SOCIAL BUSINESS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FOOD SECTOR IN THE DISTRICT OF JARDIM SÃO LUÍS/SP

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2163102316053

• Palavras-chave: Social Inequality, Food, Social Business.

• Keywords: Social Inequality, Food, Social Business.

• Abstract:

  Brazil is a country marked by high social inequality and access to food is one of the main social indicators of the differences between the rich and the poor. Food directly influences the quality of life and health of the population, with low-income people being the most affected by the difficulty of accessing healthy food. This way, the performance of the food sector aimed at the low-income population contributes to the reduction of social inequality, either through the offer of gastronomy courses that will train and generate opportunities for socially vulnerable young people and adults, or through the construction of different tools of awareness about waste and full use of food, thus generating possibilities to undertake and connect people through gastronomy. Social Business emerges as an undertaking capable of complementing government action, acting on social problems and contributing to the achievement of the goals established by the United Nations (UN) in the 2030 Agenda.