Food Justice: Critical Approaches in Policy and Planning (LEAD-0214)

Fall 2026 · LEAD 0214 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

This class offers students different lenses, such as critical race theory to see how the intersectionality of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability and citizenship play out in the development of systemic structural and socio-spatial inequities and injustices in food systems. It develops an understanding and contextualization of the role of food justice activism within the broader narrative of the alternative food movement and offers emerging ideas about how policymakers and planners can take a role in increasing food justice beyond the more mainstream and ultimately contested notions of what is ‘local’ and ‘sustainable.’ The course will help participants chart their role(s) in advocating for 'just sustainability' as a defining factor in becoming food systems planners and policymakers.

Course codes: LEAD-0214, LEAD 0214, LEAD0214, LEAD-214, LEAD 214, LEAD214, UEP-0285, UEP 0285, UEP0285, UEP-285, UEP 285, UEP285, NUTR-0285, NUTR 0285, NUTR0285, NUTR-285, NUTR 285, NUTR285

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