The British cook/chef is starting a FOOD REVOLUTION this side of the pond. He helps schools cook food for their students, (the future of our nation). Instead of all that processed garbage they are served in schools; pizza, chicken nuggets, chicken tenders, pasta, fries, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, just to name a few.
I know when I was is school, I NEVER ate school lunch. It was nasty. It's not cooked there at school, it's just reheated. The fruits and vegetables portions are really little, and it seems like all the rest is carbohydrates, except for the meats that are coated with bread crumbs and fried.
Having worked in a school, students are REQUIRED to take milk, even if they don't want it, even if they know they will not open the container and just throw it away, they still have to take the milk. And that is a whole different topic about waste that I'll get into much later. But back to milk, I would say 90% of students chose the chocolate or strawberry milk over the non-flavored milk. At least they are drinking milk, but that is at a high caloric price, flavored milk carries lots of calories in it!!
http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/sign-petition
Sign the petition to help Jamie Oliver bring COOKING back into the kitchens at our schools! Kids need good nutrition, they are so active and need nutrition to fuel their brains as well. They don't need food that will make them sluggish and tired after lunch.
Let's return 'Back to Basics' when it comes to eating. There are so many processed foods out there, with a million ingredients on the list. Let's think about this, agriculture began 10,000 years ago and people have been eating what they grew themselves or what their neighbors grew for generations. Now things are shipped all over creation, sprayed and manufactured to contain some unpronouncable 'foods.' Have we made agriculture any better or more harmful?
