This webinar on Thursday, December 11th from 12 – 1pm PST will explore how agriculture can be a tool for addressing climate change, drawing on insights from both research and real-world applications. Dr. Rebecca Ryals (UC Merced) will share her research on landscape management for climate mitigation, focusing on soil health, carbon sequestration, and compost/biochar application. Virginia Jameson, Deputy Secretary at CA Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), will highlight the State’s efforts to promote healthy soils practices as part of achieving the nature-based solutions targets established by AB 1757 (2022). Together, they will explore the role of agriculture in building a more resilient future.
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Upcoming events
Lunch & Learn Webinar – Soil Carbon and Climate Solutions in Agriculture
Past Events
Agroecology and Wellness
- Beyond the Field Workshop with Annie Edwards, Brooke Porter, Colleen Hotchkiss and Shufang Tian, October 17, 2025
Community Engagement
- Annual Community Showcase, September 25, 2025
Education
- Food Systems Career Panel of Experts, Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Policy
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: Antitrust Law and Food Systems with Christopher Leslie and Doha Mekki, September 25, 2025
- Christina Badaracco and Jeanne Merrill on The Farm Bill at Clio’s Books, September 29, 2025
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: Shaping CA Policy on Ultra-Processed Foods with Dr. Laura Schmidt and Jessie Gouck, October 27, 2025
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: CA Farm to School Grant Program Evaluation 2025 Progress Report + Policy Recommendations with Debbie Friedman and Rebecca Harnik, November 18, 2025
Agroecology and Wellness
- Land as Wellness, May 6, 2025
Community Engagement
- Greening Factory Farms vs. Agroecology with Tim Bowles PhD, Michael Grunwald and moderator Kim Severson, April 17, 2025
- Community Showcase at the Oxford Tract, October 4, 2024
Education
- BFI Student Research Grant Presentations & Lunch, April 30, 2025
- Longer Table and FEED Tour Field Trip, April 25, 2025
- Resume Review Night, April 16, 2025
- BFI Cooking Workshop – Berkeley Student Farms & Transfer Center with Chef Linh Vong, April 4, 2025
- BFI Cooking Workshop with Chef Meena Hussain, March 21, 2025
- BFI Cooking Workshop with Chef Yuji Ishikata, March 7, 2025
Policy
- Lunch and Learn – The New Tobacco? A Discussion about Ultra-Processed Foods with Laura Schmidt PhD, May 5, 2025
- Lunch and Learn – Global Food Systems Resilience: Concepts and Practice with Robin Marsh PhD, March 11, 2025
- Lunch and Learn – Transitions in Farmland Ownership and Water Access in California with Paolo D’Odorico PhD, Benji Reade Malagueño, and Jenny Rempel, February 18, 2025
- Lunch and Learn – Soda Taxes in California: Public Health Impacts and the Policy Landscape with Marice Ashe and Kristine Madsen, MD, January 21, 2025
- Lunch and Learn – Fair & Competitive Markets: Lessons learned from the Biden administration’s efforts to improve competition within agriculture with Andy Green (USDA), January 16, 2025
- Lunch and Learn – Farmer Safety and Wellbeing Research: Water Access and heat impacts on farmworker communities with Sam Ying PhD and Federico Castillo, November 22, 2024
- Lunch and Learn – Farm to School Grantee Experience with Yasmeen Lee and Nick Anicich, November 22, 2024
- Lunch and Learn – Farm to School District and ECE Experience with Eva Ringstrom and Gwenaël Engelskirchen, November 21, 2024
- Lunch and Learn- The Farm to School Program with Yvonne Socolar and Meg Resler PhD, November 21, 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