Wow. Set the Tivo or take a watch on ABC if you are in on Friday nights. English Chef Jamie Oliver is tackling America's children's nutrition crisis in West Virginia because Huntington, WV, has the worst health and obesity stats in the US (by a few points). Hey, he could have shown up here. I'm serious!
Here's the link to the show's website: http://abc.go.com/shows/jamie-olivers-food-revolution
The show gives you alternating moments of sadness and elation.
One of the most poignant moments was when Jamie showed vegetables to 6 years old children in local elementary school and ask them to identify them one at a time: they could not name a tomato; certainly an egg plant; a pea; cauliflower, etc. They could not name one as he showed them the actual veggie right there in class.
I noticed on the show site that the incident in the classroom when and where the children could not name the veggies is the second video. Take 2 and watch it, I'm serious, it will break you heart!
But they could name pizza (ugly, starchy, frozen pizza) , french fries (but they could not name a potato, I kid you not), etc.
"So?" one might ask, "so they know what pizza and cookies and french fries look like and that they can eat them."
No, that's not the point. The problem is that we in general and children in particular NO LONGER KNOW WHAT REAL FOOD IS. We're 3 or 4 generations into commercial food, and we've forgotten what the real stuff is.
Go to http://www.ifnh.org. Read about Pottenger's Cats book.
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