BFI in the Media
Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide
5 food power players have strong ties to the MAHA movement
Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?
On organic farms, workers are exposed to fewer pesticides. “For me, that’s the key,” Tim Bowles said. “The chemical exposure that conventional agriculture brings is very, very real for the people who are embedded in growing it."
Only 8% of California Rivers and Streams Have Gauges Measuring Flow, Study Finds
“If we don’t know how much water is flowing through our rivers and streams, it makes it very difficult to make decisions on how to allocate it,” said BFI affiliated faculty Ted Grantham. “We need to know how much water is available, and we need to know how much water is being used. And California is actually really deficient in both of those areas.”
Study Shows PFAS Threat to Drinking Water in Rural, Predominantly Latinx Communities
A UC Berkeley study led by Rachel Morello-Frosch is the first to evaluate PFAS contamination from pesticides in California, and the first environmental justice study on the issue.