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Topic: Energy & Environment

Five people hold a large check for $40,000 and a bicycle on stage.

Green Empowerment

A transformative $1.5 million gift from the Strauch brothers has renamed UC Berkeley Haas’ Cleantech to Market program, which pairs graduate student teams with cleantech startups. Since 2008, 660+ students have worked on 120+ projects, and participating startups have raised nearly $1.3 billion.

Bags and plastic containers of salad mix made by Taylor Farms.

Taylor Farms

Bruce Taylor, BS/BA 78, a third-generation Salinas lettuce grower, founded Taylor Farms in 1995 and built it into a $7 billion enterprise—North America’s leading producer of salads and healthy fresh foods, with 25,000+ employees and 165 million servings of produce a week.