UC Berkeley community gardens foster coalition, food justice

“A lot of the food that is grown in the garden is … maintained by different student groups that come through the garden,” Bennett said.
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“A lot of the food that is grown in the garden is … maintained by different student groups that come through the garden,” Bennett said.
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Chants in opposition to potential development on the Oxford Tract echoed through Giannini Hall at a press conference Thursday.
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Members of the Student Organic Garden Association hosted the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Karen Ross, on the Oxford Tract Thursday evening to discuss the university’s recent plans for a housing development on the site.
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Oxford Tract stakeholders met Thursday night to discuss the potential development of student housing on what is currently the Oxford Tract, announced by the campus housing task force in January.
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I wish to write not to claim to have solutions to the UC Berkeley student housing crisis but to expose one proposed solution that is doing a serious injustice to students, both in the present and in the future. If you’ve ever traveled to the Northwest region of campus, where
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We at the Clog love everything about Berkeley and want our friends to fall in love with it the same way we did. So we’ve compiled a list with customized Berkeley itineraries suited to whatever your friends’ interests might be.
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We decided to experiment with several in-season veggies for our dinner this week with entirely delicious results. Our idea came from the Student Organic Garden Association (SOGA) where we were lucky enough to be gardening when the opportunity to take home a spaghetti squash presented itself. Having never cooked one of these before, we decided to consult the wisdom of the internet. This recipe got us started concocting a plan of delicious action. With cherry tomatoes already on hand from the Gill Tract, we decided to add zucchini and chicken and call it a meal.
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Many of us find comfort in digging our fingers and nails into rich, moist soil on a nice sunny day. But this time, we’d be carrying away deep yellow summer squashes in our dirt-covered hands like the interns this summer at the UC Berkeley Student Organic Garden Association. SOGA, located on
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In an effort to bring more attention to sustainability issues and reinvigorate the campus’ approach to food systems education, students and faculty are spearheading what they hope to be a new minor on campus.
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As students file back onto campus this week, classrooms, cafes and Memorial Glade will not be the only places ablaze with student energy — the Student Organic Gardening Association is preparing for a busy semester of hands-on learning and sustainable agriculture. This time last semester, I entered the Student Organic
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