Survey of Controlled Environment Food Production
Surveys plant biology principles applied to cultivating food crops in controlled environments, integrating organic systems, sustainability, urban agriculture, and socioecological factors.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Explain and apply concepts from biological and physical sciences to growing plants in controlled environments with an emphasis on application in organic systems.
Investigate the effects of controlled environments on plant growth and evaluate the results.
Select crops and cultivars appropriate for growing in controlled environments, indoors and outdoors.
Discuss the scientific principles behind food safety, sanitation, organic practices, and good agricultural practices in controlled environments.
Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of food production in controlled environments, specifically their application in urban food systems.
Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of controlled environment agriculture and identify potential trade‐offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course.
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Survey of the basic principles and concepts of the biology of plants and their application to cultivation of food crops in controlled environments. Integrates topics including: organic systems, sustainability, urban agriculture, and socioecological factors.
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Topics
- Plant biology and cultivation in controlled environments
- Organic systems, sustainability, urban agriculture, and socioecological factors
- Food safety, sanitation, and agricultural practices
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- Apply biological and physical science concepts to plant growth in controlled environments.
- Investigate and evaluate the effects of controlled environments on plant growth.
- Select crops and cultivars suitable for indoor and outdoor controlled environments.
- Apply sustainability principles to food production challenges in urban systems.
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