Food Systems Thinker
About
This website is created by Mingla Charoenmuang, a doctoral candidate at Purdue University, to provide online resources for high school students and older adults to practice systems thinking in the context of sustainable food systems.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture Hatch Project IND011778 through Purdue University, and NIFA-USDA award number 2016-38640-25381 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number GNC18-256.
USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Advisory Team
Special thanks the advisory team for bringing their expertise to this project:
Dr. Neil Knobloch for his expertise in food systems and agricultural education
Dr. Tamara Benjamin for her expertise in diversified farming and food systems
Ms. Karen Mitchell for her expertise in local community outreach
Dr. Hannah Scherer for her expertise in systems thinking education
Dr. Dan Shepardson for his expertise in environmental education
Dr. Hui-Hui Wang for her expertise in curriculum design
Ms. Nichole Parker-Webb for her expertise in food science education
and Mr. Carl Erich for his expertise in instructional design
References
Chase, L., & Grubinger, V. (2014). Food, farms, and community: Exploring food systems.
Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press.
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Ponto, C. F., & Linder, N. P. (2011). Sustainable tomorrow: A teachers’ guidebook for
applying systems thinking to environmental education curricula. Retrieved from
https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/1715/1373/1187/ConEd-Sustainable-
Tomorrow-Systems-Thinking-Guidebook.pdf
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Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, & University of Wisconsin-Extension
Cooperative Extension. (2015). The Wisconsin food systems education conceptual
framework. Retrieved from
https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/wcee/Documents/FSE_Framework_Web.pdf
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