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DESCRIPTION:The Berkeley Student Food Collective will be hosting its First Annual 
 Harvest Gala, which will include a silent auction, organic dinner, live 
 music, speakers and more!  The event will be held at the David Brower 
 Center in Downtown Berkeley and will last from 6-9PM on the evening of 
 November 20th.  Join us and enjoy a night of delicious food, inspirational 
 speakers, and incredible music!\n\nActivism Reactivated: Berkeley Student 
 Food Collective Announces First Annual Harvest Gala \n\nUC Berkeley 
 Students Band Together In Support Of Sustainable Food \n\nBerkeley, CA - A 
 spirit of cooperative action has rekindled and spread among the student 
 population at the University of California, Berkeley. At the forefront of 
 this new interest in cooperative organization is the Berkeley Student Food 
 Collective (BSFC), a group dedicated to the creation of a community-based, 
 cooperatively-run food market/café/deli that will sell fresh, local, 
 healthy, environmentally sustainable, and ethically produced food at an 
 affordable price to Berkeley students and the greater community. On 
 November 20th, the BSFC will hold its First Annual Harvest Gala, a 
 fundraising event as well as an opportunity for potential sponsors to learn 
 more about the organization.   \n\nThe BSFC was created in response to 
 negotiations taking place between UCB and the fast-food chain Panda 
 Express, which was seeking to operate the first-ever fast food restaurant 
 on Berkeley's campus. In the fall of 2008, concerned students rallied 
 together to oppose the Panda Express contract and provide an alternative. 
 The developments that followed led to the birth of the BSFC and plans to 
 create a cooperatively-run deli/grocery/cafe which will also serve as an 
 educational and social hub where people can learn about sustainable food, 
 hear bands play, see art shows, meet with their student groups, hold 
 events, and most of all, eat great food! \n\nTo share its vision with the 
 wider Bay Area community and to raise the necessary funds to make this 
 vision a reality, the BSFC has announced its First Annual Harvest Gala to 
 be held on November 20th in the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley. 
 The event will include live music, organic food, a silent auction, and 
 guest speakers. Alli Reed, fundraising coordinator for the BSFC, describes 
 the gala as “a formal dinner event with a twist—it's being organized by 
 students and youth, so we're getting creative and fun with art displays, 
 musical performances, and other elements. It's going to be an opportunity 
 to get inspired, to support a really incredible vision and movement, and 
 most of all, to have fun!” \n\nTickets are on sale now on a sliding scale 
 from $50-$250! You can purchase tickets at bsfcgala.eventbrite.com or go to 
 http://berkeleystudentfoodcollective.org/gala for more information.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/28/18626992.php
SUMMARY:Berkeley Student Food Collective's First Annual Harvest Gala
LOCATION:David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/28/18626992.php
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