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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Berkeley Student Food Collective considers expanding onto campus

Photo of the Berkeley Student Food Collective

Through the proposed expansion, the Berkeley Student Food Collective hopes to provide increased support to students in need and educate the community on food systems and nutrition.

BSFC is currently operating in a small space off campus, according to BSFC Executive Director Jeff Noven. A grocery store on campus would help students access affordable food and grocery options, including EBT food retail, Noven said in an email.
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Campus

Friday, September 4, 2020

UC Berkeley Food Pantry, Berkeley Student Food Collective adjust health, safety standards

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC Berkeley Food Pantry and the Berkeley Student Food Collective, or BSFC, have adjusted their health and safety standards to provide food and other resources to campus and the Berkeley community.
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Features

Friday, September 21, 2018

Time to face the waste: What UC Berkeley and local organizations are doing to minimize landfill waste

Standing three or more in a row, one of the most familiar sights across the UC Berkeley campus is, in fact, its trash cans. Many of the waste bins, marked according to specified material, sport the phrase “Zero Waste by 2020,” calling on students, faculty and visitors alike to do their part in the campuswide project to promote sustainability.
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Campus

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

UC Berkeley Basic Needs Security Committee lobbies in Sacramento for funding increase

Representatives of the Hunger Free Campus Program asked for an increase in funding from the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, aiming to expand programs that currently allow students with food insecurity to have access to food on campus.
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Campus, Earth Day 2018

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Berkeley organizations strive toward food sustainability

For the groups paving the path to a more sustainable food future in Berkeley, food sustainability is about more than just being ecologically friendly — food sustainability means ensuring food access and affordability, and the reform of food distribution structures.
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City

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Alameda County to extend reusable bag law to retail stores, restaurants

Starting May 1, Alameda County will require retail stores to charge 10 cents per shopping bag and only distribute recycled-content paper or reusable plastic bags, according to a press release issued Monday by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority.
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Crime & Courts

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

UC Berkeley student arrested at protest will not face charges

Jeff Noven, a 21-year-old UC Berkeley student detained at a protest last week, will no longer face charges. Noven was arrested at the San Francisco UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday on suspicion of vandalism and inciting a riot.
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Campus

Monday, November 24, 2014

Hundreds of protesters take to streets, march against tuition hikes

Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and community members marched through the city and campus Monday as part of a systemwide day of action, protesting the recent vote by the UC regents to pass a controversial tuition hike policy.
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Campus

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Wheeler Hall occupation faces shrinking numbers, questions about next steps

In the fifth day of an occupation that began Wednesday evening to protest tuition increases, occupiers started to bump up against shrinking numbers and the looming presence of Thanksgiving break, posing new problems and new opportunities for a largely leaderless movement.
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Campus

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

More than 200 occupy Wheeler Hall at height of protest against tuition hikes

Occupation began Wednesday night, continues Thursday without major class disruption

Student and community activists began occupying Wheeler Hall just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the aftermath of a UC Board of Regents committee approving, 7-2, a controversial tuition increase plan earlier in the day.
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Topics

Berkeley Student Food Collective considers expanding onto campus

UC Berkeley Food Pantry, Berkeley Student Food Collective adjust health, safety standards

Time to face the waste: What UC Berkeley and local organizations are doing to minimize landfill waste

UC Berkeley Basic Needs Security Committee lobbies in Sacramento for funding increase

Berkeley organizations strive toward food sustainability

Alameda County to extend reusable bag law to retail stores, restaurants

UC Berkeley student arrested at protest will not face charges

Hundreds of protesters take to streets, march against tuition hikes

Wheeler Hall occupation faces shrinking numbers, questions about next steps

More than 200 occupy Wheeler Hall at height of protest against tuition hikes

Occupation began Wednesday night, continues Thursday without major class disruption