Chef and founder of Chez Panisse Alice Waters discusses "weaving food into the curriculum" of schools.
Bio
Alice Waters
Alice Waters is a chef and the founder of Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe in Berkeley, California.
An advocate of local farmers markets and sustainable agriculture, she features organic and seasonal foods and promotes the power of growing, cooking, and sharing food.
She has also created the Chez Panisse Foundation, whose primary beneficiary is the Edible Schoolyard at Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.
Her books include the Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook and, most recently, The Art of Simple Food.
Inspirational and pertinent especially in these tough economic times-teach our children and their teachers and their parents to be able to interact at a new level with our second most important human need-FOOD