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Program Overview

At ¶¶Òõ̽̽, it's in our nature to think differently and to challenge the usual. We were the first university in the country to offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in Food Systems.

Vermont offers students access to a living classroom, a working laboratory, and professors who think as broadly as the disciplines they straddle. But once you're here, you'll just call it home. 

The B.S. program deeply educates students on all aspects of the food system, including agricultural systems; food production within a changing climate; food and health; food security; federal, state and local policy development; and understanding the complete dynamics of a global food system.

Concentrations

In addition to core major requirements, students will acquire a depth of knowledge in a specific discipline related to food systems by choosing one of the following concentrations. Students complete the concentration by following a minor by that name. 

Food Systems majors can concentrate in:

• Nutrition and Food Sciences

Curriculum

The B.S. in Food Systems requires thirty-seven credits of core coursework, 6 credits of Fieldwork (Internship or Undergraduate Research), and fifteen to eighteen credits in the student's chosen concentration area. 

The core coursework in Food Systems trains students to approach critical food systems issues from a transdisciplinary, systems thinking perspective. 

Core Courses

• World Food, Population, & Development (CDAE 1020)
• US Food, Social Equity & Development (CDAE 1020)
• Farm to Table: Food Systems (NFS 1073)
• Fundamentals of Nutrition (NFS 1043)
• Intro to Botany (PBIO 1040)
• Plants, Food, and Culture (PBIO 1060)
• Intro to Agroecology (ALE 1210)
• Food Systems Seminar I (FS 1930)
• Food Systems Seminar II (FS 2930)
• U.S. Food Policy and Politics (FS 2020/NFS 2113)
• Comparative Food Systems (FS 2030/NSF 2114)
• Human Health in the Food System (FS 2030/NFS 2114)

Outcomes

Careers in Food Systems 

• Agri-Food Production Management 
• Greenhouse Manager 
• Food Marketing and Sales 
• Peace Corps 
• Organic Certification Specialist 
• Non-Profit Work
• State and Federal Government 

Where our Alumni Work 

• Annies Inc.
• Ben and Jerry's  
• Cabot Creamery Cooperative 
• Nestle
• Ausable Brewing Co
• FoodCorps
• Vermont Farm to Plate Program 
• Hunger Free Vermont