Pillar Environmental
NSCI 101 - Issues in Science
Food and Agriculture
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ENVR 101 - Course Information
Required Textbooks:
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide, Public Affairs Publishing, 2009
ISBN #978 - 1586486945
Food Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto - The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest, Simon & Schuster Inc., 2005
ISBN #978 - 0743267632
Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
ISBN # 978 - 0316033749
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NSCI 101 - Course Description
Where did the food from your most recent meal come from? What are you really eating? What are the politics of agriculture? What influences our eating choices and how do our eating customs differ from those in other parts of the world? Are there enough resources and food to feed everyone on earth? In this unit we will attempt to answer these questions by investigating issues in modern agriculture, personal health, nutrition, and hunger. During our journey we will use a variety of texts including Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, the 2008 Farm Bill, recent and historical news stories and service projects to examine the connection between food and modern citizenship
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Contact Information
Greg Pillar, Ph.D.
Dept. of Env Science
Dept. of Chemistry
Queens University of Charlotte
1900 Selwyn Ave.
Charlotte NC, 28274
phone: 704.337.2260
fax: 704.337.2223
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email: pillarg@queens.edu