The Edible Schoolyard Project (ESYP) is dedicated to a sensory education in which children learn by doing. By designing hands-on experiences in our gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias, we connect children to food, nature, and one another. The Edible Schoolyard Project was founded in 1995 by Alice Waters, a Montessori-trained teacher, school food reform advocate, and founder of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, CA. 

The Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California  serves as the Edible Schoolyard Project’s demonstration model and proof of concept. We  use the garden and kitchen classrooms to teach 1,000 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders academic subjects to state standards. By sharing our program model and providing curricula, educator training, and network of edible education projects we have inspired over 6,500 individual Edible Schoolyards around the world. 

ESYP is a collaborative, equity-focused team that finds joy in our collective mission. We are deeply committed to providing an edible education using a whole-child educational model which teaches life skills, academics, and environmental stewardship. Our work environment appeals to those who are self-starters, enjoy working as part of a small team and are able to communicate and engage the ESYP vision.