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Though sustainability is increasingly being incorporated into dietetic internships, there is a lack of literature documenting the teaching of environmental literacy in undergraduate nutrition. We report on how the implementation of a 2-week food sustainability module as part of an undergraduate second-year course in human nutrition affected students’ environmental literacy. We modified a previously published environmental literacy evaluation instrument to be nutrition specific, and this was adminstered to students before and after the module. Our research showed that, in a module as little as 2 weeks’ duration, it was possible to improve knowledge about food sustainability and shift attitudes in a “greener” direction.