This video was created by Mario de La Vega to promote the Edible
Schoolyard book, which chronicles the integration of academics with
growing, cooking, and sharing wholesome, delicious food over the last
13 years. With inspiring images of the garden and kitchen—and their
young caretakers—Edible Schoolyard is at once a visionary
model for sustainable farming and childhood nutrition, and a call to
action for schools across the country. Learn More
See the Edible Schoolyard in the documentary film Food Fight!
Food Fight is a fascinating look at how American
agricultural policy and food culture developed in the twentieth
century, and how the California food movement has created a
counter-revolution against big agribusiness. Learn More
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