Foundation and Mission
The Chez Panisse Foundation
In 1996, Alice Waters established the Chez Panisse Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Chez Panisse Restaurant. The Foundation supports an educational program that uses food to nurture, educate and empower youth.
Mission: “Cultivating a New Generation”
The Chez Panisse Foundation envisions a school curriculum and school lunch program where growing, cooking, and sharing food at the table gives students the knowledge and values to build a humane and sustainable future.
The Edible Schoolyard
The Edible Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce. Experiences in the kitchen and garden foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us, and promote the environmental and social well being of our school community.
Chez Panisse Foundation
The Edible Schoolyard
Foundation and Mission
The Chez Panisse Foundation
In 1996, Alice Waters established the Chez Panisse Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Chez Panisse Restaurant. The Foundation supports an educational program that uses food to nurture, educate and empower youth.
Mission: “Cultivating a New Generation”
The Chez Panisse Foundation envisions a school curriculum and school lunch program where growing, cooking, and sharing food at the table gives students the knowledge and values to build a humane and sustainable future.
The Edible Schoolyard
The Edible Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce. Experiences in the kitchen and garden foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us, and promote the environmental and social well being of our school community.
Chez Panisse Foundation
The Edible Schoolyard