Based in Berkeley, California, and world-renowned in the culinary world, Alice Waters is a chef and food activist, and an influential proponent of the slow food movement, considered the healthy antithesis of fast food. Her attachment to “farm to fork” cooking developed during her studies in France. In her Chez Panisse restaurant (Michelin Green Star), she applies values centered on healthy, sustainable eating, flavor, food resilience and education. Her goal in creating The Edible Schoolyard Project was simply to take her commitment even further.
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The Edible Schoolyard Project
The Edible Schoolyard Project, a non-profit organization founded in 1995 by Alice Waters, was born of the idea of transforming the food supply in a California middle school. Now a veritable hub for food education, the site brings together organic school gardens, kitchens and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of food, community and responsibility. It’s a rich education taught to students, tackling topics related to climate change, health and social inequalities. Through joyful, dynamic learning, students forge bonds around food and nature. To date, the Edible Schoolyard project has enabled the launch of food education programs in over 5,000 schools worldwide, in 75 countries.
