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more about #berkeley more comments → its_a_feature: At my kids school, the lunch program is exactly what Alice Waters dreams of: Only organic, healthy meals are provided. The other parents were happy ... more » FerdinandPorcupine: Can't remember where I saw it but someone had a great stimulus package idea -- Cook for America. Give cooking school grads the same sort of incentives... more » swagv: Alice's preferences aside, our food production industry is just this much behind our health care system in terms of unsustainable systems that are abo... more » bytememehard: Love her photo. She's got that "I'm what's for dinner" smile going on. more » Smitros: Two other thoughts come to mind. First, as the economists say, we probably shouldn't let the best be the enemy of the good: the impossibility of perfe... more » iplaudius: The school lunch programs do need reform, but there’s no easy fix. Burkhard Bilger (great name) wrote an article about this problem, focusing on the... more » Smitros: Have to disagree with you on this one, Owen. Like food stamps, school lunches have been a farm income stabilizer, with the considerations of student h... more » Bentpost: It's curious to me how this post is framed--that those who prefer to eat things in their original organic form, and wish their children to do the same... more » PrincessKashmir: She's probably seen the success Jamie Oliver has had in the U.K. with something very similar. I greatly admire Alice Waters, but dollars to doughnuts ... more » Clarence Rosario: If she's been fighting for 12 years on this subject, and now she's got an administration that might be poised to help. Yes, Owen, for shame. more » Robert Synnott: Ah, yes, organic food. Is this still around? I love the optimism of these organic food people who want it to be standard. Especially given that until ... more » Jenniferhdaniel: Owen, they're called green houses. You can grow vegetables anywhere. And weed. more » Steverino Begins: I'll give her the benefit of the doubt on this because she is awesome. Maybe she's aiming high with the locavore stuff but will settle for a simple "b... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Is ketchup still considered a vegetable by the federal government? more » El Matardillo: Send her to NYU. more » -
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Alice Waters Seeks Organic Bailout
Ah, California, that prodigious producer of fruits, nuts, and flakes. Alice Waters, the famous Chez Panisse chef, has seized on the national craze for bailouts to demand organic, unprocessed school lunches for all. More »
