July 20, 2022 By Berkeley Food Institute If you haven’t seen Minari yet, queue this one for your next movie night. The heartfelt film from the studios of A24 tells the tender story of a Korean-American family that starts a farm growing Korean vegetables and endures the struggles of building a home in 1980s Arkansas. Last…
Graduate student leaders reflect on the 2022 Food Institute Graduate Council conference July 19, 2022 By Rosario Torres, Nani Conklin, and Jesús I’x Nazario In early April, the Food Institute Graduate Council (FIGC) at UC Berkeley organized its second annual food systems conference, entitled “Food Relatives: Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Global Food System.” Over the…
The BFI alum and executive director of Herbicide Free Campus is training a nationwide cohort of campus anti-pesticide activists.
There is as massive of a childcare exodus and shortage as there is a restaurant worker exodus and shortage — and women and people of color are collectively in this country saying, “Take your low wage job and shove it.”
UC Berkeley STEM graduate Alberto Ibarra reflects on how his family, and the campus community, helped him to overcome barriers to achieve his Berkeley degree.
The extension economist is exploring the challenges and opportunities in future groundwater management in California.