Puzder’s nomination has many food policy and labor experts deeply worried. They say his history of opposition to minimum wage, overtime, and other pro-worker regulations portends a new era of strife for low-income workers.

Renske Lynde’s new Food System 6 aims to empower food entrepreneurs and create large-scale change.

To predict just how various countries might suffer from climate change, a team of scientists at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, have turned to historical records of how temperature affects key aspects of the economy.

Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues at the University of California, Berkeley, the Yamashita Prize is given to an outstanding young social change activist/scholar whose work transforms the existing social landscape and serves as a bridge between the academy and the community.

Amid increasing demand from students, the UC Berkeley Food Pantry has officially partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank in order to provide greater access to food.

The number of US tenant farmers age 25 to 44 has climbed 9 percent since 2007.