We are grateful for the primary financial support for this work provided by the NSF grant BCS-1539795; and secondary support for part of this work was from the project Assessment of Diversification Strategies in Smallholder Coffee Systems (No AF 1507-086: … Continue reading
Recognizing that climate change and other hazards are forcing farmers to adapt to a changing context, Santa Clara University Professors Christopher M. Bacon (Environmental Studies & Sciences), William A. Sundstrom (Economics and Data Analysis), Iris T. Stewart (Environmental Studies & … Continue reading
Campus location Virtual campus Department contact person Chris Bacon Title Food Justice Action Research Assistant Department Environmental Studies and Sciences Phone 408-554-8460 E-mail cbacon@scu.edu To learn more about our work see Environmental Justice and Common Good Food Justice Program, and … Continue reading
By Chloe Gentile-Montgomery with Christopher M Bacon Although many people like to joke about college students hanging around campus for the free food, or eating a diet consisting mainly of Ramen noodles, behind this trope is an injustice and failure … Continue reading
By Lisa Kelley and Chris Bacon* This post builds on last week’s discussion of survey design and implementation, as we focus on the steps we have taken since to ensure that any survey analyses we perform will be robust, transparent … Continue reading
On May 3, 2018, faculty and student research assistants invited the campus community to a dialogue centered around environmental justice in Nicaragua and across the Americas during Santa Clara University’s annual Immigration Week. Testimonials offered by Gustavo Aguirre, the Director … Continue reading
I’ve been back in the US for 5 months now but the nostalgia of Ecuador keeps hitting me like the relentless waves of a stormy sea. I’m still processing everything that I experienced, and I’m not sure when and if … Continue reading
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Since the 1970s, scientists have suggested that avoiding the worst impacts of climate change will require preventing more than a 2 degree Celsius warming over pre-industrial levels. With the growing likelihood of such an increase, science has turned to questions … Continue reading
At the beginning of summer, I arrived in Nicaragua for a 2.5 week visit. I was traveling together with my colleagues Ed Maurer and Bill Sundstrom, and two fantastic 2017 ESS graduates: Linsay Tenes and Claire Smoker. Chris Bacon, our … Continue reading
I just returned from six weeks of intense and productive community-based field research with local partners in northern Nicaragua. After training in research ethics and methods, our team of 11 rural Nicaraguan farmers, organic agriculture inspectors, and cooperative development promoters … Continue reading
