The food policy expert recently met with the UC Berkeley community to talk about her path to a career in food systems. November 3, 2022 By Austin Price, BFI Communications Coordinator Marion Nestle is no stranger to the Berkeley food systems community. Whenever she comes to town, she tends to fill up auditoriums and event…
The Filipino American labor organizer built the foundation for today’s farm labor movement. October 25, 2022 By Austin Price, BFI Communications Coordinator On September 8, 1965, hundreds of Filipino American farmworkers walked off the table grape vineyards of Delano, California. The demands of their strike were clear – the workers wanted federal minimum wage and…
Soil contains about 2,500 billion metric tons of carbon. It’s the second-biggest carbon sink on the planet, currently holding about three times as much carbon as the atmosphere. Some scientists and activists think it could do even more.
At the UC Botanical Garden, Cat Callaway is piecing together crops of the world with their wild relatives. October 20, 2022 By Sarah Siegel, BFI Communications Assistant Cat Callaway is no stranger to the odd job. She’s taught people how to fix bikes, worked as a landscaper, managed an organic farm, taught English, worked for…
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, bestselling author of “How to be an Antiracist,” speaks with Saru Jayaraman, the president of One Fair Wage, about the subminimum wage for tipped workers and its legacy of slavery and racism.
The Mendocino Voice caught up with Andrea Brown, the Hopland Scholar for the year 2022-23, and Monica Donegan, who does research on a grant through the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Both are studying Pierce’s Disease in the Almeida Lab at the University of California, Berkeley.