Join the Berkeley Food Institute and UC Berkeley Journalism for a special lunchtime Q&A featuring Helena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor-in-chief of Food Fix and Mark Schapiro, UC Berkeley Journalism lecturer. Helena and Mark will pull back the curtain on strategies for reporting on the contested terrain of food policy and the implications for the cultivation and consumption of food. They will also consider the possibilities and pitfalls of going independent – as Bottemiller Evich did in her shift from Politico — to create her own news site, Food Fix.

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Helena Bottemiller Evich

Bottemiller Evich led coverage of food and agriculture at POLITICO for nearly a decade, winning numerous awards for her work, including a George Polk Award for a series on climate change and two James Beard Awards for features on nutrition and science.

Mark Schapiro

Schapiro is an award-winning investigative journalist specializing in the environment and Lecturer at UC Berkeley Journalism. His most recent book, Seeds of Resistance, investigates the struggle to find, and control, climate resilient seeds.

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Changing the Menu: California’s Historic Break Up with Ultra-Processed Foods Starts in Schools

The lunchtime discussion serves as a kick-off conversation before the Berkeley Food Institute’s evening panel, moderated by Helena Bottemiller Evich, and featuring Laura Schmidt, PhD, Professor, UC San Francisco; Beth Katz, PhD, Co-Founder + Executive Director, Food Insight Group; Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy, Consumer Reports and a co-sponsor of AB 1264; and Erin Primer, Food & Nutrition Services Director, San Luis Coastal Unified School District. Space is limited. RSVP here.