It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden. Alice Waters More Quotes by Alice Waters More Quotes From Alice Waters The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep our communities together. Alice Waters our-family community together If our public school system is a truly democratic institution. It's the place where we can reach every child in this county from kindergarten. What an opportunity to edibly educate them. I don't just mean a glorified cooking class. I've never thought of it that way. I have always thought of it as a way to empower students to learn, to give them confidence, and to nourish them. So, I think the centerpiece has to be a free, sustainable school lunch for every child. Alice Waters mean children school We still need to learn how to talk about food and education, because they haven't been talked about together, really. Education depends on our good health. It depends on our understanding of the environment and somehow we got those separate. Alice Waters environment understanding together The biggest thing right now, is supporting the people who take care of the environment. We must take care of the people who take care of the land. And so, if 20% of the population is in school, and they are asked to buy this food from farms. I mean at the real cost without a middleman, it could be amazing. It could change farming overnight. Alice Waters real mean school In terms of kids not liking the food, I am shocked. I know that it's not true. I know that when kids are not educated about healthy food, they have a resistance to it. The resistance comes, again, from the fast-food culture. Alice Waters healthy culture kids It's a pleasure to talk to the farmers. That's my favorite part, always was. It's really the communication and exchange that builds communities. It's not something you can legislate. It's that you're giving me the best bread I ever had and I'm so happy to give you money for it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do than stand in line and give money for your bread. Alice Waters communication giving thinking When 85% of the kids in America don't have one meal with their family, just imagine what that means. Just imagine, life is like a run-on sentence, you never pause. You're always grabbing something. You're eating in front of the television. You're out grazing with your friends, and you're learning and digesting the values of the fast-food culture. And that's what I really believe is destroying this world. We've been indoctrinated from early childhood that more is better. Alice Waters mean believe kids Let things taste the way they are. Alice Waters taste food way Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think its important that parents and teachers get together to do one or two things they can accomplish well - a teaching garden, connecting with farms nearby, weave food into the curriculum. Alice Waters teaching teacher children The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane. It's pure government policy. Alice Waters mcdonalds insane government The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap. Alice Waters fast-food fast-food-nation problem The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time. Alice Waters available I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist. Alice Waters pesticides privilege needs I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free. Alice Waters patriotic children school You do need some dispensation for local farmers, because the fast food industry will promote the unsanitary conditions of farming. With vegetables, you have to be careful where they come from; you have to know the farmers and trust them. If you buy from the farmers' market, it's already been investigated. Alice Waters know you trust food The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food. Alice Waters you support food people It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world. Alice Waters table preparation food world We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life. Alice Waters day quality life culture We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other people want to eat Bronx grapes and nourish themselves. I pay a little extra, but this is what I want to do. Alice Waters every-day day shoes people I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table. Alice Waters think balance health satisfaction
