UC Berkeley Professor Shares Love of Edible, Nutritious Weeds
Philip Stark shares information about edible weeds during a walk in South Hayward.
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Q&A with Nathan Sayre
March 23, 2017 Professor Nathan Sayre on his new book, The Politics of Scale: A History of Rangeland Science Scientists today recognize the flaws of old ideas about rangeland ecology, but the broader public (and especially many environmental activists) continue to believe that (a) livestock are the root cause of rangeland degradation, everywhere and always,…
Do Healthy Lunches Improve Student Test Scores?
A new study identifies a link between food quality and achievement.
Why Supporting Your Local CSA Matters
March 15, 2017 By Carolina Prado, Graduate Student in ESPM, UC Berkeley In summer of 2016 I received a community engagement fellowship through the Berkeley Food Institute. I partnered with Phat Beet Produce, an Oakland based food justice organization that works on creating access to healthy produce in the city on a restorative economics model.…
What’s Killing Bees? Students Young and Old Yearn to Know
The decline in bee populations is exacerbated by climate change, exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides, and decreasing plant diversity.
New Study: Soils Could Release Much More Carbon Than Expected as Climate Warms
Soils could release much more CO2 than expected into the atmosphere as the climate warms. The findings are based on a field experiment that explored what happens to organic carbon trapped in soil when all soil layers are warmed, which in this case extend to a depth of 100 centimeters.