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Farmers’ Market Layout Changes – Coming August, 2025

In the coming weeks, you may see some big changes at our three weekly Berkeley Farmers’ Markets. We are significantly changing the layouts of our markets to comply with new Fire Code enforcement requirements from the Berkeley Fire Department. But… Read more »

In the Face of Federal Budget Cuts: Market Match Offers Food Security and Food Sovereignty

At a time when Congress is trying to cut food security and healthy entitlements, the Ecology Center’s Market Match program offers thousands of families facing hunger the ability to overcome high food costs, by doubling their purchasing power for California’s… Read more »

Youth Environmental Academy Scholars: They get it

After two successful months of the Youth Environmental Academy under our belt, we are digging deeper into our climate literacy curriculum. Our new scholars have been learning about a wide variety of topics ranging from the different aspects of our… Read more »

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