- University of South Florida
BIO
CJ Sands (he/they) is from California and graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Geography and Geographic Information Systems. During his time at USF, CJ became a certified beekeeper, worked with the USF Food Sovereignty Group, Hillsborough County Agriculture Extension under a food systems program called Homegrown Hillsborough, and various food-related nonprofits and grassroots organizations throughout the Tampa Bay area.
As an MS student in UVM’s Food Systems program, CJ is interested in analyzing food sovereignty initiatives in food-insecure communities and identifying strategies to enhance food sovereignty, social equity, and community resilience.
In their free time, CJ likes to play board games with friends, trail running, birding, and build native pollinator gardens while taking photos of all the pollinators that come to visit.
Bio
CJ Sands (he/they) is from California and graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Geography and Geographic Information Systems. During his time at USF, CJ became a certified beekeeper, worked with the USF Food Sovereignty Group, Hillsborough County Agriculture Extension under a food systems program called Homegrown Hillsborough, and various food-related nonprofits and grassroots organizations throughout the Tampa Bay area.
As an MS student in UVM’s Food Systems program, CJ is interested in analyzing food sovereignty initiatives in food-insecure communities and identifying strategies to enhance food sovereignty, social equity, and community resilience.
In their free time, CJ likes to play board games with friends, trail running, birding, and build native pollinator gardens while taking photos of all the pollinators that come to visit.