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Improving school lunches - Examiner Columnist
May 27, 2010
Erica Jacobs: Improving school lunches: How it all began
By: Erica Jacobs
Examiner Columnist
May 26, 2010
Many food ideas began with Alice Waters, so it's tempting to begin this column "It all began with Alice Waters." She opened Chez Panisse in 1971, serving organic and locally sourced food. Her Berkeley, Calif., restaurant changed cuisine culture from coast to coast. But Waters was not satisfied with altering adult American cuisine; she wanted to change the way children ate, too.
In 1995 to 1999, years before Jamie Oliver began his school food initiative in Britain, Waters and Ann Cooper (the "renegade lunch lady") founded the "Edible Schoolyard" project with one garden, one school. There are now several city affiliates to the original 1-acre growing/eating project.
When Michelle Obama moved into the White House, Waters wrote an open letter lobbying for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. She also lobbied for better nutritional standards for school lunches. Read the full Story
By: Erica Jacobs
Examiner Columnist
May 26, 2010
Many food ideas began with Alice Waters, so it's tempting to begin this column "It all began with Alice Waters." She opened Chez Panisse in 1971, serving organic and locally sourced food. Her Berkeley, Calif., restaurant changed cuisine culture from coast to coast. But Waters was not satisfied with altering adult American cuisine; she wanted to change the way children ate, too.
In 1995 to 1999, years before Jamie Oliver began his school food initiative in Britain, Waters and Ann Cooper (the "renegade lunch lady") founded the "Edible Schoolyard" project with one garden, one school. There are now several city affiliates to the original 1-acre growing/eating project.
When Michelle Obama moved into the White House, Waters wrote an open letter lobbying for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. She also lobbied for better nutritional standards for school lunches. Read the full Story
