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Philip Howard is a professor in the Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research interests focus on food systems, encompassing the comprehensive process from farming to consumption. The main questions guiding his work include understanding the changes occurring within food systems and their impacts on communities, and how these communities respond to such changes. His current projects emphasize characterizing the diversity within food systems, particularly concerning plant seeds, animal genetics, and high-protein foods. Additionally, he explores bridging information gaps among food system actors and the usage of ecolabels to promote sustainability in food production and consumption. With an active engagement in teaching, he guides both undergraduate and graduate courses in community, food, and agriculture, as well as a graduate course in political ecology. His contributions to the field are visible through various publications and interactive works aimed at visualizing food and agricultural data.
Department of Psychology