Diversifying cereal options for our diet
By Karyn Houston
Plant & Microbial Biology
Congratulations to Amrita Hazra, a postdoc in the Taga Lab, and Principal Investigators Sarah Hake and Peggy Lemaux for receiving a grant from the Berkeley Food Instituteto explore millets to diversify cereal options in our diet and the environment.
- Exploring Millets to Diversify Cereal Options in Our Diet and the Environment
After reviewing 18 proposals from a wide range of disciplines across campus, covering an exciting diversity of relevant topics, BFI has selected the following 6 projects to receive grants totaling $147,327:
- Home and Harvest: A Participatory Approach to Improving Food Security among Formerly Homeless Youth In Permanent Supportive Housing
- Engaging Indigenous Farmworkers in Promoting Occupational Health and Safety
- Making the Business Case for Improved Farm Labor Conditions
- Exploring Millets to Diversify Cereal Options in Our Diet and the Environment
- The Berkeley Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Evaluating the Impact
- Mapping Agro-Biodiversity Hotspots and Cultural Foods in the Urban Food Desert: Fostering Community Food Security, Biocultural Diversity, and Health
Each of the projects involves researchers from multiple disciplines and community partners. Congratulations to these grant recipients,