Edible Occupation 101: Careers in Sustainable Food and Agriculture

Agrariana and the Berkeley Student Food Collective Present:
Edible Occupation 101: Careers in Sustainable Food and Agriculture 

Now that UC Berkeley students and community have gained an Edible Education, it’s time to find an Edible Occupation.  On Monday, October 24 at 7:00pm in 159 Mulford Hall on the UC Berkeley campus (map), Agrariana and the Berkeley Student Food Collective (BSFC) present an evening with young voices sharing how you can start a career in sustainable food and agriculture.

Edible Occupation 101 will begin with a panel featuring:

Leah Atwood – Program Director, Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture

Melisa Lin - Sales Representative, Veritable Vegetable

Nathan McClintock – Geography PhD in urban agriculture

Hallie Muller - Outreach and Education Coordinator, Full Belly Farm

May Nguyen - Permaculture Designer, Planting Justice

Anders Olson – Flying Shovels Farm

Esperanza Pallana - Pluck & Feather/East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance

Karen Rogers - Founder/ Director, Sprouts Cooking Club 

The panelists will discuss the multitude of career paths related to the food movement, how they embarked on their chosen career paths, and the barriers they’ve encountered along the way.   

The panel will be followed by a mixer catered by the BSFC, giving attendees an opportunity mingle with professionals and discuss how to break into a career in food and agriculture. The panelists and representatives from the Worldwide Farmers Exchange, Fair Trade USA, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Sysco, Veritable Vegetable, and many more organizations will be in attendance.  If you or your organization would like to be represented at the mixer, please email info@agrariana.org.

This event is part of Food Day, a series of events on food happening across the country on Oct. 24. 

Members of the public welcome.  $5 donation requested.  No one turned away. You can RSVP via our Facebook invite.  
 
Agrariana, is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and celebrating rural life, even in urban spaces.  The BSFCis a student–run organization that provides fresh, local, healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethically produced food at affordable prices to the Berkeley campus and greater community.