Alice Waters has always loved foods. In fact, when she was 3 years old, she won first place in a costume contest by dressing in foods. It was natural for her to become a chef and travel to France to perfect her craft. When she returned to the United States, she opened a restaurant with its mission to use locally grown fresh foods --- no frozen foods allowed. She wanted to serve only the healthiest foods to others. In 1995, when she realized that children were not be being served healthy foods for school lunches, she organized the Edible Schoolyard Project where children helped grow the foods that they would eat. She then taught them to cook and love the foods they grew. The Edible Schoolyard Project has spread across the nation and because of Alice, the farm to table restaurant movement had grown.
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Will Allen played grew up in a family that grew most of its' own food and was a famous basketball player in Belgium. When he returned to Milwaukee, he noticed that many inner city residents lacked access to fresh, healthy foods. So he brought some empty city lots and started the urban community garden movement. When lots weren't available, he taught children and eventually adults how to grow fresh foods in pots on their porches or on roofs of the city's buildings. He continues to travel the world helping others learn how to farm and whenever he "sees children, he see farmers." Wonderful inspiration of how one man can made a big difference in his community and beyond!
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