BFI will be holding a resume building workshop to help undergraduate and graduate students better communicate their professional, life, and academic experiences in the food system workforce. No matter where you are in your career journey, we welcome you to join us on April 9th from 5-7 PM in 260 Mulford Hall, RCNR Advisor Lounge for a discussion about best practices and small group review with experts in the field to make you a stronger candidate for the opportunities you seek out. Dinner will be provided. Space will be limited to a first come first serve basis. Registration required.
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Upcoming events
Upcoming Events
Resume, Cover Letter, & Interview Prep Night
Urban Organic Transition Workshop
Join us on Thursday, April 16th from 3-5pm at the Oxford Tract for an Urban Organic Transition Workshop. Panelists will share their perspectives of organics, and create space for them to share the challenges they may face and the solutions they may have. Featuring Panelists: Yolanda Burrell, Pollinate Farm and Garden, Catherine de la Peña, NRCS, and Lucas Hill, Agriculture Institute of Marin. Event is open to all!
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
- Changing the Menu: California’s Historic Break Up with Ultra-Processed Foods Starts in Schools, March 11, 2026 with Brian Ronholm, Beth Katz, Erin Primer, Laura Schmidt, and Moderator Helena Bottemiller Evich
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
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: Soil Carbon and Climate Solutions in Agriculture with Dr. Rebecca Ryals and Virginia Jameson, December 11, 2025
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: Working during Wildfires with Zeke Guzman, Linda Gordon, Carly Hyland, February 23, 2026
- Lunch & Learn Webinar: Understanding H.R. 1’s Impact on SNAP and CalFresh in California, March 18, 2o26, with Hilary Hoynes and Monica Saucedo
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