Publications

The Chez Panisse Foundation has created a suite of publications to document what we have learned through 12 years of operating the Edible Schoolyard, and three years of school lunch reform in Berkeley. Purchasing our publications supports the work of the Chez Panisse Foundation and the Edible Schoolyard.

To purchase our publications, please visit our new online store. Prices do not include shipping & handling.

Program Planning

  • Ten Years of Education at the Edible Schoolyard — $20

    Ten Years of Education at the Edible Schoolyard distills the history and philosophy of our flagship program, and lays out the essentials (everything from sample start-up budgets to a tool shed inventory) of how to engage children in edible education. Ten Years is helpful for program coordinators, community members, and others interested in creating programs like the Edible Schoolyard.

  • Principles of an Edible Education: A Vision for School Lunch — $10 (OUT OF STOCK)

    Principles of an Edible Education: A Vision for School Lunch shares with community leaders, educators, and parents the five principles that have guided – and continue to inspire - our vision for school lunch in Berkeley, and in lunchrooms across America.

  • The Kitchen Companion: Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom — $20

    The Kitchen Companion: Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom is for educators who want to understand the tangible and intangible pieces that make our kitchen classroom tick. It includes material lists, job descriptions, class activities and routines, notes on how we connect the kitchen to the classroom, sample recipes and resources, and more.

  • The Garden Companion: Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom — $20

    The Garden Companion: Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom is for educators who want to learn more about how to make the most of the garden as a classroom. It includes material lists, job descriptions, class activities and routines, notes on how we connect the garden to the classroom, and other resources.

Lesson Planning

  • Making Mathematics Delicious — $30 for set of 3

    Making Mathematics Delicious is designed for middle school math teachers. It offers a set of rigorous hands-on math tasks tied to standards in the context of the kitchen and garden.

Public Policy

  • What You Need to Know about School Lunch — $10

    What You Need to Know about School Lunch demystifies the forces controlling the National School Lunch Program, and gives policymakers, educators, and parents strategies for how to change school lunch in their communities.

  • Lunch Matters — $5

    Lunch Matters: How to Feed Our Children Better is a policy paper that describes the changes we made to school lunch in Berkeley. Policymakers and food service directors will be interested in learning how much our lunches cost, more about our participation rates, and how we were able to get one hundred percent of our vendors to cook fresh food for all kids in Berkeley.

For Parents

  • Raising an Adventurous Eater: Ideas & Inspiration from the Edible Schoolyard — $10

    Raising an Adventurous Eater: Ideas & Inspiration from the Edible Schoolyard gives parents ten ways to help their children love healthy foods. It is based on an excerpt from Alice Waters’ book The Art of Simple Food.