REV On Air: Regeneration Through Food & Pleasure with Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
This podcast episode is a part of the REV x Farmer’s Footprint Regenerative Podcast Series! We are so delighted to welcome Alice Waters as our speaker on the second episode of our regenerative podcast series! Alice is the founder of California restaurant Chez Panisse and non-profit organisation, Edible Schoolyard and her values of sustainable food, flavour, regeneration and education runs strongly through both of them. Alice gives us a view on her upbringing being surrounded by homegrown and home cooked meals and eating as a family and how that has translated into the way she now operates Chez Panisse. Alice helps us see the connection that how caring for nature and produce can help bring us closer together at the dinner table and as a global community working together for a better, more regenerative world. Alice's Work: Chez Panisse Alice Waters opened her restaurant, Chez Panisse fifty years ago as a place where friends and neighbors could gather together around the table, eat good food, and exchange ideas about politics, art, and culture. In pursuit of taste, Alice and the cooks of Chez Panisse ended up at the doorsteps of the small organic farmers who were growing flavorful heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables or raising heritage breeds of animals. Over time, the restaurant has built up a diverse network of these ethical local suppliers—ranchers, fishers, orchardists, foragers, farmers, and backyard gardeners—who practice regenerative agriculture and take care of the land. Edible Schoolyard Founded in 1995 by Alice, the Edible Schoolyard Project began as an idea to transform the food experience at a public middle school in Berkeley, California. The Edible Schoolyard Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the transformation of public education by using organic school gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of nourishment, stewardship, and community. Edible education provides hands-on experiences that connect students to food, nature, and each other; and it systematically addresses the crises of climate change, public health, and social inequality. At its heart is a dynamic and joyful learning experience for every child. Merci To Our Sponsors For This Episode! Milky Oat Whether you’re getting ready for a baby or looking for gifts for a new mom, Milky Oat’s postpartum service offers amazing and organic nourishment for new moms (and parents!) They currently service the San Francisco Bay area and will be launching in Los Angeles this year, so if you are California based you are in luck. They provide many different options, but their six week plan has you covered for the first 42 days of motherhood and recovery, so you can focus on rest and time with your bundle of joy. They also have botanical ghee and an array of thoughtfully formulated tinctures in their mother’s pantry that are available nationwide so you can still enjoy their support in any state. Read more about their service and their founder, Sydney Bliss here. Vivobarefoot Vivobarefoot, is a natural health lifestyle B Corp on a mission to reconnect people into the natural world and human natural potential, from the ground up, foot by foot, person by person. On a quest to become a net-positive business for regeneration of human and planetary health, Vivobarefoot also runs ReVivo, the first of its kind secondary market for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep them on feet and away from landfills; and the Livebarefoot Fund, an in-house impact hub catalysing mission-aligned innovation, research and advocacy programs. See the latest Unfinished Business impact report to learn more on what it takes to create a regenerative business. Get 15% off your first Vivobarefoot order with the code ‘REVENVERT15’ at www.vivobarefoot.com