Project Description
UC Berkeley is home to a growing network of gardens that capture student interest in urban agriculture and greening and respond to urban sustainability, food security, environmental health, and climate change resilience. Many of these gardens are student led and maintained with specific functions for food production, education, research, and/or cultural representation. In 2016-2017, a strategic plan for campus farms and gardens was conducted across campus that revealed challenges of equity and inclusion in gardening spaces that mirrors those in national and Bay Area urban agriculture. These unequally prioritize white and privileged spaces, disconnecting from communities of color, facing food insecurity, and with historical and cultural ties to land and food production.