Learning Gardens and Food Justice

INSTRUCTOR INFO

Shevawn Armstrong

shevawn@pdx.edu

COURSE CRN

• Summer 2025

  • 84559

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This Capstone explores visions for a just food system that empowers all community members to have equitable access to healthful, nutritious and culturally appropriate foods, information and education about food systems, and land to grow, without exploitation and with a commitment to sustainability. Students will engage with readings, group discussions, group activities, and Capstone team project work, to investigate the concepts of sustainability, food justice, and food sovereignty. Through community-based learning with the PSU Learning Gardens Lab and the PSU Food Pantry, students may cultivate their relationship with the land while helping to grow food to support PSU food security efforts.

CONTACT INFO

Shevawn Armstrong, shevawn@pdx.edu