As we head into summer, the Berkeley Food Institute is excited to announce our newest student fellows and researchers. Students are a key part of BFI’s community engagement and education efforts on campus, working with us on a variety of research, policy, and communications projects at the forefront of food systems. This summer, we welcomed…
With California now practicing shelter-in-place statewide, our thoughts are with all of you as we navigate this uncertain time together. Our top priority is everyone’s health and safety, and we know that access to healthcare, food, shelter, and other basic needs are core to keeping our community safe from COVID-19. Below we have posted resources…
February 2o, 2020 By Frances Roberts-Gregory Frances Roberts-Gregory is a PhD candidate in Society & Environment. With travel support from the Berkeley Food Institute (BFI), I travelled last month to the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG) Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a Black environmentalist living and working in New Orleans, and Berkeley PhD…
As UC Berkeley's contract with Pepsi is set to expire, students are pushing the university to rethink beverage service on campus.
December 4, 2019 By Rachel Maas and Caroline Hart In fall 2019 students in the Graduate Certificate in Food Systems core course “Transforming Food Systems: From Agroecology to Population Health” visited community organizations in the East Bay. The following reflections are a sample of how these visits changed students’ understanding of food systems. Rachel Maas…