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By Anoush Alexanian Let’s face it, its been coming up more and more in the news, on TV, in books that advocate food sustainability: monocultures. But what exactly are they? And if they have  been a productive method of farming … Continue reading →

Orthorexia: Not a Kind of Dinosaur, but Just as Scary By Lorna Porter It began simple enough. Disappointed with my health after a semester in the dorms, I was determined to make a change. I was going to be healthy, … Continue reading →

By Nancy Lam For a college student on a budget, cheap and convenient food is a staple and often a must. With never enough time, our options for where to eat are often restricted to venues close to campus. The … Continue reading →

Oakland is a textbook example of an urban food desert. The shocking lack of healthy food and the ubiquity of unhealthy food in the low-income parts of Oakland—and in food deserts all across America for that matter—did not pop up overnight. A mix of policies on the local, state, and national level slowly drove the supermarkets away. Continue reading →

By Caitlyn King Locavore is a recently coined word that has gone distances in the past couple of years. It was named the Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year in 2007 after being coined by 4 women here in … Continue reading →

By Alyssa Kies Whisper sweet nothings to me about free-range birds and grass-fed beef; I’m enamored. I shiver with anticipation waiting for new fruits and vegetables to come into season. Allot me a tiny sample of your triple cream brie; … Continue reading →

My first encounter with the novel idea of food sustainability was when  Michael Pollan’s fantastic book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, arrived in my mail the summer before my freshman year here at UC Berkeley. It was sent to all incoming freshmen as … Continue reading →

By Jenna Kingkade Two years ago I began working for Cal Dining as a food sustainability coordinator- a positon that involved educating students living in the resident halls about food sustainability. I was quite put off by the apathy that … Continue reading →

As a graduate student in planetary science – I study moons of Jupiter – I often feel out of place in undergraduate courses on sustainable agriculture or food journalism.  On the first day of class, when we go around the … Continue reading →

Why would a 2nd year MBA student spend a significant amount of his time facilitating a DeCal class on ‘Food, Health and Sustainability’ in the Journalism school? 1.  I used to be obese I’m currently in the best shape of … Continue reading →