The Farm as Socio-environmental Endeavor
The Farm as Socio-Environmental Endeavor explores how biophysical and social contexts constrain and shape farm diversity.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Develop a vision of agriculture as a social and ecological activity for which we have many diverse demands
Differentiate the roles of the natural and social sciences of agriculture, including their basic methods of inquiry
Apply an agroecological imagination to think about food and agriculture contextually
Reflect on the organizational, political, and personal challenges to cultivating a more beneficent agriculture
Engage with the organizational, political, and personal challenges of this contextualized diversity for the cultivation of a more beneficent agriculture
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
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Topics
- Farms as intentional entities shaped by operating contexts
- Biophysical and social constraints and opportunities in agriculture
- Agriculture as a social and ecological activity with diverse demands
- Organizational, political, and personal challenges of contextualized agricultural diversity
Skills
- Applying an agroecological imagination to think about food and agriculture contextually
- Differentiating the roles of natural and social sciences of agriculture and their basic methods of inquiry
- Reflecting on organizational, political, and personal challenges to cultivating a more beneficent agriculture
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