Alice Waters Research Paper

Over the course of this essay, I am going to present to you the life of Alice Waters and how she became who she is today. Alice was born on April 28th, 1944 and grew up in Chatham, New Jersey. Her parents are Charles and Margaret Waters. Alice Waters is married to Stephen Singer, and they have one daughter named Fanny. When Alice was a child, her family and her never went out because her mother always had home cooked meals ready. She grew up in the WWII era and everybody had to ration their food. Propaganda was everywhere, telling people to grow their own gardens because food was scarce in stores. Alice’s family called their garden the “victory garden.” She has always been interested in the art of food, and it shows through her childhood actions. For example, she once made a halloween costume entirely from fresh produce. She made a crown from asparagus stalks, and called …show more content…
In 1996 Alice Waters started a foundation called Edible Schoolyard at the Martin Luther King Jr. middle school in Berkeley, California. This program turned into an entire curriculum that students had to follow in their schools. In this class students got to grow their own produce, learn kitchen skills, and then they benefitted from eating the food they grew and prepared. Even though this was a class, there was also a small lesson each day in every other type of class that talked about healthy eating. For example, the teacher could give a quick lesson on healthy eating in a math class. This foundation is used to raise awareness about edible education and the importance of nutrition. It also raises awareness about allowing kids to have free lunches in their schools. In the same year, her restaurant Chez Panisse founded and launched the Garden Project, that allowed kids to build gardens near their schools to have organic and fresh produce. Alice worked with Michelle Obama to advocate for organic