Alice Waters (chef, author, activist and UC alum) speaks at UCLA's Science and Food event, Edible Education, about the ways in which food can be a catalyst for deeper transformations in education and culture: http://www.scienceandfood.org/events/EdibleEducation.html

Waters's commitment to education led to the creation of The Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, a one-acre garden and kitchen classroom at Berkeley's Martin Luther King, Jr., Middle School. The success of the program led her to found the Edible Schoolyard Project, a non-profit organization with the goal of building and sharing an edible education curriculum from kindergarten through high school. Its vision is for gardens and kitchens to become interactive classrooms for academic subjects, and for every student to have a free, nutritious, organic lunch.

Alice Waters: Slow Food Culture In A Fast Food World

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