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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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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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Culinary Corps
Culinary Corps is a non-profit organization sponsored by Share Our Strength that organized volunteer chefs from around the country to serve communities in Louisiana and Mississippi through food-based service projects. The Culinary Corps, led by Chef Christine Carroll, has led multiple innovative and engaging food field days and cooking activities for our students. On their first visit, the Culinary Corp led an iron chef competition for middle school students, and a 4-course seasonal cook a-long with for 3rd Graders. On a subsequent visit, they kicked off Edible Schoolyard activities at our second school, New Orleans Charter Middle School with an afternoon of food-based activities such as “Build a Better Po-Boy”, a food memory game, and taste bud bingo. Who says learning can’t be fun and delicious?
