Looking for something to do this weekend? How about a trip to Gilroy for some garlic rosemary chicken sandwiches or garlic lumpia, with garlic ice cream for dessert? You got it. The Gilroy Garlic Festival is running its 35th celebration this Friday through Sunday. We all know the charming smell Read More…
UC Berkeley’s Maximino Martinez Commons, Fight the Flow, and the LeanPath waste reduction system each won a 2013 Best Practice Award at the CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference. Read More…
Around this time each semester, the air around Berkeley typically reeks of desperation. With finals but a few days away now, the collective brains of Cal students have been fried to the point where all kinds of weird things can happen. Last semester, someone finally lost it and attempted to Read More…
If passed, Assembly Bill 199, the “Choose California” bill, would mandate that state institutions purchase foods from California farms so long as their prices are not more than 5 percent more expensive than identical items from outside the state. Read More…
Before 5 p.m. most nights, a crowd of students forms outside the Crossroads campus dining hall, all eager to eat their fill and get on with their evening plans. When the doors are unlocked, the students file in, but despite the multitude of options Crossroads offers, a line always forms Read More…
Cal Dining signed a 15-year contract beginning July 1 with Cal Athletics to provide all of its concessions for home sporting events, creating an upgraded menu for the upcoming football season. Read More…
Nearly a year after Cal Athletics first announced its 2020 zero-waste initiative last fall, the campus is moving forward on its plans to make the new Memorial Stadium a zero-waste facility. Read More…
The cafe, located at the Unit 3 residence hall between Channing Way and Durant Avenue, will begin its new hours of operation and provide brunch and dinner starting Aug. 20. Read More…
One news outlet has reported that Berkeley restaurant Top Dog is in talks to sell its popular hot dogs at Memorial Stadium this season. Read More…
The emphasis placed on food and food culture is everywhere in Berkeley. Local, sustainable and organic are ideas that have emerged in the last 30 years and that continue to resonate with the residents and the students living in the city. This video series explores why organic and sustainable are Read More…
