This person is Alice Waters.
This American chef, activist, and author is known for her advocacy of organic cooking favoring locally-grown ingredients, including in school lunch programs in the United States. She believes these food choices are important in that:
- they help support local producers and farmers,
- they are healthier,
- they taste better,
- they are more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
During the colonial times, only the rich and upper-class male citizens were able to learn in most if not all cases. We also now have universities and colleges that allow more people to attended, and do not restrict the based on wealth, ethnicity, or gender.