| Haas Graduates' Bold Business Ventures Break the Mold |
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Oct 9 2009 | The Daily Californian |
| Entrepreneurs Alex Velez (left) and Nikhil Arora (right), graduates of the Haas School of Business, started a business growing mushrooms from discarded coffee grounds. Photo taken by Emma Lantos. |
| Students Learn About Food From the Roots Up |
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Oct 1 2009 | The Daily Californian |
| Melissa Smith, a senior conservation and resource studies major and one of the original founders of the Victory Garden, works in the garden as part of a project for ESPM 117. The garden is one of several on campus that have been constructed and maintained without university involvement.(Photo by: Skyler Reid/Daily Cal Staff). |
| September 2009 issue of Bright Green News now available |
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Sep 30 2009 | Office of Sustainability |
| The September 2009 issue the Office of Sustainability’s newsletter: Bright Green News is now available. Some news items are: Campus Releases New Sustainability Goals and Data; Sustainable Foodservice Working Group; Sept 2009 Sustainability Forum Highlights; among other news items. Check it out! |
| Pollan Aids in Digestion of Food Facts |
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Sep 28 2009 | The Daily Californian |
| Michael Pollan is the UC Berkeley Knight Professor of Journalism, author of books such as "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food," and an all-around food guru...Pollan spoke with The Daily Californian about his upcoming lecture for Cal Performances' "Strictly Speaking" series. |
| UC marks 50th anniversary of integrated pest management |
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Sep 21 2009 | The Packer |
| It was 50 years ago in October that four visionary professors at the University of California, three of which were UC Berkeley faculty members, planted the seed that helped to change the face of agriculture around the globe. In the 20 page paper, the professors urged the farming community to recognize that agriculture was part of the overall ecosystem, that pesticides be used only when necessary and that growers should use chemicals with an eye toward protecting beneficial insects. |
| Berkeley Student Food Collective |
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Sep 18 2009 | Berkeley Student Food Collective |
| Two years ago, Panda Express approached UC Berkeley planning to be the first fast-food chain on campus. On May 5, after hundreds of hours of research, dozens of lobbying meetings, 1,300 petition signatures and unprecedented student attendance of every spring Store Operations Board (SOB) voted down negotiations with Panda Express. Today, the Berkeley Student Food Cooperative has secured over $100,000 in grants, 50 active volunteers...click link to read more! |
| The skinny on school lunches |
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Jul 2 2009 | California Magazine |
| In 2004, the Chez Panisse Foundation and the Center for Ecoliteracy along with educators, parents, and nutrition experts decided to revamp the district's cafeteria lunches. Now, the district's students are discovering vegetables in a big way. |
| http://playgreen.typepad.com/blog/what_were_doing/index.html |
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Jun 29 2009 | Cal Recreational Sports |
| Proving once and for all that Rec Sports has the most diverse workforce on campus, we recently employed a small heard of voracious goats to clear 5 acres of bushes, grass, weeds and poison oak on the hillside behind the Golden Bear Rec Center, creating a clean fire break for the building. Not only do the goats work cheap... |
| Children Susceptible to Pesticides Longer Than Expected, Study Finds |
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Jun 22 2009 | UC Berkeley News Center |
| Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected, according to a new study by UC Berkeley researchers. |
| Global warming costs IIlinois farmers millions |
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Jun 22 2009 | San Francisco Examiner Online |
| Despite conventional wisdom that global warming is good for agriculture in the United States, research from LBNL and the Carnegie Institution shows that temperature changes associated with global warming are already harming corn production worldwide. |
| http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1206 |
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Jun 10 2009 | University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| The appearance of genetically modified proteins in maize seed stocks throughout Mexico paints a curious pattern that suggests why efforts to prevent the flow of transgenic plant material into that country could fail, reports a team of researchers in Mexico and at UC Davis. |
| Here Below |
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Jun 8 2009 | California Magazine May/June Issue |
| Pristine Edens of soil may be science's best tool for radically altering earth....The erotic nether life of naked earth has in recent years become more intensely examined by soil and plant scientists, poets, activists, and historians. |
| http://www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view... |
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Jun 1 2009 | Energy Biosciences Institute Website |
| The Energy Biosciences Institute has joined programs at more than 30 universities in the formation of the Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL), which is committed to advancing the role of higher education in the energy field to improve education, decision-making, and societal well-being. |
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