'Holy Cross Summer Course Explores Realities of Food Production'

"Meal time will never be the same again!" That's how Christopher Staysniak, visiting lecturer of history at the College of the Holy Cross, started the six-week summer course titled "Food and Power" back in June.

According to Staysniak, a key goal of the course is to get students to think about where their food comes from, and who is providing it. Through readings, guest speakers, and field trips, the history class analyzed American food from different cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological angles.

Telegram & Gazette reporter Scott O'Connell joined the class for a field trip at Cotyledon Farm in Leicester, where the 16 students got their hands dirty and learned about what it takes to operate a farm. In the front page above the fold story, students told the Telegram they found the course "illuminating."

Both professor and students expressed their appreciation for having the option of a summer course, with Staysniak saying he even prefers teaching these types of courses because "students are just not so stressed out like they might be during the regular academic year. Here we can really sit with the material and take our time with it. They offer a really rich learning experience in that sense.”

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