BS Nutrition and Food Systems

Food systems is the study of the food supply chain, which includes production, processing, distribution, and consumption as well as waste. Drivers of the food system include culture, economics, policy, andmarketing, and the collective impact on outcomes including human and environmental health,food insecurity, and community food security.The Nutrition and Food Systems degree is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding thecomplexities of the food system from production to consumption and impact on human health,as well as challenges faced by the food system to develop sustainable solutions for producing,processing, delivering, and consuming safe, culturally desirable, nutritious, and economicallyand environmentally sustainable food. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is committedto training emerging leaders who will address grand challenges facing humanity, includingmanagement and preservation of precious and finite natural resources, and finding solutions tofeed over 9 billion people by 2050.