consciouseating
The Edible
Schoolyard
Revolutionizing
Classes & Cuisine
Across America
A
lice Waters’ reverence for
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches may be a lunchtime main-
‘slow food’ is apparent in Chez
stay for many schoolchildren—along with other cafeteria fare
Panisse, the flagship restaurant
she opened in 1971 in Berkeley, Cali-
of questionable nutrition and taste. Or worse, soda, snacks
fornia. Chez Panisse uses only quality
and candy from a hallway vending machine. But better, more
ingredients, pays farmers a living wage, healthy alternatives are on the horizon, thanks in part to the
and cooks with seasonal fruits and
vision of renowned restaurateur Alice waters.
vegetables; its roster of appreciative
regulars includes Bill Clinton and the
increasingly are isolated from the land yard’, this organic garden became
Dalai Lama.
and deprived of the joys and responsi- the outdoor counterpart to an indoor
Waters also has a strong love of
bilities it teaches,” Waters explains. kitchen classroom, converted from
teaching. After completing coursework
an unused cafeteria. In the kitchen,
at the Montessori Institute in London in
1969, she planned a career in educa-
Seeds of Sustainability
students eat the fruits and veggies they
sow, harvest and bake themselves.
tion before changing direction to pur-
The Foundation’s first project focused The Edible Schoolyard’s botany
sue her interests in food and hospitality.
on an ugly, unused parking lot at and culinary classes are fully inte-
In 1996, she married all her passions by
Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, grated into the school’s traditional
establishing the Chez Panisse Founda-
in Berkeley. After a productive tête-à- academic curriculum. Students learn
tion, a nonprofit organization dedicated
tête with the school’s principal, Waters about photosynthesis by observing
to educating children about food,
transformed the lot with 100 pounds of plant leaves in the garden and studying
health and the environment.
fresh compost and an acre’s worth of chemical formulas in their textbooks.
“We started [the Foundation] large-
fruit trees, vegetables, herbs and orna- After getting their hands dirty in the
ly out of concern that young people
mentals. Dubbed the ‘Edible School- garden and then cleaning up for work
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