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Edible Schoolyard | New Orleans
Welcome to the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
Changing the way kids eat, learn, and live
Created in 2006, the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans (ESY NOLA) integrates organic gardening and seasonal cooking into the curricula, culture, and food programs at two public charter schools; Samuel J. Green and Arthur Ashe. ESY NOLA is based on the original Edible Schoolyard founded in Berkeley, California by chef and food education activist Alice Waters. ESY NOLA provides students with engaging hands-on learning experiences through weekly gardening and cooking classes and school-based seasonal events that promote the food traditions of New Orleans. Students in grades K-8 participate in lessons that reinforce classroom coursework and core subjects (science, social studies, language, and math). At the Edible Schoolyard, the garden and kitchen are interactive venues where textbook lessons come to life. Through these experiences, students become stewards or our land and natural resources, and discover that teamwork yields genuine benefits in the garden, kitchen, and in life.
Community News
"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
Read the full article in Organic Gardening.
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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