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Sustainable Food Teach-Out
. Course Length: 3 hours estimated
What we choose to eat matters. Did you know that a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food and agricultural systems? One way each and every one of us can take to reduce our impact on the environment is to change what is on the end of our forks....
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Michigan | Taught by Michaela Zint
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
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
Solving the Energy Puzzle: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Energy Transition
Cost $69 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Today, energy systems are confronted with pressing global challenges
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Groningen | Taught by Tom Spits, André Faaij, Gerard P.J. Dijkema and others
Conscious Grocery Shopping: Sustainability, Nutrition, Health and Law
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Everyone needs food every day. It not only provides us with the energy we need, it also contextualizes many moments of our day. From the choice of our breakfast to our evening meal: studies estimate that we make more than 200 food and eating related decisions –...
Offered through edX | and created by University of Bayreuth | Taught by Kai Purnhagen
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
Sustainable Global Food Systems
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
We are currently facing one of the biggest challenges worldwide: how to feed a growing population without exhausting global resources. This course examines food security from a food systems perspective and illustrates the major global challenges present, from the...
Offered through edX | and created by The University of Edinburgh | Taught by Dr Fiona Borthwick, Dr Jonathan Hillier, Dr Elaine Bannerman
Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 55 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Learn about the impact of infectious disease on sustainable animal-based food production by understanding the science of growth, immunity, and infection and by learning the problem-solving skills needed to advance animal health and food production through optimal...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Dr. Jim Lowe, DVM, MS, Dip ABVP (Food Animal), Dr. Brian Aldridge, BVSc, MS, PhD, Dip ACVIM (Large Animal), MRCVS
Plant Based Diets: Food for a Sustainable Future
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 21 hours estimated
Global issues Global challenges, like the environment and the pandemic, may seem like overwhelming and distant problems, uninfluenceable by any one person. Thankfully, sometimes the answer is surprisingly simple, the solution right in front of us. The MOOC Plant...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Eva Everloo, Ella Stephens
Sustainable Food Systems
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 45 hours estimated
Throughout this course, you will delve into the intricate details of the food production system through a system-thinking lens. You will examine the grand challenges faced by the food, fiber, and natural resource industries, and their repercussions on people, the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Anna Ball
Nutrition and Health: Food Safety
Cost $169 · . Course Length: 64 hours estimated
Everyday reports of food scandals and recalls are published. One day it’s scary bacteria in meat, and another day it’s dangerous pesticides in fruits. According to some, meat needs to be cooked well to prevent food-borne illness while others warn not to heat food...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research, WageningenX | Taught by Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens, Marcel H. Zwietering, Martine Reij and others
Nutrition and Health: Food Risks
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Everyday reports of food scandals and recalls are published. One day it’s scary bacteria in meat, and another day it’s dangerous pesticides in fruits. According to some, meat needs to be cooked well to prevent food-borne illness while others warn not to heat food...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens, Marcel H. Zwietering, Martine Reij and others
Nutrition and Health Part 3: Food Safety
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Everyday reports of food scandals and recalls are published. One day it’s scary bacteria in meat, and another day it’s dangerous pesticides in fruits. According to some, meat needs to be cooked well to prevent food-borne illness while others warn not to heat food...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens, Marcel H. Zwietering, Martine Reij 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
Trust in Our Food: Understanding Food Supply Systems
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 12 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 for anyone interested in learning about where their food comes from. You can use the...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Reading, EIT Food, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) | Taught by Alice Mauchline, Joanna Kaniewska, Luca Cocolin 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
Food for Kids: Discovering Healthy Eating
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 7 hours estimated
What is healthy eating? Where does our food come from? What is sustainable eating? Food for Kids
Offered through edX | and created by NewcastleX | Taught by Clare E. Collins, Tracy Burrows
Understanding Agribusiness, Value Chains, and Consumers in Global Food Systems
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $199 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Agribusiness is at the core of most economies around the world. The business of feeding peopleremains both complex and extremely important. According to the World Bank, food and agribusiness is a US $5 trillion industry that represents 10 percent of global...
Offered through edX | and created by AdelaideX, University of Adelaide | Taught by Professor Wendy Umberger, Elizabeth Gunner, Craig Johns and others
Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food
Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy CookingCost $49 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Have you ever made a conscious effort to change the way you eat (for health or other reasons) and then felt frustrated when your plans were derailed? You’re not alone. The best laid plans are often sabotaged by a food environment that makes it increasingly hard to...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Stanford University | Taught by Maya Adam, MD
Food for Earth: Unleash the Regenerative Power of Food during and beyond the CoronaV-ERA
COVID-19: The State & Future of PandemicsCost $35 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
How do global epidemics affect and effect the future of food? Sara Roversi walks through how recent events, such as COVID-19, show us that the future of food must be more sustainable and accessible for all and how our unsustainable food systems models are...
Offered through Pluralsight | Taught by Singularity University