Chris Bacon’s passion is sustainable food systems and food justice. His research with smallholder farmers, non-profits, and community organizers in Nicaragua may help reduce seasonal hunger there and globally.
“Meeting people's needs is a key component of sustainability,” he explains; however, “the focus is too frequently narrowed to environmental and economic sustainability, and social justice is let go.” The solution that food justice provides is a renewed focus on the social justice aspects of sustainability without neglecting the importance of environmental and economic sustainability.
