A tour of Sonoma County farms gives students a glimpse at a possible food systems transformation. May 10, 2022 By Justina Robinson, BFI communications assistant Earlier this spring, on an early March morning, a group of 21 students, Berkeley Food Institute co-associate faculty director Tim Bowles, and a few members of the BFI staff boarded…
May 5, 2022 By Berkeley Food Institute BFI is saddened to share the passing of our affiliated faculty and Executive Committee member, Stephen Sugarman. Steve passed away in December 2021 after an extended illness. He was 79. For nearly half a century, Steve made immeasurable contributions to the UC Berkeley community as a faculty at…
In a UC Center Sacramento webinar, Dr. Charisma Acey discusses agroecosytems as an essential part of our urban landscapes. April 27, 2022 By Berkeley Food Institute Twelve percent of California’s population lives with food insecurity. In the East Bay, that rate is even higher. More than 120,000 people in Alameda County rely on CalFresh, California’s…
Women make up two-thirds of tipped restaurant workers. Restaurants also have the highest concentration of single mothers of any industry.
The author of Healing Grounds makes the case for restoring soil through land and racial justice.
75 percent of tipped restaurant workers report their tips have gone down during the pandemic and 54 percent report harassment at work has gone up.