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Spring 2025

Greece and Italy: Food, Culture and Agriculture - May

This course provides students with a guided exploration of food, culture and agriculture in two Mediterranean countries (Italy and Greece). It exposes students to food systems from production to distribution, to marketing.

In Thessaloniki (Greece's second largest city), they will visit farms (olives, rice, grapes, herbs, greenhouses, etc.), a winery, and the American Farm School and Perrotis College.聽They will travel by bus through the agricultural heartland of Greece, stopping to visit a medieval monastery.聽聽In Athens, they will visit the Acropolis and Parthenon.

Comparing Food Systems - Iowa vs California - May 2025

Program itinerary is tentative and subject to change.

This course will review food systems frameworks and considerations, focusing on food supply chains (production systems, distribution, processing, and retail/markets). Discussion topics will include influences such as natural resources (water),聽innovation and technology, demographics (labor), and聽economics (price of food).聽

The pre-departure course will include tours of Iowa food production to assist in comparing and contrasting regional food systems in Iowa and California.

Agricultural Production, Business and Trade in Argentina - Spring Break

Program dates are tentative and subject to change

Enhance your understanding of production and competition in agricultural world markets!

Students will analyze production agriculture (a typical farm or ranch), business, and trade in Argentina and compare them with respect to the U.S.聽Pre-departure orientation will familiarize students with the history, culture, politics, geography, soils, agriculture, economy, and trade of Argentina.

Economic Diversification, Trade, Food Security, and Culture in Singapore- Spring Break

Program itinerary and travel dates are tentative and subject to change.

This program will expose students to Singapore's small, but highly competitive economy and showcase how culture plays a role in the functioning of the economy. Additionally, students will learn about Singapore's innovative and alternative methods of agricultural production that have been developed to achieve food security in a country with a limited ability to produce it own food.聽

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