CommUniverCity: Growing Sustainability
San José State University Research Foundation
About the Project
The Open Space Authority grant helped fund "CommUniverCity," a signature program of the San José State University Research Foundation that aims to create a self-sustaining food system for low-income communities in Central San José, where each child has opportunities to garden at a school garden or urban farm in their neighborhood. The program increases awareness of the importance of eating healthy, fresh foods, and promotes environmental stewardship among low-income children and their families.
“This program really opens your eyes to the problems that exist in our cities today, like food deserts. It’s hard to eat healthy. We’re introducing kids to things like seasonality of produce and buying organic.”