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We are excited to launch the website for the Edible Schoolyard New York, the first official affiliate of Alice Waters’ revolutionary program that started in Berkeley in 1995 and has since spread to New Orleans, Greensboro, NC and Los Angeles. This will be the first four-season example of Alice’s vision, and the first in New York City. We look forward to the journey ahead!
Artist and blogger Maira Kalman discusses our nation’s food crisis and the wonderful arrival of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216 in her newest blog entry on the New York Times. Her blog is called And the Pursuit of Happiness and her newest post is entitled Back to the Land.
http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/back-to-the-land/?8dpc
Brooklyn’s Bay News has a short but nice piece on the (imminent) arrival of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216:
New York State Assemblyman William Colton speaking in support of the Edible Schoolyard at P.S. 216
In Parade magazine just last weekend, the Edible Schoolyard and its mission was profiled. The article was a good boost to the beginning of our effort here in New York:
In this week’s New York Times, Kim Severson has a wonderful article about the efforts being made to improve school lunch in New York and the limitations that everyone must deal with:
