Eat, Learn, Live

The Ultimate Interactive Food Experience with Internationally Acclaimed Food Expert Michael Pollan
Thursday, October 1, from 4-6:00 p.m.
Krutch Theater, Clark Kerr Campus
2601 Warring St, Berkeley

This event is co-sponsored by Cal Dining.

Eat, Learn, Live is your chance to meet Michael Pollan as well as visit an array of booths to learn about where to shop for sustainable food (or grow it yourself), and how to prepare it. You can also find out about ways to get involved on campus, with student organizations such as the Berkeley Student Food Collective. Many of the booths will feature food tastings and other fun activities.

Space is limited to 300 new students in L&S. In order to attend this event you will need to pick up a ticket on Friday, September 25, in the lobby of Campbell Hall. The ticket giveaway starts at 9:00 a.m. and continues until we run out of tickets, or at noon, whichever comes first. To claim your ticket you must show your student id and the copy of The Omnivore's Dilemma that we sent you (with our logo on it).

The first 100 students in the door of the event will receive an organic cotton tote bag.

Selected Exhibitors

Alter Eco: Taste fair trade, organic and carbon neutral foods, including chocolate!
The Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy: Learn about how your food choices affect lives other than your own, and taste pre-made vegan foods.
Berkeley Student Food Collective: Bring a t-shirt and you can screen print the Berkeley Student Food Collective logo on it--and find out about internship opportunities.
Artisana: Taste delicious raw organic nut butters (on rice cakes provided by Lundberg).
ASUC Sustainability Team: Learn about ways you can get involved in this team's important projects.
Bobby G's Pizzeria: This popular restaurant on the west side of campus will provide easy-to-prepare appetizers.
Cal Dining: Learn about Cal Dining's green programs, the edible garden project at Clark Kerr, and nutritional information on the food you eat at the Dining Commons.
Community Alliance with Family Farmers: Pick up a free Bay Area Local Food Guide and test your skill at a blind taste test.
Corto Olive: Sample extra virgin olive oil produced in Lodi, California, and learn about the farming and milling operation.
The Student Dietetic Association: Learn about nutrition and healthy eating.
Edible East Bay: Pick up copies of this attractive and informative magazine and learn about issues relevant to the local food movement.
Guayaki: Try fresh yerba mate from their Carbon-Subtracting Yerba Mate station, as well as bottled yerba mate and organic energy shots . . . and take away a half-pound biodegradable bag of loose yerba mate to brew at home!
Hodo Soy Beanery: Learn about the tofu-making process and the health, environmental and financial benefits of eating locally, and try samples of this artisanal company's delicious tofu dishes.
Lundberg Family Farms: Taste organic rice cakes with a variety of toppings.
Magical Gardens: See a demonstration of worm bins, which are workable even for intrepid dorm dwellers, conducted by a recent Cal alum.
Organic Valley Family of Farms: Meet farmers and learn about cooperative organics.
Campus Recycling and Refuse Services: Learn about recycling, source reduction and sustainability on campus--and how you can make a difference!
Roots of Change: Learn about how to change our food system, and sign the Food Declaration.
UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability: Learn about campus sustainability efforts and join their listserve.
Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology (SAFE): Find out how to sprout lentils and mung beans to make healthy, tasty snacks, from the members of this student organization.
TCHO Chocolates: Sample their "obsessively good chocolate for a new generation."
Walker's Ranch: Taste organic apples or apple juice grown by a descendent of the man who planted the first Gravensteins in Sonoma County.
Whole Foods: Sample local produce and "whole trade" certified snacks while learning about the ways Whole Foods is working to change the way people eat at a local and global level.