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Each of you is a valued member of the Bruin family, and we want to ensure you have resources to help you maintain your health and well-being. We also want to acknowledge the challenges you face while continuing your work and studies during these turbulent times. We have curated a quick and high-level list of resources here, but we also encourage you to use the search engine below to find additional resources from our vast network of valued partners. Contact us if you believe there is an error in our resources or if you would like to propose the addition of a resource here: livewell@g.ucla.edu.
If you are a student, you may also want to explore Be Well Bruin, a comprehensive resource directory that highlights UCLA’s various resource centers, programs, and departments that support student health & well-being.
EatWell Library Resource Guide
A research guide put together by UCLA Librarian Julie Kwan to find out about the recommendations, data/research, and organizations associated with the EatWell pod!
Good Food for Local Schools
A project of the University of California Office of the President’s Global Food Initiative. Offers a toolkit to guide higher education institutions to support pre-K-12 student access to healthy and sustainable food.
CPO Basic & Essential Needs Resource Guide
Resources around food, housing, financial, transportation, and wellness.
Food Storage Guide
From the Santa Monica Farmers Markets, learn how to store fruits & vegetables to make them last longer.
LA Community Fridges
A network of decentralized, independent fridges & pantries that provide food & vital supplies to our communities through mutual aid.
Donate to the CPO Food Closet
Your generosity ensures that every member of the UCLA community can access these critical resources anonymously and without judgment.
Food Studies Graduate Certificate
Explore policies, initiatives and perspectives supporting sustainable food systems.
Food Studies Minor and Classes
The minor uses food—its production, preparation, sharing, consumption, and disposal—as a lens for understanding individual, sociocultural, and global issues.
Global Food Initiative (GFI) Student Fellows
Students play an important part in the UC Global Food Initiative and efforts to increase food security, health and sustainability. Read about their food-focused research, projects or internships.
Tower Gardens on Sproul Landing Sun Deck
The gardens feature 50 aeroponic grow towers, which provide herbs and greens to Bruin Plate. The towers use 90% less land and 95% less water than conventional farming methods.
UCLA Teaching Kitchen Cooking Classes
Classes are free for UCLA students. Registration for each workshop opens two weeks prior to the scheduled class time.
CPO Winter Holiday Food Box Giveaway
Annual distribution of free food boxes on a first come, first serve basis each December. Each box contains enough perishable and non-perishable items to feed a family of 7-10 people.
CPO Turkey Food Box Giveaway
Annual distribution of free food boxes on a first come, first serve basis each November. Each box contains enough perishable and non-perishable items to feed a family of 7-10 people.
Bruin Dine Food Recovery
Food recovery from UCLA Dining Halls and free meal distribution at the Student Activities Center every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10pm.
As a land grant institution, the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands).