LABOR IN GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS

C&ESOC/SOC 341

Course Description

Overview of our current food system and how new technologies and globalization are reshaping it, focusing especially on the implications for workers throughout the food chain. Learn about the ways that social movements are working to reshape commodity chains by promoting local production, fair trade, and labor justice.

Prerequisties

3 credits in C&E SOC or SOC

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.44

5.77% from Historical

Completion Rate

93.75%

5.73% from Historical

A Rate

46.88%

-7.48% from Historical

Class Size

6.67% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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