Jamie Oliver walks into a first grade classroom, up to a table display that is draped with a sheet. As he pulls the sheet up to reveal piles of fruits and vegetables underneath, you can hear gasps of horror ripple through the classroom.
This image sets the scene for his newest series, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution , in which the celebrity chef (of The Naked Chef fame) aims to subvert America's ingrained eating habits. He starts out in Huntington, West Virginia, which has been called the unhealthiest city in America, hoping for a food revolution there that will create a chain reaction across the nation.
Oliver tests the waters with the first graders by seeing how well they know their fruits and vegetables. "Who knows what this is?" Oliver asks, holding up a bunch of tomatoes.
WATCH to see how they fare:
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution premieres on Friday, March 26, on ABC.
This clip certainly demonstrates just how nutritionally uneducated we are. It's sad that many parents do not have access to feed their children healthy, nutritious fruits and vegetables and many children have never seen a fresh fruit or vegetable. Michelle Obama made reference to Food Deserts in her Let's Move Campaign.
More than 23 million Americans, including 6.5 million children, live in low-income urban and rural neighborhoods that are more than a mile from a supermarket. These communities, where access to affordable, quality, and nutritious foods is limited, are known as food deserts.
Ask yourself, can your child identify a group of tomatoes if he/she saw one? Although I don't have children, I know I will be watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution series with great interest.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/jamie-olivers-food-revolu_n_478824.html
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I'm so glad this isn't my son. He knows tomatoes well. They're his favorite food--especially in the summer when he eats whole ones right off the plant. (Yummy!) But this is a great reminder to us to keep showing him a variety of foods and ensuring he has a healthy variety of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video, I did test him with all of the veggies in our house, and he knew all of them. :-)
Thanks for a great article, Shari!
Sue