Course Outline

Skills You Will Develop

• Seeing the whole food system — understanding how soil, farms, infrastructure, markets and governance interact within a region

• Mapping local food systems — identifying the key actors, relationships and resources shaping food in your community

• Designing practical food system projects — developing a real initiative to strengthen a local food system in your region

• Strengthening community food initiatives — supporting food hubs, cooperatives, markets and local food networks

• Understanding regional food infrastructure — recognising the role of distribution, processing and local supply chains

• Working with policy and local government — understanding how municipal planning and governance influence food systems

• Building resilient regional food economies — connecting farmers, communities and institutions to support thriving local food systems