Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, students should be able to do the following:

3.1 Understand the importance of investing in sustainable food security and safety

3.2 Determine ways in which the current global food system neglects or diminishes the life chances of many people

3.3 Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of factory farming and traditional farming

3.4 Recognize how features of modern life have created or exacerbated food health and food security problems

3.5 Compare and contrast potential solutions to hunger and malnutrition problems for short- and long-term impacts

3.6 Evaluate the contribution of factory farming to overall global health