AGR141 Introduction to Ecological Agriculture (8)
In this subject students will be introduced to the concepts, values and agricultural practices associated with ecological agriculture via a comparative historical and experiential exploration of various forms of agriculture. The journey will include first hand encounters with a range of agricultural systems. Students will observe and experience contrasting approaches to the use of the land for agriculture. From there they will move to explore in an introductory fashion, the history of agriculture, the environmental issues facing modern agriculture, the ecocentric perspectives on fundamental issues of agricultural sustainability and the relationships between agriculture and society in a background context of ecological economics.