Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment (FutureLearn)

You will learn about the complexity of the global food supply chain, the vulnerability of the food industry to emerging threats and the solutions to stopping these threats early. You will also consider the issues surrounding production of food of animal origin.

What topics will you cover?

- Threats to global food security of an environmental, biological or chemical nature

- Food integrity

- Water, soil and plant health

- Animal health and welfare

- Food safety and human health

- Climate change related to food security

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Discuss the interconnected one health approach to food production from farm to fork

- Illustrate knowledge and skills required to evaluate current and emerging risks to food safety and relate these to potential threats to human/animal health and global food security highlighting solutions to the issues

- Demonstrate the ability to critically assess the range of emerging risks that may be introduced during food production and manufacture systems and determine their potential impact on food safety and consumer health

- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the range and types of food insecurity affecting food safety, traceability and authenticity, and the regulatory requirements and challenges to the maintenance of food quality/safety

- Examine the ethical & bioethical constraints of the food chain: at the crossroads of objects, subjects, regulations, institutions & governments

- Encourage pursuit of a career in research, industry or entrepreneurship related to the food industry sector by showcasing the rising star companies.