Certification course
Innovation and Sustainability in the Food Industry
Learn to identify long-term trends and behaviors in the food industry.
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Duration 140 hours over 29 weeks Online modality
This program | Participants learn how to generate products and services that meet the actual needs of users and society at large, in a sustainable, healthy and ethical manner, by developing a deep understanding of how to apply concepts from the social sciences in their respective areas of professional activity (food engineering, agronomy, nutrition, tourism, gastronomy, etc.). Intended for professionals in the food industry and other related industries: food engineers, chemists. Students of food engineering, nutrition, tourism and gastronomy. Nutrition and medical science professionals. Professionals in agricultural engineering and in agriculture and livestock production. Tourism and gastronomy professionals. Government policy managers in the fields of public health, supply, sustainable development, solidarity economy, agriculture, etc. In general, anyone interested in the problems inherent to the food system. |

Course content
- Módule I
FOOD THROUGHOUT HISTORY: History of agriculture, food and gastronomy, from the Stone Age to the present day - Módule II
CUISINE WITH DIVERSE INPUTS: Mexican food culture, from pre-Hispanic times to the present day - Módule III
MORE THAN AN APPLE A DAY: food, health, medicine and nutrition throughout history - Module IV
FOOD AND CULTURE - Module V
TRENDS IN THE FOOD SYSTEM: using trends to achieve a real and positive change in the food system - Module VI
FOOD DESIGN THINKING AND FOOD INNOVATION
By the end of the program | Participants will be able to generate innovative ideas for products and services by analyzing the context, trends and behaviors and using systematic thinking. They will also learn storytelling tools that will help them to effectively communicate the products, services, ideas and public policies. |
The experience of continuous education learning
Our educational proposal approaches learning as a process centered on the student, who constructs by:

Continuous updating
Experience a meaningful process, through updated programs that undergo ongoing improvement.

Transformative experience
Transform yourself to transform your environment.

Reflection - Action
Question, generate and practice new alternative solutions to today's challenges.

Collaboration
Enhance your process by building learning communities, networks and joint projects.

Accompaniment
Learn with experts who advise and guide you, and give you feedback throughout your process.

Global vision
Have an impact on your local reality by applying a global vision.
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