ENST499 SOS Food: the Science Of Sustainable Food

2-unit Field Course on Catalina Island!

Special Topic Spring Break Course:
Mar 13 18, 2016 at the
USC Wrigley Marine Science Center
on Catalina Island
Course description:
Eating is an ecological act. Michael Pollan
The ENST499: Science Of Sustainable Food course will introduce
students to important concepts in agroecology and examine the close
relationship between food production and natural ecosystems. An
aquaponics system at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on
Catalina Island will be used to demonstrate the link between
sustainable food production and a healthy and thriving ecosystem,
emphasizing underlying ecological principles.
Aquaponics is a food production platform that combines plant
cultivation and aquaculture in a single recirculating system that takes
advantage of the natural nutrient and waste cycling between fish,
plants and bacteria to produce food.
You must be available to participate during the entire spring
break week on Catalina Island to enroll in this class.

For more information about this course or to request

D-clearance, please contact Dr. Diane Kim:
dianekim@usc.edu. Class limited to 10 students.

Top: The USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina

Island. Bottom: The Thornton Aquaponics system.