Alice Waters, Edible Schoolyard: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006

Alice Waters, Edible Schoolyard: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2006 (2009)

December 9th, 20090h 2min

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Alice Waters, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards (The John R. May Award) - for transforming our relationship with food. Through her promotion of sustainable agriculture and the slow food movement, she fights obesity and fosters a clearer understanding of how the natural world sustains us. Alice and the Chez Panisse Foundation's Edible Schoolyard educates public school children on the importance of growing and cooking fresh, nutritional food.


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