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Course 2: Food System Fundamentals, Materials

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Course 2: Food System Fundamentals course transcript

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Course 2: Food System Fundamentals, Additional Resources

1. Cooperative Extension System overview from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
2. Systems thinking from the Cabrera Research Lab at Cornell University
   • Discover a variety of topics through the Cabrera Research Lab’s blog
   • The basics of systems thinking
   • More on “The Perspectives Rule”
   • Learn more about updating your mental model
3. Systems research for agriculture
   
   • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) published a report titled “Systems Research for Agriculture: Innovative Solutions to Complex Challenges” in 2016
   • More on systems thinking from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
4. Our urban grower educators
   • Keep up with New Roots Community Farm in the Bronx, NY through the New Roots Bronx Community Farm Instagram page
   • Check out the website for Bay Branch Farm based in Cleveland, OH
   • More information about the urban agriculture program at the Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago, IL
   • Learn more about Produce’d in Atlanta, GA through Produce’d’s website
   • Learn more about the TigerMountain Foundation in Phoenix, AZ through the TigerMountain Foundation website and the TigerMountain Foundation Instagram