BFI’s Executive Director, Jeanne Merrill, will be joined by Andrew Green, who serves as the Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets at the USDA. We will discuss the efforts of the Biden-Harris administration to address agricultural market competition issues, what they accomplished, and what remains to be done to advance fair and viable agricultural markets for small, midscale, and underserved farmers in the United States.
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Lunch & Learn webinar series
Fair & Competitive Markets — January 16
Soda Taxes in California — January 21
The recent passage of Measure Z in Santa Cruz marks an important milestone for local soda tax in California. Berkeley, the first city in the nation to implement a sugary drink tax, has demonstrated how these measures can reduce consumption, increase access to healthier options, and fund vital community programs. Join two UC Berkeley experts, Marice Ashe and Kristine Madsen, as they discuss the impact of soda taxes and what the passage of Measure Z means for the future of soda taxes in California.
Past Events
Community Showcase at the Oxford Tract, October 4, 2024
Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Farm to School — Part 1, October 22, 2024
Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Farm to School — Part 2, October 28, 2024
Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Farm to School — Part 3, November 8, 2024
Berkeley Food Institute Career Panel with Food System Professionals, November 12, 2024
Lunch & Learn Webinar: Farmworker Safety & Wellbeing Research — November 20, 2024
Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Climate Solutions in Agriculture — December 5, 2024
FIGC Conference: Diasporic Foods: An exploration of ongoing food relationships and connections, April 5-6, 2024
Gilroy’s Food Justice Vision: Making the City’s Equity Goals a Reality, March 21, 2024
Come from Away: Newfoundland and Labrador’s Food Security Dilemma, March 12, 2024
The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the Americas, February 15, 2024
Cultivating Values-Based Relationships: Career Conversations with Food Systems Professionals, February 9, 2024
Resume Review Night, January 3, 2024
The Future of SNAP & the US Social Safety Net, November 30, 2023
Richmond’s Food Justice Vision: Making the City’s Equity Goals a Reality, November 14, 2023
Climate, Conservation and Equity at USDA with Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary of Agriculture, November 3, 2023
Planning for Food Justice, Dr. Charisma Acey at UC Center Sacramento, October 4, 2023
Community Showcase at the Oxford Tract, September 7, 2023
Graduate Certificate in Food Systems Ceremony, May 9, 2023
Pointing the Farm Bill Toward Racial Justice: A Summit & Briefing, April 30 – May 2, 2023
Food Futures: Ancestral and Contemporary Methods for Transforming Food Systems, FIGC Conference, April 7-8, 2023
Planting Seeds of Connection & Transformation, Food Systems Career Fair, March 17, 2023
Sharpen Your Professional Narrative, Resume Review Night, March 8, 2023
Marion Nestle Student-Faculty Roundtable, November 1, 2022
“First Time Home” Directors Talk, October 28, 2022
Community Showcase at the Oxford Tract, October 27, 2022
Honoring Silent Spring: Stories from the Frontlines of the Fight for a Pesticide-Free Future, October 25, 2022
Legislative Visit at ALBA with CCOF, September 2o, 2022
Return of the Matriarchs: Healing Water Series, August 21 – September 8, 2022
Taste the High Road: Tasting Reception & Policy Briefing on the Restaurant Industry Staffing Crisis, August 2, 2022
Charisma Acey: “Environmental Justice and the Food System in California: How Urban Agroecology Can Support Healthy, Sustainable Communities,” UC Sacramento, April 13, 2022
Decolonizing & Demystifying Careers in Food Research, Career Panel, April 2, 2022
Food Relatives: Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Global Food System, FIGC Conference, April 1-2, 2022
Sonoma County Farm Tour, March 11, 2022
One Fair Wage Book Talk and Policy Panel Discussion, November 10, 2021
Food Systems Resume Workshop, November 9, 2021
Justice for Black Farmers: A Conversation to Uproot Racist Policy and Plant Seeds of Redress, October 28, 2021
Berkeley Mobile Foodscape Map Scavenger Hunt, September 16, 2021
Back to School Food Systems Field Day, September 9, 2021
Congressional Briefing at the Oxford Tract, August 19, 2021
The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability, April 19, 2021
Biomigrations: Food Sovereignty, Security, and Justice in the Americas, FIGC Conference, April 2-3, 2021
The Agroecological City: Sovereignty, Resilience, and the Future of Food, March 2-11, 2021
Food Systems Career Panel Series, November 12 and 17, 2020, February 2, 2021
“COVID’s Hidden Toll”: Discussion with Filmmakers & Policy Leaders, December 15, 2020
Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19 Among California Farmworkers: Infection, Risks, and Impact, December 2, 2020
Kristine Madsen: “Why Soda Taxes Can Address Pandemics and Direct Public Dollars to Equity,” UC Sacramento, September 30, 2020
Fixing Our Children’s Food Environment: An Evening with Bettina Elias Siegel, March 2, 2020
BFI Open House, September 23, 2019
Healthy Campus Food and Beverages Innovation Challenge, April 26-27, 2019
Greek Life Food Experience Roundtable, March 3, 2019
Food Politics 2019 Lecture Series with Marion Nestle, February 5, 12, 19, 2019
Hungry for Change: Emerging Food Systems Leaders, February 8, 2019
Food Systems Career Panel, November 1, 2018
Food in the 15th: A Candidates’ Forum, October 6, 2018
Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley: Foodscape Mapping Project Policy Town Hall, April 26, 2018
Feed Yourself Workshops, April 24-25, 2018
Hilary Hoynes: “Safety Net Investments in Children: The Evidence on SNAP/Cal-Fresh,” UC Sacramento, April 24, 2018
One Fair Wage Conference, April 20, 2018
The Berkeley Potluck Launch, April 19, 2018
Timothy Bowles: “Dirt Matters: Healthy Soil for a Productive and Sustainable California,” UC Sacramento, April 11, 2018
Documenting A Precautionary Tale, January 29, 2018
Food Systems Career Panel, November 8, 2017
Food, Agriculture and Human Impacts on the Environment: Japan, Asia and Beyond, November 6-7, 2017
“Just Food” Podcast Launch, October 3, 2017
Diversified Scholars in Diversified Farming: Broadening Perspectives in the Field, September 18, 2017
BFI Research Showcase, May 3, 2017
UC Berkeley Foodscape Map Launch, April 19, 2017
California Farmworkers’ Rights: What Can Be Done in the Age of Trump? April 13, 2017
Student Listening Session with Farmworker Women, April 13, 2017
Farm Bill 2018: Policy, Politics, and Potential, March 28, 2017
Sustainable Agriculture Research in the Next Farm Bill, March 27, 2017
A Community Forum on Black Liberation and the Food Movement, November 19, 2016
Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley, October 26, 2016
UC Center Food and Agriculture Series, May 12, 19, and 26, 2016
Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley: Project Update and Foodscape Map Presentation, April 27, 2016
The Challenge of Making Good Food Affordable, April 13, 2016
Working for Justice in the Valley, March 9, 2016
California Food Systems in a Time of Change: Budget Reductions, Drought, and Food Insecurity, November 9, 2015
Soda Politics Book Launch: An Evening with Marion Nestle, November 4, 2015
Decolonizing Foodways, October 1, 2015
SNAP Policy Workshop, May 29, 2015
Seed Grant Forum: A Report Back on Multidisciplinary Action-Oriented Research, May 6, 2015
Fostering Resilience and Health of Food Systems in the Face of Drought, April 13, 2015
Cultivating Justice in Food Systems: People, Power, and Policy, March 31, 2015
Innovative Business Models in Food Systems, Aiming to Increase Equity, Sustainability and Health, February 2, 2015
Health and Social Impacts of Urban Food Gardens, November 17, 2014
Practitioner and Expert Panel on Soil Health and Ecosystem Services, November 3, 2014
The Paradox of Obesity: Causes, Consequences and Social-econonimc Dimensions, October 20, 2014
Food, Representation and Identity in Contemporary American Cultures, October 9, 2014
Agriculture and Fracking, September 22, 2014
What’s the Buzz About?: A Conversation about Bee Declines, Impacts on Our Food System and What You Can Do About It, June 16, 2014
Sustainable Livestock Innovations and Impacts, BFI Food Exchange Series, March 15, 2014