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Profiles in Whole Health Learning: Teaching the US Food System

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In this interview from our June 2018 WholeHealthED Symposium in Washington, Leo Horrigan of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future describes the development of FoodSpan, a unique curriculum for high school students that examines the extent and complexity of the U.S. food system.

More about FoodSpan can be found at Foodspan Learning at the Center for a Livable Future.

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