more about “Not Your Mom’s Lunch Lady: Ann Coope…“, posted with vodpod
From the TED.com website:
Ann Cooper has a frontline view of the daily battle to keep kids healthy — and of the enemy, the processed-foods industries that, it sometimes seems, want to wrap every single thing that children eat in a fried coating and then a plastic bag. As the director of nutrition services for the Berkeley (California) Unified School District, she’s an outspoken activist for serving fresh, sustainable food to kids. Her lively website, LunchLessons.org, rounds up recipes, links, and resources for food activism.
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Wow. Thanks for posting this. It’s very impactful. I’m sharing this on my food blog and I tweeted it, too. (Are you on Twitter yet?)
Glad you found it worthwhile, Kim. One can easily think, “Well of course *Berkeley* (snort) can go all organic…” because one imagines that it wasn’t that big of a step from what they were doing before. But when you hear how their lunch program was as craptastic as anywhere else in the country before and she turned it around…. Makes one thinks that maybe other systems could at least go back to somewhat more “real” food.
With Obama’s announcement of massive public works, how about putting some people to work building the intestinal infrastructure of our nation’s kids? Actually cooking in schools–where they still have kitchens.
The lunches at my kids’ schools are just gross, so we try to pack most days.
Re Twitter, I’ve recently started Twittering at work on behalf of my organization. But am not Twittering personally right now. My family thinks I’m too distracted by technology as it is, and no one in my personal life does it. I think it would feel a little too “meta.”