ScholarWorks@University of Baltimore School of Law
Abstract
Just as the scales beneath the feet of our nation\u27s children are reaching a tipping point, so too is the social movement of providing local, organic foods for America\u27s schoolchildren. This is welcome news to Alice Waters and others who have long-promoted the health and lifestyle benefits of consuming whole, organic, locally grown and produced foods. Change is under way in many districts around the country; one of the most promising is the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), which has undergone a complete overhaul of its school lunch program under the leadership of the Renegade Lunch Lady, Chef Ann Cooper. With much-needed supplemental funding from Waters\u27 Chez Panisse Foundation, Cooper has set herself to the task of providing healthy, delicious food to 9000 schoolchildren every day. Her work is not easy. And Cooper has to fight the federal government every day to achieve her goal
