COM HLT 131Healthy Food Access in Los Angeles: History and Practice of Urban Agriculture
Community Health Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
History and recent revival of urban agriculture (gardening) in Los Angeles area. Exploration of how urban gardening is response to crises such as U.S. obesity epidemic and resulting health problems. Critiques of industrial agriculture in California and elsewhere in U.S. Exploration of how urban agriculture springs from healthy food/active living and consumer movements that advocate access to locally grown, in-season, affordable food. Biweekly hands-on gardening laboratory in Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Organic Garden.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Requires
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Unlocks
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