22 Inspirational Women in Food and Agriculture
BFI affiliated faculty Saru Jayaraman is recognized in this list for her ongoing work in food labor research to advance fair wages and better working conditions for tipped restaurant workers in the US.
BFI affiliated faculty Saru Jayaraman is recognized in this list for her ongoing work in food labor research to advance fair wages and better working conditions for tipped restaurant workers in the US.
BFI affiliated faculty Saru Jayaraman is featured for the work of her organization, Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC), in advocating for low-wage workers in the absence of a traditional union.
With supporting evidence from a study conducted by BFI affiliated faculty Michael Anderson and his team, Anderson highlights the critical impact of adequate food and good nutrition on the academic success of students in an article for The New York Times.
BFI affiliated faculty Patricia Crawford and Wendi Gosliner write on the dangers of energy drinks on young people.
Though California’s “drought emergency” has ended temporarily, BFI affiliated faculty Dennis Baldocchi points to historical data to demonstrate the regularity with which droughts have occurred and warns that future droughts will have increasingly severe impacts due to climate change.
BFI affiliated faculty Brenda Eskenazi contributes to this article on the EPA’s decision to not ban chlorpyrifos.