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Topic	Readings
Module 1: Food Systems, Food Security and Public Health
Required	APHA Policy statement: Towards a Healthy, Sustainable Food System, 2008. Lester Brown. The New Geopolitics of Food. Foreign Policy, 2011.
Recommended	Neff, Lawrence, et al. Food Systems and PH Disparities paper. JHEN, 2009. The State of Food Insecurity in the World Executive Summary, 2012. FAO, 2013. Diet for Small Planet May Be More Efficient if it includes Dairy and a Little Meat, Cornell Press Release, 2007. On the Future of Food. The Prince’s speech. The Prince of Wales. (Video and transcript available) Hans Rosling, “Global Population Growth, Box by Box”, 2010 TED talk. Our Common Future, Overview and Chapter 1: A Threatened Future. Report on World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. Millennium Development Synthesis Reports, 2005.
Module 2: Historical and Ecological Perspectives on Food Production and Food Security
Required	The Economist. Special Report: Feeding the World, 2011. [PDF available in Online Library]. Feeding 9 Billion: Where to agree/disagree with the Economist. OxFam blog, 2011 UN FAO. Save And Grow. Read the Foreward, Overview and Chapter 1: The Challenge.
Recommended	IFPRI. Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? 2002. Roni Neff, et al. Peak Oil, Food Systems and Public Health. IAASTD. Agriculture at a Crossroads. Synthesis Report, 2009. Ranganathan J and Hanson, C. New Approach to Feeding the World. The Solutions Journal, 2011. ETC Group. Who Will Feed Us? Questions for the Food and Climate Crises, 2009. Nature. The Growing Problem. 2010 Explore the website americasfarmers.com
Module 3: IFAP: Public Health and Rural Communities
Required	Pew Commission on Industrial Farmed Animal Production. Putting Meat on the Table. Forward, Preface and Executive Summary, 2007. CLF, Industrial Food Animal Production in America: Examining the Impact of the Pew Commission’s Priority Recommendations. October, 2013. Read the Introduction and Conclusion. Amann, S, et al. Factory Farms: The True Price of a Pork Chop. Der Spiegel, October, 2013.
Recommended	Videos about poultry producer Carole Morison (see Recommended Lecture 6): Food, Inc and Huffington Post Tom Philpot, CDC reveals scary truth about factory farms and superbugs. Mother Jones blog, 2013. Silbergeld, et al. Industrial food animal production, antimicrobial resistance, human health. 2008. Sapkota, Schwab, et al. Lower Prevalence of Antibiotic-resistant Enterococci on U.S. Conventional Poultry Farms that Transitioned to Organic Practices. EHP, 2011. Sapkota, et al. Aquaculture practices and potential human health risks: Current knowledge and future priorities. Environment International, 2008. Wing S, et al. Integrating Epidemiology, Education, and Organizing for Environmental Justice: Community Health Effects of Industrial Hog Operations. American Journal of Public Health, 2008. Pew Commission on Industrial Farmed Animal Production. Putting Meat on the Table. Full Report.
Module 4: Food Security: Hunger and Access to Food
Required	Frieden, T. A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid. AJPH, 2010. Food Chain Workers Alliance. The Hands that Feed Us? Executive Summary, 2012.
Recommended	Haering, Syed. Community Food Security in US Cities: A Review of the Relevant Scientific Literature, CLF White Paper, 2009. Tim Lang. Reshaping the Food System for Ecological Public Health. JHEN, 2009. deSchutter Olivier. Addressing Concentration in Food Supply Chains. The Role of Competition Law in Tackling the Abuse of Buying Power. 2010. Worldwatch. Nourishing the Planet Infographic Soil to Sky: Industrial Agriculture vs. Agroecology. Serageldin, Ismail. Feeding the World Sustainably: Reflections, Issues, and Suggestions. 2nd Annual Malthus Lecture [video]. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011. WorldWatch, State of the World 2011. Forward by Oliver deSchutter and Chapter 1: Charting a New Path to Eliminating Hunger. (PDF) Hans Herren, Worldwatch. State of the World, Chapter 15, 2011.
Module 5: Policy and Economic Influences on U.S. Agriculture and Rural Communities
Required	Wes Jackson and Wendell Berry. A 50-year Farm Bill. NY Times, 2009. Clancy and Ruhf. Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems. Choices magazine, 2011.
Recommended	Muller, et al,JHEN, Aligning Food System Policies to Advance Public Health, 2009. Food and Water Watch. Do Farm Subsidies Cause Obesity? Dispelling Common Myths about Public Health and the Farm Bill. October, 2011. Timothy Wise and Betsy Rakocy. Hogging the Gains from Trade: The Real Winners from U.S. Agriculture and Trade Policies. Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute, 2010. Gurian-Sherman, D. Union of Concerned Scientists. CAFO’s Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations. Executive Summary, 2008.
Module 6: Stories from the Field
Required	Hamm, Michael. Principles for Framing a Healthy Food System. JHEN, 2009.
Recommended	Scherg, Palmer, et al (CLF funded). Exploring Food System Policy: A Survey of Food Policy Councils in the U.S. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2012. National Geographic. The Big Idea: Perennial Grains (work of Wes Jackson and the Land Institute), 2011. Michael Conard, TEDx video “Rebuilding our Food System Infrastructure” USDA Local Markets and Local Food Hubs Resource page. Market Forces Creating Jobs through Public Investment in Local and Regional Food Systems, Union of Concerned Scientists, 2011. Read Executive Summary. Charles Siebert. Food Ark. National Geographic, 2011. Health Professionals Role in Animal Agriculture, Climate Change and Human Health, AJPM, 2009 (institutional access required). Food and Nutrition Professionals Can Implement Practices to Conserve Natural Resources and Support Ecological Sustainability