Chris Bacon received $67,000 from Veggielution
Chris Bacon with the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department has received a $67,000 award from Veggielution to support his project "Advancing Food Justice and Accelerating Upward Mobility Through Cooperative Sustainable Food Enterprises in San Jose".
Project involves the following activities:
- Developing a feasibility study that builds on past in East San Jose incubating sustainable food enterprises w/ Lantinx and low income communities
- Linking sustainable purchasing projects, such as the Good Food Purchasing Program at Santa Clara County Hospitals with the incubation and scaling of new local vendors especially those those that can advance food food justice, lower climate emissions, and foster more plant-based diets
- SCU Students and faculty would participate in conducting interviews, surveys, and focus groups as well as participant observation, lit reviews and more to develop a background study and an action plan for linking sustainable purchasing projects to the incubation and expansion of local food enterprises that advance food justice and accelerate upward mobility.