I was thrilled to see one of my heroes, Alice Waters, featured in the Times Magazine this week for her work on The Edible Schoolyard (give them $$!). The ES is a one-acre organic garden and kitchen classroom at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, which is mostly attended by low-income students of color. The students take their produce from seed to table in the kitchen, learning to prepare and enjoy real, slow food. Now Waters is taking her idea to the next level - she's proposed a district-wide program that would replicate the project in other schools. "The first step will be a huge dining commons at King. Furnished using renewable materials and serving breakfast, lunch and a snack made from local organic ingredients, it will serve as a model for how she believes the nation, and not just its elite, should eat." [Read more at the New York Times Magazine].
Posted by jessica at March 6, 2004 3:21 PM