Sustainable food system (5cr)

Objective

The objective of the study is that the student understands a food loss globally at different stages of the food chain, the packages of food products, and side streams of food industry. The student learns to understand the wholeness of the global food system and to estimate its sustainability on the life cycle analysis.
The student gets readiness to the problem solving.

Content

o Global food system
o Life cycle analysis
o Definition of the food loss
o Reasons and reducing means for the food loss in Finland and globally
o Packages of food products and their environmental effects
o Sidestreams of food industry

Materials

To be announced

Teaching methods

Virtual teaching. Independent studying. Virtual tasks. Follow-up task of food waste and packaging loss in own household.
Network meetings ( as voluntary)

Exam schedules

Verkkotentin voi uusia verkossa opintojakson toteutusaikana.

Student workload

Opiskelijan työmäärä 135 h.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The Student passes the Moodle examinations and assignments.

The student will understand the underlying factors of the food loss at different stages of the food chain. The student can analyse the packages of food. The student understands the global food system. The student is familiar with life cycle analysis.

The student can analyse the side streams of food industry.

Further information

The course is available through CampusOnline also for students from other universities of applied sciences.