With barely time to digest his food after the Edible Schoolyard dinner and auction in NYC on Thursday, Jake Gyllenhaal yesterday attended the opening of the first Edible Schoolyard in New York City. In Gravesend to be precise, which as a Brit, did give me something of a doubletake. Edible Schoolyard is a programme that aims to bring schoolchildren as close as possible to the source of their food so that they know and understand what they are eating. It also provided Jake with the perfect chance to get a little bit dirty with a shovel once again.
The benefactor of this Schoolyard, contributed to by Jake, is John Lyons, the president of production at Focus Features, the company behind, of course, Brokeback Mountain. The four pictures below are from Sheepsheadbites and you can read a full account of the event there.
New York City Council has posted some photographs from the event on Flickr. There are a couple here and you can see all the others here.
The great thing about these photos from yesterday is that, for the first time in a while, we can see Jake's beautiful smile. On a side note, I have no doubt that Jake's recent experiences living as Sasquatch in a cave outside LA has helped his credentials for this project no end. Fortunately, Jake did get the chance to eat something.
Update: Thanks to IrisGirl for the information that Jake's edition of Shalom Sesame is the episode on Passover which, if the DVDs follow the pattern of Jewish holidays, will be out in the spring. Thanks for the info!
Pictures with thanks from Sheepheadsbites and NYC Council.
