Thanks to the famed Alice Waters, the 'eat what you grow' guru of Chez Panisse, there are organic gardens and kitchen classrooms popping up around the country. The Edible Schoolyard, a program of the Chez Panisse Foundation, has actor Jake Gyllenhaal as a promoter (and me as a supporter) of its projects to get kids thinking about the relationship between healthy eating, the environment and their community. 1000 lucky students at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California, get to eat what they've planted, harvested and cooked in the edible kitchen and garden on their school grounds. English and History classes can meet in the kitchen to prepare foods from other cultures and countries. Science and Math classes may convene in the garden amongst the dinorsaur kale and the carrots. Some kids who struggle in the classroom do well in the Edible Schoolyard. The kitchen is also open after school hours where, under supervision, young cooks can try recipes - as long as they clean up afterwards. Thanks Lees, for checking it out with me.
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| Lucky Martin Luther King Middle School students who participate in the Edible Schoolyard program |
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