practices in professional writing. Topics may include writing for digital media, writing for communities, business writing, and journalistic writing. Each class involves both theoretical study and skills development.
  

  • ENGW 380 - Language Studies: Readers and Writers

    Investigates the dynamics of language from historical, sociological, and rhetorical perspectives. Students will learn the best tools for understanding language and for editing their own work and that of others. Prereq(s): ENGW 140 .
  

  • ENGW 394 - Winter with the Writers

    Conducted in conjunction with the visiting authors series, whose work will be the focus of study. Includes biographic research and critical studies in papers and panels in advance of writers’ visits. Provides opportunity to meet these writers and discuss their work in master classes. Offers opportunity to combine an academic experience with a deeper involvement in the literary community on the campus. Prerequisite: Instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 396 - Journal Production

    Examines the genre of the literary journal, including practical experience in reading, discussion, selection, and editing of material for the journal. Students review online submissions, readings on the journal theme, and participate in class discussion. Examines past issues of the journal and other national journals, discussing principles of design, content, and aesthetics. Requires final project based on the call for papers for the current issue. Prerequisite: 300-level ENGW Workshop or instructor consent. Prereq(s): ENGW 167  or instructor consent.
  

  • ENGW 397 - Internship in Writing

  

  • ENGW 460 - The Writer’s Portfolio

    Examines issues for students serious about keeping writing in their lives. Assists students in defining themselves as writers, framing their work for the public, and balancing the desire for voice with the need for professionalism. May also introduce an editing process for correctness (grammar, punctuation), precision (unity, coherence, emphasis), and style (syntax, voice, tone). Prereq(s): 300-level ENGW Workshop (ENGW 361 , ENGW 362 , ENGW 363 , ENGW 367 , ENGW 368 , or ENGW 369 ) or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit with different instructors. 
  

  • ENGW 467 - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop

    Focuses on readings and writing in a chosen genre. Frequent deadlines and critiques in a workshop atmosphere emphasizing individual instruction. Revision and submission of works encouraged.  Prereq(s): 300-level ENGW Workshop (ENGW 361 , ENGW 362 , ENGW 363 , ENGW 367 , ENGW 368 , or ENGW 369 ) or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit with different instructors.
  

  • ENGW 482 - Writing for Publication

    Identifies the demands/restrictions of various publications (newspapers, magazines, literary journals, literary contests, etc.) Students conduct research on the genre, style, and audience of specific publications, write queries and proposals, and submit to at least two publications. Prereq(s): A 300-level ENGW workshop (ENGW 361 , ENGW 362 , ENGW 363 , ENGW 367 , ENGW 368 , or ENGW 369 ) or instructor consent.  May be repeated for credit with different instructors. 

Environmental Studies (includes Geology and Geography courses)
  

  • ENV 105 - Topics: Environmental Studies

    Examines contemporary environmental issues. Topics vary from year to year.
  

  • ENV 130 - The Geosphere with Lab

    Introductory earth science course exploring the dynamic interactions between the earth’s climate, landforms, water, ecosystems, and soils. Emphasizes key environmental issues such as climate change, water scarcity, natural hazards, and tropical deforestation.
  

  • ENV 189 - The Environmental Crisis in its Cultural Context

    Weighs humanity’s responsibility to nature, technocratic drift of society, and conflicts between material and environmental values. Traces development of mechanistic worldview and re-emergence of organic or holistic perspectives.
  

  • ENV 204 - Landscapes of Promise: The Ecological Transformation of the West

    Historical study of regional ecology with a critical analysis of economic change. Optional field study component focuses on regional landscapes that reflect the competing attempts to transform and preserve the natural world.
  

  • ENV 205 - Topics: Environmental Studies

    Examines contemporary environmental issues. Topics vary from year to year.
  

  • ENV 206 - Caribbean Environmental History

    Explores the tension among American, European, and African cultures in the Caribbean. Topics include the Spanish conquest, the slave economy, and the exchange of organisms between Old and New World environments.
  

  • ENV 225 - The Biosphere w/Lab

    Introduces ecological principles forming the basis for understanding environmental issues and policy. Explores scientific concepts and laboratory field techniques used to study and assess ecosystems.
  

  • ENV 240 - Ecosystems of North America

    Examines the geographic distribution, characteristics, and present status of terrestrial biomes in North America. Emphasizes case studies of critical environmental regions including the Everglades, the Colorado Plateau, and the Pacific Northwest.
  

  • ENV 250 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

    A project-based course that explores the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the mapping of land, and how to use GIS to make well-informed decisions regarding land use.
  

  • ENV 270 - Environmental Literature

    Features poets, novelists, and essayists who have spoken out strongly for preservation of the environment – including Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Muir, Leopold, and Abbey.
  

  • ENV 289 - Nature in the City

    Examines the origins of suburban sprawl, its problems and ongoing solutions. Traces efforts of design professionals from Frederick Law Olmstead to the present and examines their efforts to harmonize urban and natural worlds.
  

  • ENV 292 - Political Economy of Environmental Issues

    Traces transformation of organic society into market society and resulting commodification of nature.
  

  • ENV 302 - Traditional Town Planning

    Explores movement to return to pedestrian-friendly communities built along natural lines. Examines problems of suburbanization: traffic congestion, pollution, visual blight, strip malls, and housing designed for autos at the expense of pedestrians and children.
  

  • ENV 310 - Ecological Restoration

    Analysis of the origins and evolution of ecological restoration. Field trips and field projects supplement the classroom experience, which will analyze restoration projects in a variety of settings. Prereq(s): ENV 130  or ENV 225  or ENV 289 .
  

  • ENV 323 - Conservation of Biodiversity

    Examines our present biodiversity crisis through the lens of biogeography, an integrative field of study focused on large-scale human interactions with the earth’s ecosystems. Case studies presented throughout the semester sharpen our focus on specific regions. Prereq(s): ENV 130  or ENV 225 .
  

  • ENV 325 - Natural Habitats of Florida

    In-depth look at Florida’s natural habitats. Examines how human activity is changing the face of Florida’s physical landscape and natural communities. Prereq(s): ENV 130  or ENV 225 .
  

  • ENV 330 - Women and the Environment

    Since colonial days, women have been important activists and leaders in the American environmental movement. This course will examine their roles, focusing on specific women such as Rachel Carson, Everglades defender Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and EPA Administrator Carol Browner, with an eye to Florida activism and the evolution of women’s status and environmental thinking into the 20th Century.
  

  • ENV 340 - Environmental Justice

    History shows that the people most affected by environmental degradation are society’s powerless–the poor and minorities. This course will examine this issue on local, state, national, and international levels. The course, supported by texts and assigned readings and videos, will include several in-class and on-campus speakers as well as one major field trip.
  

  • ENV 348 - Sustainable Development

    Explores both theoretical and actual development strategies that are ecologically and socially acceptable.
  

  • ENV 350 - Food, Culture, and Environment

    Is agriculture about more than simply producing food? Is modern agriculture sustainable? Do ‘local’ or ‘organic’ really make a difference? These questions guide our exploration of the relationships between food, culture, and the environment.
 

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