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Food and Nutrition Security in Urbanising Landscapes
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
Food and nutrition insecurity in an urban izing world Our landscapes are changing. As towns and megacities expand, they increasingly place claim on limited natural resources, such as water and land. In turn, this competition for resources places rural areas...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Lotte Roosendaal, Nistia Sekar Ningati, Tossa Harding and others
Nutrition for a Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyle
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
An introduction to basic principles of human nutrition with emphasis on nutrients, food sources, and function of nutrients within the human body. Nutritional requirements throughout the life span are addressed, as well as the impact of cultural, psychological, and...
Offered through edX | and created by Doane University | Taught by Lisa Schmidt
Renewable Energy for Arctic Food and Water Security
Cost $219 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This course provides research-based and on-the-ground tools for community planners, grid designers, and business leaders to improve and implement stronger and more resilient renewable energy systems in Arctic communities. Through a framework combining renewable...
Offered through edX | and created by University of Alaska Fairbanks | Taught by Erin Whitney, Daisy Huang, Bill Schnabel and others
Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 21 hours estimated
How can we ensure that we don’t fail the next generation of children? What investments do we need to make an impact? What implementation decisions do we need to make for program success? An estimated 250 million children in low- and middle-income countries risk...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University | Taught by Aisha Yousafzai
The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development
. Course Length: 32 hours estimated
What does a successful early childhood care program look like? How has a child’s brain developed at the age of 3? How does nutrition impact the future well-being of a child into adulthood? Learn the answers to these questions and more in "The Best Start in Life:...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Jack Shonkoff, Aisha Yousafzai and others
What Works: Promising Practices in International Development
. Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Researchers from the University of Oslo and Stanford University, together with colleagues from Malawi, China and the UK, will examine interventions critically, while exploring how successful development strategies can be deployed in a range of international...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Oslo
Sustainable Food Security: Food Access
Food Security and SustainabilityCost $199 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
Food access: Learn about food supply and food security Have you ever considered that you’re not the only one who decides what food ends up on your plate? In this environmental studies course, you’ll explore how key actors at household, local, national and...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. ir. Marrit van den Berg, Prof. dr. Hilde Bras, Dr. Jeroen Candel and others
Child Nutrition and Cooking
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 1,715 ratings · . Cost $39 · . Course Length: 5 hours estimated
Eating patterns that begin in childhood affect health and well-being across the lifespan. The culture of eating has changed significantly in recent decades, especially in parts of the world where processed foods dominate our dietary intake. This course examines...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Stanford University | Taught by Maya Adam, MD
Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability
. Course Length: 35 hours estimated
Agriculture is more than waving fields of wheat; our ability to grow food from existing natural resources –and without decimating those resources –is key to sustainably feeding the world. In this course, learn about food security worldwide, the effects of...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Achim Dobermann, Ken Giller, Jessica Fanzo and others
Innovation: the Food Industry
Cost $39 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Leeds | Taught by Dan Trowsdale
Food Security and Sustainability
A MicroMasters from edXCost $537 · . Contains 2 courses · . Course Total length: 96 hours estimated
What are the biggest environmental issues we face? Pollution? Climate change? True. But among these environmental topics, feeding the growing population, 9 billion in 2050, is one of the most pressing issues we have to find a solution for. To solve this problem,...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. I.J.M. de Boer, Carolien Kroeze, Gerrie van de Ven and others
Drying and Encapsulation of Food Ingredients in Powder Form
Cost $464 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
Educators will facilitate from 18 Feb 2018-17 March 2019 This course is for those working in food production, this includes food scientists and technologists, chemists, and food product developers.Topics CoveredFundamentals of heat and mass transfer Drying...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Hohenheim, ETH Zurich, EIT Food | Taught by Reinhard Kohlus, Nora Ruprecht, Jakob Fröhlich and others
Infant Nutrition: from Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $74 · . Course Length: 6 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course has been specially created for parents of new infants and healthcare practitioners with an...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Deakin University | Taught by Carley Grimes, Karen Campbell, Dr Rachel Laws and others
Unravelling solutions for Future Food problems
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 6 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
Our society depends on the availability of food and accessibility to it. According to the United Nations nearly 800 million people are hungry and on the other hand, over 650 million people are obese. While many people in developing countries experience food...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Utrecht University | Taught by Prof. dr. Denise de Ridder, Prof. dr. Marca Wauben, Prof. dr. Rens Voesenek
Sustainable Food Security: Crop Production
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Crop production: learn about agriculture and food production for the future How much food will be available for humankind in the future? Feeding nine billion people in 2050 without exhausting the planetary reserves is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Ken Giller, Gerrie van de Ven, Harrie Lovenstein
The New Nordic Diet - from Gastronomy to Health
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 96 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 27 hours estimated
The New Nordic Diet is a new food culture developed in 2009-13 with key emphasis on gastronomy, health, and environment. Major research in its effect on acceptability, behaviour and learning skills, and disease prevention have been conducted by the OPUS centre at...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Copenhagen | Taught by Dr Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc.
Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition
Food, Nutrition and HealthRated 4.0★ stars based on | 13 ratings · . Cost $199 · . Course Length: 72 hours estimated
Food plays a central role in our society but few people actually understand what it does to our bodies. Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This introductory nutrition course addresses the relationship...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Sander Kersten
Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking
Food Security and SustainabilityCost $199 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
Systems thinking and environmental sustainability: solve the Rubik 's cube Have you ever considered how many aspects of food production affect the natural environment? Every aspect needs to be considered in attaining the future goal to produce enough food for the...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Dr. I.J.M. de Boer, Carolien Kroeze, Gerrie van de Ven and others
Feeding the World
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 16 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
This course will explore the concepts driving current food production science (population growth, urbanization, emerging affluence, resource constraints, and underlying biological limits) with the main focus on livestock production. Each of the major food animal...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Pennsylvania | Taught by Dr. David Galligan, James Ferguson, Dr. David Galligan and others
Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition
Food, Nutrition and HealthRated 4.6★ stars based on | 3 ratings · . Cost $199 · . Course Length: 56 hours estimated
There is an overload of information about nutrition and health, but what is the truth and what can you do to improve the health of your patients? Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This course addresses...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Sander Kersten, Alida Melse, Inge Brouwer and others