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Berkeley

Also known as: Berkeley, CA, Berkeley, California

An East Bay city of ~120,000 anchored by UC Berkeley (founded 1868, the flagship of the University of California system). The post-1960s seedbed of the Free Speech Movement, the disability-rights movement, the U.S. organic-food movement (Chez Panisse 1971, the Edible Schoolyard 1995), and one of the densest concentrations of food cooperatives, lineage-authorized contemplative-practice institutions, and ecological-design organizations in the country.

What this is

Berkeley sits on the East Bay shore of [[san-francisco-bay-area|San Francisco Bay]], north of Oakland, anchored by the University of California (founded 1868). The post-1960s waves of student activism, organic-food entrepreneurship, contemplative practice, and ecological-design work have made [[san-francisco|the city]] one of the most consequential small cities in the U.S. for values-aligned commerce — Chez Panisse opened 1971, Berkeley Bowl 1977, the Edible Schoolyard 1995, and a continuous independent grocery + food-coop + farmers-market culture spanning sixty years.

Listings in Berkeley

  • [[berkeley-bowl]] — the produce-anchored independent grocery, since 1977
  • [[edible-schoolyard]] — Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard at MLK Jr. Middle School, since 1995

Bioregional context

Files under [[san-francisco-bay-area]]. Pairs with [[san-francisco]] across the bay and [[woodacre]] inland in Marin for the bioregion’s principal urban + retreat-corridor coverage.

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  • Member of: [[place]]
  • Contained by: [[san-francisco-bay-area]]
  • Contains: [[berkeley-bowl]] · [[ecology-center-farmers-market]] · [[edible-schoolyard]] · [[lhasa-karnak]] · [[north-berkeley-farmers-market]]

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