July 6, 2017 BFI seeks to identify, celebrate, and showcase experiences of new generation changemakers. By learning from and sharing their stories, we hope to ultimately advance leadership opportunities in food systems work. The main objectives of the project are to: a) Showcase the experiences and motivations of changemakers to highlight their work and inspire…

May 4, 2017 Rachel Kelley, a medical student at the UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program, spent two summers studying tomato workers’ occupational health by interviewing farmworkers, reviewing literature, and collaborating with rural community health clinics in Tennessee and California. She worked with the Migrant Clinicians Network, East Tennessee State University Occupational and Environmental…

May 3, 2017 In 2015, the Berkeley Food Institute provided seed funding to six multi-disciplinary and innovative research projects in food and agriculture. At this event, grantees shared the results of their research with the Berkeley community. Abstracts on each project can be found in the event program here, and a video recording of each presentation can be found at…

May 2, 2017 Every spring, students in the Nutritional Science and Toxicology (NST) Food Systems course led by Kristen Rasmussen de Vasquez collaborate with campus chefs on revamping an existing recipe to be healthier and more environmentally-conscious. Over the course of the semester, student teams work with a chef partner on altering their assigned recipe according…

April 27, 2017 Last spring marked the first semester of Community Engagement in Food Systems, an experiential learning course in which students work with an organization focused on some aspect of food system change. The course is part of the Food Systems Minor, a collaborative effort led BFI and faculty, administrators, and students from across disciplines that was launched in…