Graduate Certificate - Sustainable Food Systems and Security

Graduate Certificate - Sustainable Food Systems and Security

It is paramount that we all engage to advance human sustainability, and a sustainable food system is foundational. KPU offers this unique and intensive graduate-level program of study for you to gain the crucial knowledge and understanding needed to advocate for and work for critical food system change in your community and around the world. The food system impacts every aspect of society and must change to respond to the challenges of sustainability, including food insecurity, climate change, environmental degradation and resource depletion. That change needs leaders and activists with a deep understanding of the very real and critical social, environmental and economic challenges associated with our dominant food systems. Our food system impacts almost every aspect of society. From production, processing, and distribution to consumption and waste, our choices are affected by, and have an impact on, the whole system. Unfortunately, our current dominant food system contributes to environmental destruction, climate change, epidemic food-related diseases and a lack of food equity.

Career Path

Program graduates are prepared for rewarding work in domestic and international agencies, non-governmental organizations, community development organizations, public health agencies, and university-based research institutes and centres.