A famous example of school food reform

Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California, is a high profile school in the school food reform movements because of its school garden, the so-called Edible Schoolyard, created by chef Alice Waters. In this video, from Edutopia.org, we see many of the other reasons that this school should be looked at for food reform.

Meatless Mondays and Other Innovations in Baltimore

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8875625

Michelle Obama pitches gardens on Sesame Street

The First Lady is doing her part again, this time taking her gardening and healthy eating message to the television shows that kids watch.

Reuters reports that she will be on the season premier of Sesame Street pitching gardening to kids. Tune in on November 10, 2009.

First harvest for the kids working on the White House garden

The following story is an audio report of the first harvest in the garden that local Washington, D.C., students are helping with on the south lawn of the White House. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105490054

You can see more images at the White House website.

This is the first garden at the White House--a good model for kids and their schools--since the victory garden days under Eleanor Roosevelt.

Much of the reported benefits for the kids remind me of the wonderful program, the Edible Schoolyard, started by Alice Waters.