Sustainable Food Systems Courses and Certifications

Sustainable Food Systems

39 ratings at Coursera

Examine the food system through a systems-thinking lens: the three pillars of sustainability, food production and nutrition, water and soil quality, land economics, and energy challenges.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sustainable Global Food Systems

28 ratings at edX

How do we feed 11 billion people? Discover the importance of sustainable food systems on a global scale.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective

5 ratings at edX

How do we produce more, better quality, and safer food while simultaneously achieving social and environmental goals?

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking

8 ratings at edX

Learn how to solve the 'Rubik's cube' of systems thinking and how it's applied to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems!

• edX
• 6 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Food Systems

In the context of climate crises, chronic disease epidemics and geopolitical crises, this course focuses on the role, challenges and potential of sustainable food systems in ensuring food security, hu

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems

Discover how circular business models transform urban food systems to tackle grand challenges through innovative solutions.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Food Futures

How do we feed the world and nurture the planet at the same time? Is it even possible to end hunger, achieve food security, improve human nutrition and regenerate the environment?

• OpenLearning
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Food and Our Environment

182 ratings at Coursera

This course is designed to help learners around the world become more sustainable eaters.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Transformation of the Global Food System

1006 ratings at Coursera

Examine how food systems can feed 9-10 billion people within planetary boundaries: supporting small-scale farmers, transforming industrial agriculture, cutting food loss and waste, and shifting diets.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sustainable Diet

7 ratings

Learn how your food habits and daily choices are affecting your health and that of the planet. Gain the skills and knowledge to make your diet more healthy and sustainable.

• UN CC:e-Learn
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets

194 ratings at Coursera

This short course looks at the urgent need to address the sustainability of our food systems, including better understanding the complex relationship between diet and climate change.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Healthy and Sustainable Foods

25 ratings at Coursera

Evaluate foods for health and climate at once: compare carbon footprints, apply Dietary Risk Factors and the Health Nutritional Index, and weigh trade-offs across diets.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Eating for the environment

10 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Eating for the environment, will explore the links between food, nutrition and environmental sustainability.

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Food

Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Food  is a course designed to explore the intersection of food science and sustainable development. Divided into four comprehensive units, it offers a structured

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health

6 ratings

Explore how the U.S. food system shapes health, equity and the environment: food security, sustainability and resilience, animal production, the farm bill, and community food projects.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course