Waters, Alice. "A Healthy Constitution." The Carolina Reader: Third Edition. Ed. Lee Kauknight and W. Matthew J. Simmons. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2012. 337-338. Print.
In Alice Waters' article, A Healthy Constitution, she argues how bad processed food is for our bodies. She explains how it is filled with high amounts of fat, sugar, and sodium and how it has almost no nutritional value. Waters then goes on to explain how her program, Edible Education, can reform the school system for the better. She believes that if food is used to teach values it will improve the behavior in school systems and better prepare students to become citizens in the community. Students will learn the importance of responsibility by doing it in a fun way involving food.
According to Waters, food can be used to teach values that are central in democracy by preparing students for the responsibilities of citizenship. With Edible Education it would combine classroom instruction, school lunch, cooking and gardening with basic school subjects like math and science. Waters makes the link that healthy meals are correlated to a decrease in discipline problems in schools. Also that students are more focused and don't get as sick as much. She also adds three quotes from students who have a positive attitude about the edible education program. I think she could have added a little more evidence to support her argument, but with her article being so short the amount of evidence was sufficient. I have not been able to find any school systems in South Carolina that provide locally grown food.
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