Analysis shows that some young and beginning farmers are able to succeed with complex individualized networks of support.

SB 1000 requires cities and counties with “disadvantaged communities” to incorporate environmental justice into their General Plans. Our analysis shows that SB 1000 can serve as an important avenue for advancing comprehensive food access policies at the local level.

Farm size, land tenure, and access to technical expertise are major barriers that prevent participation in the Healthy Soils Program for many farmers, especially farmers of color.

Private investment can be an important step in addressing land access and capital barriers, but there must be broader food system changes to meet the goals of scaling regenerative agriculture.

Is it possible to design a new, voluntary private investment vehicle whose focus is on both achieving investor returns and on enhancing soil health?

During the pandemic, Great Plates Delivered took on the dual task of getting prepared meals to isolated seniors and supporting restaurants across California.

BFI and the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law convened a virtual roundtable of stakeholders — farmers, researchers, investors, and policy experts — to identify critical barriers to regenerative agriculture adoption as well as solutions with high potential to effect change.

Impacts on Workers, Consumers, and Communities

In 2019, the Berkeley Food Institute undertook a project to investigate the beverage landscape at the UC Berkeley locations that are affected by the PepsiCo contract. This report summarizes the research findings and proposes next steps to improve the health of our campus environment.

The UC Berkeley Foodscape Map aims to both reveal barriers to the full participation of historically marginalized community members in food-related learning and practice, and highlight opportunities for — and successes in — overcoming such obstacles.