94-884 Seeding Societal Futures: Solutions for Food Insecurity for Rural & Small Comm

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Dates Feb 16 and Feb 23 This micro course will explore societal responses to food insecurity and an ideation session on innovative solutions. It will focus on the small and rural communities of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Students will be drawn from both Waynesburg University located in Greene County and Carnegie Mellon University located in Allegheny County, both in Pennsylvania. After immersion in the issues of food insecurity and the particular challenges faced by Greene Countys population in addressing the issue, the students will develop proposals for addressing those challenges. Their proposals will be presented to the Greene County Commissioners and to the Greene County Food Security Partnership for consideration and possible implementation. This course will be cotaught by Rick Stafford, Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy Leah Lizarondo, CEO and CoFounder of 412 Food Rescue and Entrepreneur in Residence at Heinz College and Melinda Walls, W. Robert Stover Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Waynesburg University.

Prerequisites: none listed

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