Among the many great courses taught at Teachers College, none has been more of a touchstone across generations than 鈥淣utritional Ecology,鈥� taught for the past several decades by Joan Gussow, Mary Swartz Rose Professor Emerita of Nutrition & Education.
What on Earth: Feeding the Soil to Save the Earth
A master class with Joan Gussow
鈥淭he life-changing course for me and I鈥檇 dare say 98 percent of Nutrition Program graduates, was the Nutritional Ecology class taught by Joan Gussow,鈥� alumna Kate MacKenzie (M.A. 鈥�02) said last year when she was named Director of the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Food Policy, New York City鈥檚 top nutrition post. 鈥淭he complexity of the food system exposed and really terrified many students. It was mind-blowing to learn about corporate consolidation in the food system, factory farming and the implications of population growth on food supply. And it was learning how the deck is stacked against so many people, in so many ways, that has motivated me to do this work.鈥�
The life-changing course for me and I鈥檇 dare say 98 percent of Nutrition Program graduates, was the Nutritional Ecology class taught by Joan Gussow.
鈥� Kate MacKenzie (M.A. 鈥�02), Director of the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Food Policy, New York City
This past October, in one of the course鈥檚 major highlights, Gussow, called the matriarch of the eat locally, think globally food movement by The New York Times, brought her current crop of students to her home in Piermont-on-Hudson, an hour north of New York City, where she gave them a tour of her spectacular garden and then spoke to them about sustainable agriculture, the true meaning of 鈥渙rganics鈥� and our planet鈥檚 uncertain future.
We proudly bring you 鈥淲hat On Earth: Feeding the Soil to Save the World,鈥� a master class with the one and only Joan Gussow.