Quick Summary
- Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education builds on the success of the chef and food advocate鈥檚 signature Edible Schoolyard Project
- New collaboration will bring together experts from across disciplines to create new solutions for healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems
- Waters sees opportunity in 鈥渘ew, unique鈥 collaboration with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 鈥渢o achieve lasting and transformative impact鈥
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Chancellor Gary S. May today (Jan. 16) joined chef and food advocate Alice Waters and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg to announce a new collaboration and an anchor tenant for Aggie Square, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 planned innovation hub on the university鈥檚 Sacramento campus.
The new Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education at the University of California, Davis, will bring together experts from across disciplines such as education, health care, agriculture, policy and business to create new solutions for healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems.
The new collaboration unites the research prowess of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 system鈥檚 most comprehensive university with the storied success of Waters鈥 Berkeley-based Edible Schoolyard Project.
鈥淚 am thrilled that Alice Waters will bring her expertise and commitment to Aggie Square,鈥 May said. 鈥淟eaders at our School of Education and throughout 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis are eager to build on the Edible Schoolyard Project鈥檚 success to help students feel more connected to the food we eat. This will be a space for food education like no other.鈥
The 25-year-old Edible Schoolyard Project, Waters said, 鈥渉as cultivated a delicious revolution in how we prepare the next generation to make food choices that nourish themselves, their communities and our planet.鈥
鈥淭his new, unique collaboration with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis gives us an opportunity to achieve lasting and transformative impact,鈥 she said.
Mayor Steinberg said: 鈥淎lice Waters is an ideal partner for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and the city of Sacramento as we work to diversify and expand our economy and connect it to neighborhoods that have historically been left out.
鈥淪he is not only passionate about food, she is passionate about improving the lives of all children by teaching them about nutrition and how to grow healthy things to eat,鈥 Steinberg said. 鈥淭his new food institute at Aggie Square will create new opportunities for our students, our farms and our city.鈥
Ambitious set of goals
The collaboration participants have compiled an ambitious set of goals, including:
- Benefit K-12 students via education, policy and community engagement, coupled with Waters鈥 aspiration to provide free, sustainable, healthy school lunches for all students
- Foster curricular development to support food-based learning and environmental stewardship across disciplines and at all levels of study
- Produce systemic improvements through interdisciplinary research of organic agriculture, carbon-reducing climate solutions, environmental education and public health scholarship
- Use gardens and kitchens as interactive classrooms for professional development of K-12 teachers and leaders, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty and students to teach lifelong food values and foster environmental stewardship
- Host conferences, summits and other public gatherings that bring together 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty, students, researchers and other experts to address pressing challenges facing food systems and the planet
- Lead interactive, hands-on projects that support the sharing of best practices among K-12 educators, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty and students, and farmers, growers and ranchers who commit to sustainable practices for the land and their workers
The Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education at the University of California, Davis, will be in Aggie Square鈥檚 鈥渇ood and health鈥-themed building, and will face a new outdoor market pavilion.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis announced in December its selection of Wexford Science & Technology and GMH Capital Partners as its Aggie Square development team. Phase 1 construction, including the home for this new collaborative effort, is slated to begin in mid-2021.
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David Wescott, Strategic Communications, 530-304-0611, dwescott@ucdavis.edu
Tanya Perez, Strategic Communications, 530-752-9839, thperez@ucdavis.edu