in the kitchen, they record their obser- during the winter, schools are using in—because they are using all their
vations in a journal. greenhouses and root cellars to culti- senses. What better way to learn about
According to a two-year study of vate crops. geography than by combining 27 aro-
the Edible Schoolyard by J. Michael Chez Panisse Foundation is also matic spices to make an Indian curry?
Murphy, an associate professor of psy- helping create an Edible Schoolyard “What we are calling for is a
chology at Harvard Medical School, the affiliate site at Samuel J. Green Char- revolution in public education—a real
program is shrinking students’ waist- ter Middle School in New Orleans, a Delicious Revolution. When the hearts
lines, while increasing their under- school that has become a beacon of and minds of our children are captured
standing of food and the environment. promise in a neighborhood still strug- by a school lunch curriculum, enriched
Murphy observes that the students, gling to rebuild from the ravages of with experience in the garden, sustain-
“are more enthusiastic about attending Hurricane Katrina. “We hope to renew ability will become the lens through
school, make better grades, eat health- New Orleans one okra plant and one which they see the world.”
ier food due to wiser food choices, and child at a time,” says Principal Tony
become more knowledgeable about Recasner.
For more information about the Ed-
natural processes.” Waters stresses that the strength of
ible Schoolyard, creating garden-based
the Edible Schoolyard program is not
environmental education programs,
multiplying eco-literacy
only the fact that it can be replicated,
plus links and resources that support
but its ability to inspire replication, not-
slow food and healthy school lunches,
The sown schoolyard concept is gradu-
ing that garden-based programs should
visit EdibleSchoolyard.org and Chez-
ally gaining national momentum. Each
be grounded in the seasonality, cultures
PanisseFoundation.org. See Ecoliteracy.
year, more than 1,000 educators, health
and native flora and fauna of their
org, which partners with Chez Panisse
professionals, community advocates
specific locales. Enjoyment and wonder
Foundation in Berkeley, for informa-
and legislators visit the Edible School-
are key.
tion about the Rethinking School Lunch
yard. In Berkeley, every public school
“Learning is supposed to be a
initiative, a planning framework for
boasts a garden-kitchen combo, and
pleasure, and a food-centered curricu-
improving school lunch programs and
an estimated 3,000 school gardens
lum is a way to reach kids in a way that
nutrition education and teaching eco-
have sprouted up throughout Califor-
is truly pleasurable,” Waters sums up.
logical knowledge.
nia. Across the country, even in colder
“While they are touching, and smelling,
climates where most gardens hibernate
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and tasting, so much information floods
(Ann Simms)
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