Next month Alice Waters will co-host the panel Beyond Chicken Nuggets: How to Raise a Healthy Eater as part of the New York City Wine and Food Festival.   So if you happen to be in New York next month I highly recommend going to check it out.   Alice has done remarkable work reconnecting young students to healthy, sutainable food through programs such as The School Lunch Initiative and the Edible Schoolyard.

Photo: Matt Dunn for The New York Times

Hearing Alice speak earlier this month at Slow Food Nation, has inspired me to get involved with a gardening and cooking program with young people.   In college I taught a nature program with 2nd and 3rd graders, taking them on nature walks, hosting live animal demonstrations, and teaching them the bee dance. Cooking and gardening with my nieces and nephews has also taught me so much about the importance of involving kids in where there food production.   Educating children about nutritious and sustainable food has far-reaching effects beyond a healthy diet, allowing them to gain self-confidence, independence, and social skills.

takepart by learning more about young people in the kitchen with Pressure Cooker

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