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The aim is to start the Future Food educational minor with a first introductory and interdisciplinary course on food issues in the academic year 2020, after which students in the Future Food minor select at least two food-related electives from the set of UU-courses, and concluding the minor with a capstone project in Future Food. The introductory course, that will be developed by the Future Food educational advisors Mieke Lumens and Erwin van Sas, is piloted as a two-weeks course ‘Future Food Studies: exploring sustainable solutions’ as a summer school in the last two weeks of August.

Since this course is a shortened version of the ultimate starting course for the food minor, food issues along the lines of environmental impact of food production, the role of food consumption on health, and governance for fair food will be introduced by experts, and explored in further detail by students themselves. Moreover, since this course is an introduction into interdisciplinary research, attention will be given to teamworking and interdisciplinarity. The goal of the summer school pilot is to find out whether the imagined format for the introductory course in the minor is a set-up that will work for participants and other possible stakeholders. More information on the summer school and application can be found on the website of the .