ALICE Waters is the creator of the The Edible Schoolyard , which was established in 1995, a one-acre garden and kitchen classroom at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California. Waters has been campaigning for years to influence United States’ Presidents to establish a vegetable garden at the White House. From a moderate roof-top garden established by the Clintons to a vegetable garden by the Obamas this article describes the challenging journey Waters has undertaken.