Food, environment and culture

As professionals, agricultural and wine science graduates will work in a dynamic environment and society, involving personal and institutional negotiations with social and ethical issues. The School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences approved a new undergraduate subject Health Food, Environment and Culture (AGR202). By completing this subject, students will gain an understanding of the background issues and core skills needed to work in the agricultural and wine science sector and improve their ability to communicate these challenges in a professionally appropriate style. The subject includes ethics and ethical frameworks and models that can be used to review and analyse the complexity of ethically challenging issues in agriculture and broader social and environmental issues; environmental and social sustainability linked to economics; the major challenges facing agricultural production and food security; and how Indigenous Australian culture and values intersect with and can inform land use and management. The history of agricultural development in Australia from the perspective of Indigenous Australians and other cultures is also studied.