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Are you interested in being a student researcher next year? The Agroecology, Climate Resilience, and Food Justice Lab is hiring! You can learn more about the job description and apply through this link. https://lnkd.in/ewFNXGSV Applications are due Friday May 16th at midnight. … Continue reading →

Student researchers Wanyu (Mary) Xiang and Amelia Koenig of the Agroecology, Climate Resilience, and Food Justice (ACRAF) Lab presented their work at the Sustainability & Environmental Justice Student Research Symposium on March 11, 2025. Their research highlighted critical disparities in … Continue reading →

Katie Duffy wins the Student Life Award, Jules Holland wins the Peter-Hans Kovlenbach, Social Justice Award and Kimber Wood wins Riordan Community Service Award.  Photo Caption: Santa Clara University undergraduates Katie Duffy (first from bottom left), Kimber Wood (fourth from … Continue reading →

On February 9, an SCU research team presented preliminary research results to Sacred Heart Community Services food pantry staff, based on surveys and interviews that identified key themes for education materials and campaigns for pantry volunteers and clients. The feedback … Continue reading →

Isabelle Solórzano (‘24, Environmental Science, Biology minor) recently secured a competitive NASA DEVELOP internship, and will soon start working with NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. She will join a project researching the impacts of wetland declinations and deforestation … Continue reading →

SCU’s Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative (EJ & CGI) Food and Climate Justice Program lead, Chris Bacon (Associate Professor and Chair Environmental Studies and Sciences Department) Collaborated Veggielution to develop a $217,000 project funded by the County of Santa … Continue reading →

August 28 and 29, 2023 Sacred Heart Community Services, San Jose, CA Sacred Heart’s Essential Services and La Mesa Verde (LMV) programs, are partnering with the Initiative’s Climate and Food Justice Program to advance food justice in the South Bay. … Continue reading →

Feeding hope, serving dignity: How nonprofit groups fight food insecurity in Silicon Valley is one of the best news stories engaging the people, problems, paradoxes, and potential solutions to address the shockingly high levels of hunger, poverty, and social exclusion in Silicon … Continue reading →

Antonio’s Experience presenting ACRAF Research Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend Reclaiming the Commons 2023: a biannual conference held jointly for the first time this year by the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) … Continue reading →

In partnership with ASDENIC and a cluster of cooperatives, food security funding agencies, farmer associations, cooperatives, and universities we co-organized the one day results sharing symposium on June 27, 2023. The objective was to reflect on the advances, challenges and … Continue reading →