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Apply to become a FoodCorps Service Member!

February 25, 2011 by Frances.Kawamoto

FoodCorps, a new national service program designed to reverse childhood obesity while cultivating a new generation of farmers and public health leaders, is now accepting applications from potential Service Members. FoodCorps Service Members will spend a year of paid public service building and tending school gardens, developing Farm to School programs and conducting hands-on nutrition… Read more »

“Urban Homesteading” gets trademarked

February 23, 2011 by Frances.Kawamoto

The term “urban homesteading,” which pertains to the practice of organic gardening, food foraging, and hand-crafting (among other cost-effective and energy-saving efforts) in urban areas, is no longer in the public domain. Since the term was trademarked by the Dervaes family in Pasadena a few years ago, groups that are engaged in grassroots efforts under… Read more »

Students Launch Nationwide Campus Food Co-op Project

February 7, 2011 by Frances.Kawamoto

Two years ago, the Ecology Center highlighted the fledgling efforts of this group at the Sustainability Summit. In two years, it has taken off to be something much, much bigger. Read on to see how students nationwide are joining the movement to change campus food.… Read more »

EcoFarm Attendees’ Response to USDA Decision to Allow GMO Alfalfa

February 4, 2011 by Frances.Kawamoto

Every year, the Ecology Center’s Berkeley Farmers’ Market staff attends the EcoFarm Conference, the largest organic farming conference on the West Coast. The following press release was drafted during this year’s conference, when news of the USDA’s approval of GMO alfalfa was announced.… Read more »

Jerry Brown appoints John Laird to top Natural Resource Post

January 18, 2011 by Frances.Kawamoto

Gov.-elect Jerry Brown is expected to appoint former Santa Cruz legislator John Laird head of the state Natural Resources Agency, sources said Saturday–a role that will give the environmental advocate a powerful voice in oversight of logging, fishing, farming, parks and water policies. The appointment, likely to be announced after Brown’s swearing-in this week, suggests… Read more »