Food & Sustainability

Why is food such an important part of sustinability? Because the hidden cost of food is in the carbon pollution produced by current food production systems that are often highly mechanized and globalized. This page provides many resources to help you "green" your food.

		Calculate the carbon you're cooking up!
		How "green" is your lifestyle? Use the CoolCalifornia Carbon Foot Print Calculator to calculate the carbon impact your lifestyle, including diet.
		Explore your sustainable food resources...
		Learn how sustainable agriculture works or how it fits into an urban system. There are many classes and DeCals at UC Berkeley that can help you learn about sustainable food production, as well as student groups such as the Student Organic Gargen Association.
		We've even got great recipes to help you cook up your sustainably student-grown greens!
		Look up great recipes that use the foods grown organically and sustainably in the student organic garden and other local, sustainable gardens or-- upload your own recipe!