This collection is meant to be:

• a course-design resource for instructors

• a learning resource for teachers, instructors, students, and anyone in the general public within and beyond academia interested in learning about food systems and pedagogy

• a research resource for researchers, students, and critical thinkers of every stripe who are curious to examine how food systems courses are being taught at US land-grant universities

These food systems syllabi represent a range of topics and teaching philosophies—from critical food justice to technical agricultural economics to skills-based horticulture. It is a snapshot, of sorts, of how food systems courses are being taught in the US. We recommend bringing a critical, curious eye to the collection: What do you draw inspiration from? What teaching topics and strategies seem: forward-thinking? innovative? transformative? justice-centered? Which syllabi might offer room for greater engagement in these areas? How can we continue to evolve food systems teaching and learning to advance just, healthy, sustainable food systems? 

This was created by:

• contacting over 400 food systems course instructors at 21 US land-grant universities (the 21 land-grant universities (LGUs) which were members of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative as of 2022). 

Please email food_systems_ed@proton.me If you would like to...

• add a syllabus to this database

• change/update an existing syllabus already in the database

• ask a question or provide feedback

• Join the "food-systems-ed" Google Group email community comprising food systems instructors nationwide