We are thrilled to congratulate ESYP Founder, Alice Waters, on being named the recipient of the 2024 Julia Child Award! This award honors Alice for her profound influence on how America cooks, eats, and thinks about food.

Honoring a Culinary and Educational Visionary

Since 2015, the Julia Child Award—presented annually by the Julia Child Foundation...

For the past month, we have been celebrating Latine/x Heritage with lessons incorporated into our 8th grade garden and kitchen classes, as well as a special lunch service in the school cafeteria. In the garden, 8th-graders learned about culturally important crops cultivated within the space. For example, they learned to identify the traditional "Three Sisters" companion planting...

This past summer the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley partnered with Berkeley Public Library to offer Storytime in the Garden. On Monday mornings, families gathered beneath our beloved Grandmother Oak to sing songs and listen to garden-themed children’s books read aloud by ESY educators. Following the stories, families were invited to...

Edible Schoolyard Project garden educators Sophia Fox and Tamika Whitenack attended the Growing School Gardens Summit in March. Hosted by the Sprouts Community Foundation in partnership with the School Garden Support Organization and Life Lab, this convening was an opportunity...