Agroecology & Cooperative Food Systems Change Conference
At SCU Learning Commons and Library, St Clare Room
Interpretation provided by North Santa Clara Resource Conservation District (NSCRCD)
Who: Open to the public with pre-registration, including leaders, program managers, government agency staff members, farmers, advocates, university students, and researchers.
When: April 12, 2025, 9 am - 4 pm - lunch and tea/light refreshments included
Why: The South Bay Food Justice Collaborative participants have partnered with the SCU's Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative, Veggielution, UC Cooperative Extension, and other partners to convene a conference. The goals are to:
(1) Share food justice action and research initiatives guided by efforts to advance food security, food sovereignty, and resilience in South Bay Area food systems and beyond.
(2) Analyze potential disruptions and develop scenarios, such as 20% to 30% funding cuts to food systems work, that we could anticipate in the next 6 months to 3 years.
(3) Develop strategies, such as mutual aid, skill shares, and ideas to plan collective action responses that use agroecology and community organizing to secure the human right to food for all and accelerate the transition toward more sustainable food systems.
Where: Santa Clara University, St. Clare Room
The program organizing committee includes
- Christopher Bacon, Santa Clara University
- Lucy O Diekmann, UC Cooperative Extension
- Maria Eugenia Flores Gomez, Santa Clara University
- Samiha Hamdi, Fresh Approach
- Acacia Lynch, Fresh Approach
- Susan Chen, San Jose State University
- Fernando Fernandez, Veggielution
- Claudia Damiani, Veggielution
- Garry Sotnik, Valley Verde
- Mary Anna Cazarez, Independent
- Dereck Bryant, City of Santa Clara