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.
Since 2013, the Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) has cultivated a campus community dedicated to bringing together UC Berkeley academic resources in partnership with communities to shape a just, equitable, and sustainable food system.
In a study led by the University of Copenhagen, the positive effects of diversified agriculture were abundant, while negative effects were hard to find.
Diversified agriculture practices have many social and environmental benefits, including increased resilience to climate change.
A team of researchers, including UC Berkeley John Balmes, agree that climate change is harming human immune systems and call for action.
Ambitious nature-based climate solutions programs could deliver benefits for biodiversity, communities, and the climate. Unfortunately, a lack of evidence about specific benefits from specific strategies prevents researchers and policymakers from confidently prescribing when and where they should be used.