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At schools across the United States, students often sit down to eat lunches made from processed foods that are high in fat, sodium (ÄÆ), and sugar. But kids at Public School(P.S.) 216 in Brooklyn have a different dining experience. Principal Donna Neglia reports that her students love eating fresh fruit and vegetables.

P£®S. 216 participated in the Edible Schoolyard program, a nonprofit program founded by Chef Alice Waters in 1995. The program that Waters created helps public schools across the country start on­site gardens and weave principles of healthy eating into the curriculum Students grown and maintain crops, harvesting the fruit and vegetables for cafeteria meals.

Waters expressed her passion for the principles of the farm­to­table movement. She advised schools to connect with the farmers in their area and change their buying practices when they're planning meals for students.

Waters has long been encouraging people to care about where their food comes from. In 1993, she put forward the idea of a White House vegetable garden. It was not until 2009 that Michelle Obama started the garden in the backyard of the White House. She and members of the kitchen staff spent hours tending to the garden, often with help from local school children.

“That gave people a sense that she cared about children and cared about where our food comes from£¬” Waters said, praising the former First Lady's concern for young people's health. “We are just building this movement, and it is very exciting.”

“Through the Edible Schoolyard program, students also learn about the benefits of healthy eating in the classroom.” Neglia said. “P. S. 216 is teaching kids about careers in the food industry—such as farming and agriculture, nutrition, food safety, and the restaurant business.”

Similar classes are taking place around the country. So far, the Edible Schoolyard program has reached more than 1 million students in more than 367 schools. “I'm thinking about the future of the planet£¬” Waters said. “I'm doing this for our generation.”

1£®What's the purpose of the Edible Schoolyard program?

A£®To reduce students' stress.

B£®To let students eat healthy food.

C£®To improve schools' environment.

D£®To expect students to experience farming.

2£®What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A£®The program made Waters famous.

B£®Running a garden was too difficult for students.

C£®Waters thought highly of what Michelle Obama did.

D£®The former First Lady cared more about young people's mental health.

3£®What can be the best title for the text?

A£®Students should eat more vegetables

B£®A famous school—P.S.216

C£®Processed foods should be advised

D£®A chef helps create green schoolyards