U.S. may consider environment in dietary guidelines
UC Food Observer has previously shared information about the nation’s 2015 Dietary Guidelines, which will be released later this year by the USDA. The guidelines are expected to explicitly link …
Food system reform is an issue of national security
A recent Washington Post op-ed penned by Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter spoke eloquently of the need for a national food policy. It was an …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: A survey of feedlot …
Edible Education 101 begins 1/26
UC Berkeley’s Food Institute, in collaboration with Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard Project and other partners, are offering a course entitled “Edible Education 101: The Rise and Future of the Food …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: animal welfare; a student …
On the eve of President Obama’s State of the Union address, Mark Bittman provides his own take on the “State of Food” in a piece appearing in the New York …
Cal to host food luminaries in 2015
The University of California Berkeley has announced that the campus will host several “food luminaries” during the spring 2015 semester. Several individuals will teach and conduct research on issues related …
The Food_Observer chooses 5 important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. We’ll call it “5 for 5”. In no particular order. 1. What the Bittman, …
What the Bittman, et al op-ed missed
Two weeks ago the Washington Post published an op-ed co-authored by Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Oliver de Schutter. The piece, accessible by clicking on the Washington Post link here, …