We don\u2019t just talk about farming. Our interdisciplinary approach to agriculture sets us apart from other liberal arts colleges. You\u2019ll take courses that examine food from the lenses of geography, economics, geology, political science, religion, history, and international studies, to name a few. You might look at the history and effectiveness of food stamps in the United States; or study how food is central to religious practices; or travel to Botswana to conduct research with your professor\u2014and then write and publish articles together. This interdisciplinary perspective of food and agriculture is crucial to developing more sustainable and equitable food systems. Our students go on to change the face of agriculture, both in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Macalester, you won\u2019t simply read about food and agriculture in a textbook. Macalester\u2019s urban location helps you apply knowledge in a hands-on, real-world way. Our students have interned at food banks, conducted research at farmer\u2019s markets, examined immigrant communities involved in agriculture, and studied food deserts in the Twin Cities. As a hotbed for organic and local food movements, Minnesota hosts one of the greatest concentrations of organic farms in the nation. Students take field trips to a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm to learn (and taste!) how it works. Using ingredients from the farm, they bake pizza in outdoor ovens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A concentration in Food, Agriculture, and Society paves the way to careers in farming, food and agricultural policy, food ethics, food bank management, famine prevention and early warning, international development, crop science and genetics, soil science, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t \t