re: Chez Panisse - I’ve had major surgeries in which I was less scrupulously informed about what was about to happen to me, what was happening to me, and what had just happened to me than I’ve been during a dinner there.

I LOLd.

But really, this is a very interesting article. I wasn't aware of the Edible Schoolyard program, but this essay is rather convincing regarding its well-meaning but apparently tragically flawed thesis.