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Chef and author Alice Waters helped found the first Edible Schoolyard (ESY) in Berkley, California in 1995. Since then, a handful of edible schoolyard concepts have popped up around the country, including in New Orleans. And now Detroit Edison, a public high school in Detroit, wants in on the action. Producer Mercedes Mejia visited the Edible Schoolyard in New Orleans to see how students learn about growing their own food and the health of their community.
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"Whenever I visit, I'm amazed at how they recognize all the different herbs, our native plants, okra, greens, lettuces, and Creole tomatoes."-Chef Emeril Lagasse on the students at the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
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New Orleans (May 21, 2010) – Chef April Neujean of Edible Schoolyard NOLA (ESY NOLA) is part of a select group of chefs from around the country invited to the White House earlier this year by Sam Kass, Assistant White House Chef and food initiative coordinator and Janet Mclaughlin, Director of Operation Frontline for Share Our Strength.
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