This course is intended to provide students with a foundation in food production systems, following a farm-to-fork approach, with a specific emphasis on food-animal production. Main topics include human population growth and increasing demand for food; current challenges in food production and sustainable solutions, production of plant-based food; food-animal production including livestock, poultry, and aquatic species; application of new methods and technologies to increase the efficiency of the food production systems. There will be an emphasis on feeding and farming of food animals throughout the course. This course will also lay the foundation for other subjects, such as livestock husbandry, aquaculture, and food safety.