{"id":219,"date":"2022-07-06T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs-draft\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:26:17","slug":"sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems B.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"safs-bs\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-safs-bs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-311\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-311\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-313\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-313\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/food-and-society-option\/\">Food and Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-619\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-619\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/nutrition-and-food-option\/\">Nutrition and Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-620\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-620\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/sustainable-agriculture-option\/\">Sustainable Agriculture<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-312\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-312\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/academics\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  float: right\"><h1>Contact<\/h1>\n\n<p>John Taylor<br>Phone:\u00a0401.874.9027<br>Email: j<a href=\"mailto:r_taylor@uri.edu\">r_taylor@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>This interdisciplinary program will provide you with the skills and knowledge you&#8217;ll need to contribute to the sustainable development, production, harvesting, management, and utilization of terrestrial and aquatic microorganisms, plants, and animals by society worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The major allows you to explore food systems\u2013from farm to plate to waste and back\u2013emphasizing sustainability, health, equity, and resilience from economic, environmental, and societal perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core values that distinguish Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from traditional agriculture programs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> an emphasis on the intrinsic value of heterogeneous scales of production (from small farms that sell directly to consumers to large scale producers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>preserving local food cultures and biodiversity while understanding the way other cultures produce and use food (from local to global)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an ecosystem-based approach to agriculture (also integrating the contributions of aquaculture and fisheries)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the greening of urban landscapes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems B.S. 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