Healthy Food Campaign from Alice Waters

IN most of the world's population now indulge in fast food culture, Alice Waters was not bored campaign the importance of eating fresh food is much healthier.

Over the years, this food activists based in California that has tried various ways to spread the message about the importance of fresh local food, and supports farmers who planted it. Taken one way of making a TV show, which is currently still in the early stages of talks.

''I really want a message about this food to people,''Waters said in an interview quoted by the Associated Press site.

Waters taken an action to realize his intention, among others, participated in an online video conference, which showed him answering several questions about cooking and food policy from her kitchen in Berkeley. Previously, he also held a similar session with the bloggers.


The idea of eating local food is fresh and is popular today. Several chefs from Paula Deen to Rachael Ray, talk about the importance of nutrition. Meanwhile, the United States First Lady Michelle Obama also called on communities to fight child obesity.

This is very unusual''satisfactory,''Waters said. ''We all talk about real food vs. imitation food. That's what we should pay attention.''

Waters, who opened the restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971, has gained much acclaim for programs such as The Edible Schoolyard that started in a middle school in Berkeley, and now spread to other places. There, he teaches students about food, health and the environment. However, he also had been criticized for not touching on average working families, because the message is that good food reasonable price.

Nevertheless, Waters insisted on his belief that good food is a good investment. ''You pay in advance, or you pay later. You can choose to pay for your health and your lifestyle and sustainability of this planet, or you enter into a new relationship with food,''she said.

Mystery food
However, the author of In The Green Kitchen is declared, a good meal does not mean to be expensive. Eating meat every day is expensive, but learning how to cook different menus, such as lentils, beans or peas, is not expensive. That''contained in this book. Everything uncover the mystery of food.''

Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver, who guided the show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on ABC, called Waters as a person who has created successful programs for the community. ''He has found a way to touch everyone, and really teach children and adults about proper food. And he teaches them to really enjoy and appreciate the food as well. His books give a recipe for everyone. Nothing elitist about it.''