Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 297NR - ST-PreservingFoodCulture/Hmld

This course looks at examples of migrant, immigrant, and native communities and how their use of food and land informs questions of identity and efforts at cultural preservation. There is a focus on exploring Puerto Ricans as a migrant community and cultural food preservation.

The class is a Civic Engagement course supported by UMass CESL, and partners with Nuestras Raices, an urban agriculture organization in Holyoke, MA. Classes are held bi-weekly and the course requires 4 Saturday work days at the Nuestras Raices Farm. Enrollment is by application only. For application information, contact cesl@umass.edu.