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Are folks familiar with this show? Any thoughts about it?


More info at:
'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution'
http://www.jamieoliver.com/tv/jamie-s-food-revolution

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Food Revolution ROCKS!  Students in my advisory were inspired by Oliver to start a school garden to supplement the usual lunch they get in the cafeteria. 

 

Unfortunately, the show was pulled from the ABC line-up after the second episode in favor of "Dancing with the Stars" reruns.   It got respectable ratings, too.

 

I only know this because I Googled his show to find out why it wasn't on after my students started asking where the third episode was, and I found a news item about it.  It's set to continue early next month.

OMG - great extra info - do you know if the show is available on DVD, iTunes or online? Thanks for sharing the extra info!
Thank you!!!!

I am familiar with Oliver's Food Revolution show. I have only watched two or three episodes, but it certainly has spoiled my school lunch experience. (A good thing!) I researched his school lunch initiative a year ago and thought it would be such a positive idea for my school in Sarasota, Florida. Still, I saw that it was a major undertaking and wondered if the school board nutrition folks would be able to swallow it. (Pun intended.) The first week of school this year, I merely mentioned Jamie Oliver's name in another context and a woman in food services let loose a vitriolic diatribe against his "tree-hugging, pie-in-the-sky program that didn't work anyway!" Needless to say I walked quickly away from the subject.

Sadly, the US economy and resulting budget impact on education right now makes it impossible to get support for serving healthy, quality food to students. Change takes time and costs money. Rejected cow parts are cheaper than prime sirloin and everyone is looking for "cheap". While my district has removed cookies and restricted some grab-and-go options, our lunches are still highly processed ans sugary. I gain weight if I eat school lunches for one week, even though the lunches are portioned. I won't even discuss the burgers or nuggets. Fortunately, I have access to a refrigerator and microwave; my students do not. I feel so tempted to share Oliver's wisdom with parents but I suspect that would be a mighty dangerous stand to take at this time. It makes me sad. 

It is a sad state of affairs when someone trying to do something great for kids' vision is called a "tree-hugging, pie-in-the-sky program that didn't work anyway!" :(  Thanks for all the extra info - I love learning about media I don't know a ton about!

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