Lunch Love Community
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How are citizens transforming local food systems? How are innovators changing the way children eat in schools? How do we talk about culture, identity and responsibility through the lens of food and health?
LUNCH LOVE COMMUNITY is a beautiful and engaging story of how a diverse group of pioneering parents and food advocates came together to tackle food reform and food justice in the schools and neighborhoods of Berkeley, CA.
Through a mosaic of twelve interconnecting short documentaries, the film explores food and education, children and health, and citizens making democratic change. This is a rich and multi-dimensional story of passion, creative energy, and idealism -- a project linking the ways we teach our children to eat and understand food to the traditional passing of powerful values from one generation to the next.
'Unique...The material is incredibly important for school- and college-age students, as well as parents, educators, and community leaders. This particular documentary is exceptional because the short films make it incredibly versatile.' Jenny Ventling, School Library Journal
'This film poignantly conveys the fundamental role of food in our lives, far beyond just physical health effects, extending to matters of choice, respect, and belonging. It invokes the bold wisdom of Margaret Mead--that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world, or at least their corner of it. And it reminds us that we all have skin in this game--the skin of our children. It is moving and motivating, practical and philosophical, inspirational and aspirational. I recommend it highly.' David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center at Griffin Hospital, President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
'I would love to see these twelve thought-provoking little gems used widely with undergraduates, especially those who are preparing to be teachers, and with current teachers as they pursue continuing education. These brief films provide a flexible tool to engage teachers and would-be teachers with the enormous potential of food-based education. Furthermore, they inspire hope that we can truly transform our school food services to achieve not only better health but also a more nurturing environment for learning. My compliments to the chefs of this work!' Janet Poppendieck, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Hunter College, Author, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America
'From the labor of food service to the significance of social difference to the history of dietary reform, Lunch Love Community is true to the complexities and contradictions of what it means to eat well. And, the best part is that it invites us to take part in the conversation!' Jessica Hayes-Conroy, Professor of Women's Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
'An inspiring tale of school food reform...A rich, systems-based look at the actual process of transition--with a discussion of how other communities can engage in similar efforts...The modular nature of the film, coupled with excellent discussion guides for each module, makes Lunch Love Community a valuable, flexible tool for educating and engaging a wide range of students and stakeholders.' Jennifer Gaddis, Assistant Professor of Civil Society and Community Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
'Lunch Love Community reveals the transformative power of progressive food politics...This film holds valuable lessons for parents, professionals, and policymakers interested in how to grow social change from the ground up.' Timothy D. Lytton, Professor of Law, Georgia State University, Author, Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food
'These inspiring vignettes explore school lunch from multiple perspectives: the parents who sought change, the administrators who facilitated it, the chefs and food service workers who implemented it, and the students who relished every bite of fresher, more flavorful and nutritious school lunches. Lunch Love Community is a multi-media inspiration for change.' Amy Bentley, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, Public Health, New York University
'Lunch Love Community brings it all together. It reminds us that food is about housing; food is about jobs; food is about justice. This film is a vivid and visually rich presentation of how we ensure the health of our society by nurturing children with good food in schools.' Ivy Ken, Associate Professor of Sociology, The George Washington University
'A compelling portrait of the work of community change for a more just and democratic food system, with schools as ground zero for a better food future.' Amy Best, Professor and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Author, Fast Food Kids: Youth and Changing Food Landscape of School and Home (forthcoming)
'An intelligent and beautiful suite of short films and discussion guides that reveal the complexity and inspiration that comes through the process of changing school meals. It is an invaluable resource for parents, administrators, and others involved in improving the diets of K-12 students.' Dr. Carolie Sly, Director of Education Programs, Center for Ecoliteracy
'I highly recommend the series to other educators. It provides a detailed, accessible, and multifaceted approach to the science, politics, and economics of the school lunch program's transformation in Berkeley, with broad implications for all of our communities.' Thomas Shevory, Professor of Politics, Ithaca College
'For all community advocates and educators concerned with food justice issues, Lunch Love Community is an insightful and creative documentary that will help you open up a rich dialogue around changing the food system for the better.' Y. Armando Nieto, Executive Director, Community Food and Justice Coalition
'Lunch Love Community is a timely reminder of the trailblazing role this community has played in laying the groundwork for the national school lunch reform movement.' Sarah Henry, Bay Area Bites
'Recommended...Good discussion starters. This movie will be of interest to anyone who likes lunch ladies, but particularly to parents of K-12 children interested in making sure their children get good food to eat at school.' James Gordon, Educational Media Reviews Online
'Capture[s] Berkeley's commitment to raising healthy children in a healthy world.' Natalya Stanko, Sierra Magazine
'The filmmakers hope to change deep-seated school institutional behaviors and develop a toolkit for use by other communities, no matter their budget or funding, so that American children can eat healthy, local and organic food, significantly opening up their quality of life, health and thinking.' Annie Spiegelman, Huffington Post
'There's a serious, yet winsome, tone about the films that advocate more food awareness in grade schools...Lunch inspires viewers to help the younger generation and also to carry on the food discussion in the greater society. Where there are eaters, there are thinkers.' Jennifer Wong, The Daily Californian
'Lunch Love Community vividly shows that it starts with us parents--We provide the modeling, the food they see, and their norms of how much they should eat. The eating related discussion guides and modules such as 'If they cook it, they will love it' all ring true with our research at the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.' Brian Wansink, Ph.D., Author, Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions to Everyday Life, Chair of Consumer Behavior, Director of Cornell Food and Brand Lab, Cornell University
'A memorable and truly original Cinema Pacific event. It both enlightened people to the potential of transmedia 'open space' documentary and also offered an exciting model of community activism, directly engaging foodies and food reformers in our community.' Richard Herskowitz, Artistic Director, Houston Cinema Arts Festival
Citation
Main credits
De Michiel, Helen (director)
De Michiel, Helen (producer)
Constantinou, Sophia (producer)
Shen, Mike (editor of moving image work)
Other credits
Edited by Mike Shen.
Distributor subjects
Activism; Anthropology; Community; Consumerism; Education; Environment; Food And Nutrition; Gardening; Health; SociologyKeywords
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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When we're talking
about food, we're
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actually talking about a lot of
other things at the same time.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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You can use food to organize
people on everything.
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We realized when we're talking
about food and nutrition, what
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came up, housing.
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Because if you don't
have kitchen facilities,
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you're not able--
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you need a hot
plate or something.
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Employment came up.
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You need money,
obviously, to buy food.
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So while we're talking about
buying food and getting
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good food and they're
saying, "man, this is good.
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Where do I get this?"
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all of the discussions came up.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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If you're nourishing your
body with healthy food,
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it changes the way you think,
your whole thought process.
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People make stupid decisions
based off them being hungry.
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You'll be robbed.
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Your house could
be robbed based off
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because somebody is so hungry.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I think that's how
a lot of ideas work.
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People work out all the
bugs, finally make it happen,
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and then defeat the naysayer.
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And then it spreads.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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You know, it's
not brain surgery.
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At the end of the day, it
really is kids and food.
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So there's a lot of people who
can learn and work through it.
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And that's why we're
putting the tools out
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there so that the great
nutrition services
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directors that are out there
who want to make the change
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have the tools to
help them do it.
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[CHATTER]
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They're just hungry.
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And I asked my
first class at 8:30,
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how many kids don't
have breakfast?
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Half of them raised their hand.
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What do we add then that we
didn't have any of last time?
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Let's see-- I remember
I made a lettuce wrap.
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Even the shortest
shortfall in nutrition
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really has incredible
implications for learning.
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So as a country, we
just can't afford
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to have hungry children
who can't learn.
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The foods that we really
need more than anything else
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are what?
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Good food.
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Vegetables.
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Vegetables is number one.
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And what's next?
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Fruit.
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Fruit.
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There was one we did talk about.
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Just imagine how many kids come
to school hungry, literally
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have not eaten anything, and how
appetizing some garlic brussels
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sprouts melon
smoothie-tasting thing is.
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It gets them in there.
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And it gets their attention.
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[INAUDIBLE] in the beginning.
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You're welcome, sweetie.
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Thank you for [? being here. ?]
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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We're living, breathing,
thinking, feeling, smelling,
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hearing human beings.
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We have multiple senses.
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All of those things
go into our food.
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All of those things go
into our experience.
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[CHATTER]
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OK, are you ready?
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Are you wanting to
do this project?
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Do you have a card?
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Just to have them really
experience things.
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You know, they live
in a screen world.
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They spend a lot of time
in front of screens.
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And I think it's really
important for them
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to be outside and be
connected to the planet
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in a different way, really
be literally grounded.
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Nobody could cook like your mom.
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Your mom cooks, and
then you're raised
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on how she cooks, usually, or
whoever you're living with.
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So even if your mom
does submit her recipe,
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it's still not gonna
taste the same.
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It's not gonna taste the same.
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It's not.
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You can try a million times
to cook my momma's grits,
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but it's not going to
taste the same at all.
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This is where all
the dough comes in.
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I put a lot of
care into my food.
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And I hope the kids love it.
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I see happy faces
and that tells me
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that we're doing
a good job here,
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that we're feeding them right.
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We're giving them
a balanced meal.
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And that's the most
important thing.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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Food-- like I said earlier--
it's culture, and it's history,
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and it's family.
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It's community as well.
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And that's what you build
with things like this.
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You build community.
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[CHATTER]
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It's like that
family environment.
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Everybody sits down.
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Children are just
eating and talking.
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And it's like they
look forward to it.
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I don't know if you've been
here when they're at the door
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trying to get in.
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But it's like, ah, lunchtime!
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It's exciting to them now.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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We cook for each other
and we feed each other.
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You're nourishing people.
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You're keeping us alive.
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We're keeping one another alive.
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It's the most important
thing you could possibly do.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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[CHATTER]
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You know, the reason we have
to change the way children eat
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is we're actually killing
our kids with food.
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I mean, when the Surgeon General
says that every single person
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will be overweight or obese
by 2040 if we don't turn this
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around, it's such
a staggering idea.
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I just don't know
what else to say.
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What's it going to take for
adults to look in the mirror
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when they get up in
the morning and go, you
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know what, we need to change?
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We need to change the
way we feed our children?
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I was a cook and a chef.
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My whole life I've worked.
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Had my own restaurant.
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Worked all over this country,
overseas, on cruise ships,
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backstage for the Grateful Dead.
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I did it all as a chef.
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And the worst thing
somebody could say to me,
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Saturday night a host or hostess
comes in the kitchen goes,
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chef, chef, there's a
screaming child on table 19.
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What do we do?
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And I would say,
ask them to leave.
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What are they doing
in my restaurant?
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I'm probably the
least likely person
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to be a school lunch
advocate in the universe.
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I spent my entire career as
a white tablecloth celebrity
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chef.
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Didn't know what
kids ate and didn't
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want to know what kids ate.
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But I did really care
about sustainability.
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And I wrote a book
called Bitter Harvest.
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And in Bitter Harvest,
I really started
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to examine why food makes us
sick, what about food makes
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us sick, how food
supplies are owned,
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and how this
relates to children.
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The Center for Disease
Control has said that,
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of the children born
in the year 2000--
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those nine-year-olds
in our schools today--
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that 1 out of every 3
Caucasians and 1 out
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of every 2 African-Americans
and Hispanics
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will have diabetes in
their lifetime, most
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before they graduate
high school.
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Which means that by 2018
we're going to have 30% or 35%
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of all school-age children
insulin-dependent.
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And if that's not
bad enough, the CDC
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goes further to say that that
generation, the children born
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in the year 2000, will be the
first in our country's history
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to die at a younger
age than their parents
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because of what we feed them.
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I all of a sudden
thought, you know what,
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I might be able to make a
difference in the world.
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And that was in 1999.
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So I basically took off
my celebrity chef hat
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and buried it and
became a lunch lady.
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[CHATTER]
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Next!
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You guys eating?
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I often think that
we can actually
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save the entire generation,
this entire generation born
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in the year 2000, and
the planet as well
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if we can fix school lunch.
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And school lunch is
the crux of all this.
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Because if we can
teach our children
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there is a symbiotic
relationship
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between healthy kids,
healthy food, healthy planet,
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they will reverse this
trend that we have now
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where we have unhealthy
food, unhealthy agriculture,
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unhealthy food systems
and, of course, children
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dying at very young ages
from all these diseases that
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used to be old people diseases.
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So the reason unhealthy things
like soda and candy is so cheap
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is because the
government commodified
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corn that goes into high
fructose corn syrup.
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And if there's two
things that you
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should get rid of
in your diet, it's
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high fructose corn
syrup and trans fats.
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If you just did two things--
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People talk about
the achievement gap
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between rich and
poor kids, which
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is often around ethnic
demographic lines.
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Well, that's because those kids
at the bottom of the barrel
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are being fed so poorly, in many
cases, that they can't think
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and they can't learn in school.
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Children can't learn if
they're not well nourished.
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That the achievement gap
has grown exponentially
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in the last couple of decades.
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Because if children aren't well
nourished, they can't think.
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We see behavioral problems.
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We see cognitive problems.
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And much of that can be
resolved if children are just
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well nourished.
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Much of what we
like or don't like
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is affected by the marketing
that happens to us.
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And I say "marketing
that happens
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to us" because marketing
actually happens to us.
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A big company like McDonald's
spends billions of dollars--
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they actually spend
$7 billion a year--
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marketing their food, making
sure that we think it's
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cool food and good food
and all this stuff.
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It's really unhealthy.
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To tell you the
truth, I don't know
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where we would have
been without Ann Cooper.
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Ann Cooper was
always very generous
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in giving the Child
Nutrition Advisory Committee
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a lot of credit for
forging the way so that she
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could do what she needed to do.
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She said, if I hadn't had
the parents and the teachers
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behind me, I wouldn't
have been able to do this.
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But the truth is, yes,
that was important.
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But it was more important
that she knew how to do it.
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Do we need to
change that recipe?
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Do you guys think
that that recipe--
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[INTERPOSING VOICES]
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I think it's OK.
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They liked the tuna melt,
but they didn't like it
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in the pita bread.
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What about the
garlic chicken pasta
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the way we've been doing it?
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Oh, they love it.
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They can't get enough of it, OK.
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They like anything in pasta.
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Well, good, I'm
glad we figured out
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a recipe that works for that.
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This program is designed
to be replicable.
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We're developing the
systems so that we can then
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bring it to other districts.
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But could they do it today?
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Probably.
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But they would need
somebody like Ann Cooper
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to create and make that happen.
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I had to promise that
nutrition services would
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become budget-neutral within
three years, which we did.
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Because that's--
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I mean, half of her time
is spent on getting grants
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so we can get ovens
into the sites,
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so that we can
buy dish machines,
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or so that we can have
enough staff so that we
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can cut and peel the onions.
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She works all the time.
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When I go home and take
care of my children,
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I leave Ann at work.
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She's working.
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So with the gravy, you can
even look at the gravy, right?
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See how it's a little--
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you can actually--
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[INTERPOSING VOICES]
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That's because it's a
little hotter there.
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Does it rest on Ann Cooper?
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No, it doesn't.
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It certainly helps to have
these individuals with talent.
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But it's not a
healthy initiative
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if it has to rest on an
individual to keep it going.
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It rests on the system and
structures and the philosophy
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and belief that
what we are doing
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is good for the children
of this country.
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[INTERPOSING VOICES]
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It's a problem of
passion and priority,
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somebody really caring,
and the administration
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making it a priority.
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That's all it takes to
make this replicable.
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[CHATTER]
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I'm just going to go
over a few things.
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And when you guys look
through the menus,
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you're going to notice that
there are a bunch of changes.
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On any given day--
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Ann Cooper understood
that in order
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to have this school lunch
initiative be sustainable,
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she had to embed into the
system those components that
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made it so.
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Staff development of
workers, making certain
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that there was
procurement in place,
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that the elements to
keep this thing going
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didn't have to rest on
the talent of Ann Cooper.
00:16:08.968 --> 00:16:11.130
I think we did what
we needed to do.
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I think it was
really, really fast.
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The time frame was
really, really fast.
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I mean, it almost killed me.
00:16:15.897 --> 00:16:19.640
But I don't think I would
do anything differently.
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This is such a
social justice issue.
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And we do not have a choice but
to really pay attention and fix
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this.
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So that's why I get
up and cook every day.
00:16:29.716 --> 00:16:31.688
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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When I come to work,
sometimes people
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look at me crazy,
like, what is--
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when we have events,
sometimes I kind of
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walk inside my job with a
swag a little bit sometimes.
00:17:05.020 --> 00:17:07.000
Because I want
people to notice me,
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the young African-American man
walking into the Ecology Center
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full of white people.
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And they see me going
straight upstairs.
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So I wouldn't imagine--
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if you were to ask me in
10th or 11th, 12th grade,
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do you think an organization,
a multimillion dollar
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organization, would give you
the combination to the safe,
00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:33.310
the keys to the van, the key to
the front door, and the code?
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I'd be like, no, I don't think.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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My name is David McClellan.
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I am from Berkeley, California.
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And I work for a nonprofit
that buys and sells
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produce from the farmers
market at a wholesale price.
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And we take it back to the low
income areas of South and West
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Berkeley.
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So we try to bring healthy,
organic, sustainable produce
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that's nourishing to the body
into the communities where
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people may not know
where to get it from
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and/or be able to afford it.
00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:17.275
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I grew up eating organic.
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That was a must in my family.
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We had our own farm.
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We had organic meat.
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So I always ate healthy, but I
didn't understand how important
00:18:45.430 --> 00:18:48.413
that was until I got
to Farm Fresh Choice
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and I heard about the
health disparities
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in South and West Berkeley.
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My name is Jonathan Hill.
00:18:54.780 --> 00:18:56.680
I am from Berkeley, California.
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I work at the Ecology
Center on San Pablo Avenue.
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I work for the program
Farm Fresh Choice.
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I am a site coordinator at
the Spiral Gardens location.
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It's said that wisdom and
knowledge and the answers
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always come from adults.
00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:12.100
But this program
is something that
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counters that and says it
also comes from young people.
00:19:15.550 --> 00:19:18.550
People have this perception
of what young people are--
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saggy pants, into TV and
music all the time, and not
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aware of what's going on.
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But Farm Fresh Choice
is a true pioneer
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in showing that that's not true.
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There are kids out there
on the ground-- well,
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I'm not going to say kids.
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I'm going to say young
adults, young people out there
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working to make a difference.
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They're on the ground
with the older people
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fighting that same fight.
00:19:43.630 --> 00:19:48.450
So how I got involved with the
work, it's been a long journey.
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I had no knowledge
on food justice.
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I wasn't aware of
even the food deserts.
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I wasn't aware of the high
level of health disparities
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in my own neighborhood.
00:19:58.170 --> 00:20:00.180
But I got involved
with this work
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because, coming
out of high school,
00:20:01.750 --> 00:20:05.280
I got into trouble with the law.
00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:10.200
And court ordered me to fulfill
80 hours of community service
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at a nonprofit organization.
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They quickly seen my work ethic.
00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:18.360
They seen how serious I was
about working and making
00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:18.960
a change.
00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.130
And I let them
know that I wanted
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to work for the organization.
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And they hired me.
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And I've been on
board ever since then.
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I go to my friends'
house, for instance,
00:20:29.010 --> 00:20:32.460
and they have a refrigerator
full of hella food.
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I never grew up in a household
where my refrigerator
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was always filled.
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When I had the
opportunity to work
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for such a positive
organization,
00:20:40.950 --> 00:20:43.100
it was like a blessing
placed upon me.
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Like, I grew up
in this very area
00:20:45.517 --> 00:20:47.850
that you guys want me to help
make a positive change in.
00:20:47.850 --> 00:20:50.960
So I just felt like I
needed to grab hold of that
00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:53.465
and hold on to it and
not let it slip away.
00:20:53.465 --> 00:20:55.405
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:21:05.063 --> 00:21:06.480
So when I was going
to Longfellow,
00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.950
here is the famous section
that me and all my friends
00:21:08.950 --> 00:21:10.357
would come to--
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hot cheese, [INAUDIBLE].
00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:17.236
Perfect, perfect in the
morning, perfect [INAUDIBLE]..
00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:23.990
Water bottles so we
get the water, little
00:21:23.990 --> 00:21:25.320
small water bottles.
00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:28.098
Kool-Aid, shake it
up, and just drink.
00:21:28.098 --> 00:21:30.140
They would think we were
drinking juice in class.
00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:31.848
And they never really
knew we were having
00:21:31.848 --> 00:21:33.570
Kool-Aid and sugary drinks.
00:21:36.510 --> 00:21:41.900
And another one of my
favorite sections--
00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:46.800
ex favorite section--
jelly beans.
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I couldn't live without
them, not at all.
00:21:52.310 --> 00:21:57.860
I didn't go to the corner stores
until I got to Longfellow.
00:21:57.860 --> 00:22:01.070
It was the thing because
it's right across the street
00:22:01.070 --> 00:22:03.480
from Longfellow, so
it was convenient.
00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.220
And if you didn't want lunch
or didn't have that much money
00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:10.225
to afford lunch,
corner store saved you.
00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:28.610
So now we're approaching the
area where our stand is located
00:22:28.610 --> 00:22:29.960
right across the street.
00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:32.570
We place our stand in this
area because this area
00:22:32.570 --> 00:22:36.860
is known as the low
income area of Berkeley
00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:39.500
where most of the health
disparities come from.
00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:42.740
There's a Jack in the Box
four blocks down that way.
00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:45.920
And it seems like the
people would rather
00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:49.070
go buy food from Jack in
the Box than our stand.
00:22:49.070 --> 00:22:53.720
So we need to focus on that
and try to change that.
00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.750
I don't know what it is.
00:22:54.750 --> 00:22:57.380
I know it is about produce.
00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:59.260
It's good, it's tasty.
00:22:59.260 --> 00:23:01.430
I don't know why
people would rather
00:23:01.430 --> 00:23:05.720
go down to Jack in the
Box, waste their time,
00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:08.370
mess their nice shoes up to
walk all the way down there when
00:23:08.370 --> 00:23:11.450
they can come and get this
wholesome, organic produce
00:23:11.450 --> 00:23:12.380
at a wholesale price.
00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:17.565
It just leaves me guessing.
00:23:17.565 --> 00:23:19.529
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:23:36.230 --> 00:23:39.460
My mom raised seven at my house.
00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:41.450
I'm the baby.
00:23:41.450 --> 00:23:43.280
She always told
us the importance
00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:45.680
of eating healthy for
what it does to your body,
00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.650
how the mind, the
body, and the soul.
00:23:48.650 --> 00:23:51.498
And for example, school--
00:23:51.498 --> 00:23:53.540
if I didn't eat healthy,
I couldn't take my tests
00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:56.660
and perform at the
best of my ability.
00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.050
My mom worked around the clock.
00:23:58.050 --> 00:23:59.508
But yet, she taught
us how to cook.
00:23:59.508 --> 00:24:02.510
All her children know how to
cook healthy and organically.
00:24:02.510 --> 00:24:04.970
And I see that's an
injustice in the community,
00:24:04.970 --> 00:24:09.015
that kids aren't being
educated on how to cook.
00:24:09.015 --> 00:24:11.390
This is something that needs
to be embedded in the school
00:24:11.390 --> 00:24:13.997
system and needs to be embedded
in our day-to-day lives.
00:24:13.997 --> 00:24:15.830
That we need to know,
when we get this food,
00:24:15.830 --> 00:24:17.497
we also need to know
what to do with it.
00:24:25.870 --> 00:24:28.840
That's what our
produce stand is doing,
00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:32.230
making it more accessible,
placing it in low-income areas.
00:24:32.230 --> 00:24:36.640
We accept EBT and
[? Awake. ?] But we're
00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.890
trying to make a big change and
a big impact in our community.
00:24:39.890 --> 00:24:41.740
Well, I think by
you being here along
00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:46.650
with providing the accessibility
and the level of quality,
00:24:46.650 --> 00:24:48.400
I also feel like you're
probably providing
00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:51.760
an educational service for
everyone around who may not
00:24:51.760 --> 00:24:54.250
understand the idea of
what organic foods have
00:24:54.250 --> 00:24:56.050
the potential of
doing in your life,
00:24:56.050 --> 00:24:58.240
as well as the range
of foods that you
00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:01.070
could offer in the farmers
market type environment.
00:25:01.070 --> 00:25:01.570
Yeah.
00:25:01.570 --> 00:25:03.520
I think people
learn from example.
00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:06.910
And so just to set the example
that salads actually are tasty
00:25:06.910 --> 00:25:10.090
and fresh vegetables are
healthy for you, then
00:25:10.090 --> 00:25:11.320
people will learn.
00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:14.837
I mean, my mom passed away
from diabetes two years ago.
00:25:14.837 --> 00:25:16.920
And in my mom's case, I
feel like she ate healthy.
00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:19.050
But I do know that,
for a lot of people,
00:25:19.050 --> 00:25:21.700
their diabetes is
because of lack
00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:26.500
of nutritious food
and healthy choices.
00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.580
Yeah.
00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:30.100
I think that we should
get some flyers in here.
00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:35.078
And maybe you guys can help
promote the stand, help kids,
00:25:35.078 --> 00:25:37.120
people coming in here and
getting their hair cut,
00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:39.400
to let them know that
we're just up the block.
00:25:43.950 --> 00:25:46.370
When you come in somebody's
hood or somebody's area
00:25:46.370 --> 00:25:48.530
and you bring a
negative vibe with you,
00:25:48.530 --> 00:25:50.840
and then people are
like, what you doing?
00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:52.940
That's when some
trouble gets started.
00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:55.190
But if you're in
somebody's area and they
00:25:55.190 --> 00:25:57.490
know that you're trying
to make a positive change
00:25:57.490 --> 00:25:59.160
and that you're doing something
good in their community,
00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.500
they're not gonna mess with you.
00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.983
My boss is always
telling me, how
00:26:01.983 --> 00:26:03.650
do you feel about
those guys over there?
00:26:03.650 --> 00:26:06.665
Do you feel like that there's a
money safety issue over there?
00:26:06.665 --> 00:26:08.165
And I feel like,
you know what, they
00:26:08.165 --> 00:26:09.447
might rob that guy over there.
00:26:09.447 --> 00:26:11.030
But I know they're
not going to rob us
00:26:11.030 --> 00:26:13.208
because they see us trying
to make a positive change
00:26:13.208 --> 00:26:14.000
in their community.
00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.917
And they see that we're
not no threat to them.
00:26:15.917 --> 00:26:18.650
So when they come around,
I'll be like, what's up?
00:26:18.650 --> 00:26:19.940
I really don't know them.
00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:22.270
But I'll be like, we're out
here selling this produce.
00:26:22.270 --> 00:26:24.220
Maybe you need some fruit,
you need some vegetables.
00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.460
I know your grandma
needs some produce.
00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.210
What's up, man?
00:26:26.210 --> 00:26:27.800
Come get it.
00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:29.780
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:27:08.950 --> 00:27:12.130
Food justice, to
me, is everybody
00:27:12.130 --> 00:27:15.100
having an opportunity
and the accessibility
00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:19.400
to fill their stomachs with
nourishing, healthy food.
00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:23.860
Whether it be more produce
stands, more supermarkets
00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:26.830
in low income areas, you
feeding yourself should never
00:27:26.830 --> 00:27:28.422
be an issue.
00:27:28.422 --> 00:27:30.406
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:27:56.198 --> 00:27:57.686
Bag of rice?
00:27:57.686 --> 00:27:58.678
Yeah.
00:27:58.678 --> 00:28:02.150
Broccoli is at its best
when it's purple on the top.
00:28:02.150 --> 00:28:04.134
That's when it has
the most vitamins.
00:28:04.134 --> 00:28:05.126
[INAUDIBLE]
00:28:05.126 --> 00:28:06.614
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:28:10.818 --> 00:28:12.860
Being closer to the garden,
learning how to grow,
00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:16.130
and eating healthy
makes you live longer.
00:28:16.130 --> 00:28:21.360
You'll notice when you digest
it-- not the theory, the food--
00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:24.770
a change in your body and how
you feel and how you think.
00:28:24.770 --> 00:28:27.050
You're being nourished
right-- no chemicals,
00:28:27.050 --> 00:28:31.610
no additives, no substitutes.
00:28:31.610 --> 00:28:33.650
Food should not be a privilege.
00:28:33.650 --> 00:28:36.260
Community gardens,
grocery stores,
00:28:36.260 --> 00:28:39.620
they are a right that
everyone should have.
00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:41.060
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:49.700
Everyone has to learn from
their own experiences.
00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.170
You can't really
tell someone how
00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:54.380
to live their life until they
go through a dramatic change
00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:56.996
in their own life and they
want to change themselves.
00:28:59.870 --> 00:29:01.430
My philosophy is,
I'm going to let
00:29:01.430 --> 00:29:02.780
you know that it's accessible.
00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:04.290
I'm going to let
you know it's here.
00:29:04.290 --> 00:29:05.520
I'm going to let you
know I got your back
00:29:05.520 --> 00:29:06.675
and I will sell it to you.
00:29:06.675 --> 00:29:08.300
And if you don't have
any money and you
00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:12.440
need it and you want it, I
will give it to you even.
00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:14.760
If you're like, nah, I
don't want none of that.
00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:16.217
I'm good off of that.
00:29:16.217 --> 00:29:17.300
It's not going to help me.
00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:19.120
I don't believe
what you're saying.
00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:21.037
--I'm just going to let
it ride and let it go.
00:29:25.025 --> 00:29:28.780
If they don't want to buy from
our stand, I let them know,
00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.500
have a good day.
00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.458
I'll see you next week.
00:29:30.458 --> 00:29:32.780
We're here.
00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.280
[CHATTER]
00:29:50.212 --> 00:29:52.204
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.950
I'm Charlotte Biltekoff.
00:30:13.950 --> 00:30:15.580
I teach at UC Davis.
00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:17.788
And I'm interested in
the culture and politics
00:30:17.788 --> 00:30:18.580
of food and health.
00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:25.390
I started thinking about the
history of dietary advice
00:30:25.390 --> 00:30:29.350
and dietary form because I
always suspected that when
00:30:29.350 --> 00:30:31.540
we're criticizing
other people's diets,
00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:34.780
looking at how other
people feed their children,
00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:36.730
talking about what
they served for dinner
00:30:36.730 --> 00:30:39.550
after the dinner party, that
we're not really just talking
00:30:39.550 --> 00:30:40.510
about food.
00:30:40.510 --> 00:30:42.520
And I always sort
of had in my mind
00:30:42.520 --> 00:30:44.800
that this thing was
happening behind the scenes
00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:48.130
where social and
moral hierarchies were
00:30:48.130 --> 00:30:49.100
being worked out.
00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:50.555
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:02.630
We do have a very long
history of dietary reform
00:31:02.630 --> 00:31:04.400
in this country and.
00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:09.197
I think it's useful to start
at the end of the 19th century.
00:31:09.197 --> 00:31:12.700
The reformers who were
thinking about educating people
00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:16.240
to eat right were the
domestic scientists.
00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:18.220
These women at the
turn of the century who
00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.955
declare that food is at
the center, that food
00:31:20.955 --> 00:31:23.080
is what really matters,
and that if we want to make
00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:26.260
any progress socially
if we want to bring up
00:31:26.260 --> 00:31:29.980
the level of character of the
poor and immigrants flooding
00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:33.220
into Northeastern cities,
if we want to deal
00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:36.970
with the sort of mess that
industrialization is creating,
00:31:36.970 --> 00:31:38.845
then teaching people to
eat right is central.
00:31:41.042 --> 00:31:43.000
It occurred to me that
what I was reading about
00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.240
wasn't really that
unfamiliar, that in fact there
00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.680
were very similar
things going on
00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.596
around me at that very moment.
00:31:49.596 --> 00:31:51.054
[NATURE SOUNDS]
00:31:56.890 --> 00:31:59.080
Right here in
Berkeley, California,
00:31:59.080 --> 00:32:01.240
people were talking
about the same thing,
00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:04.630
about the importance of eating
right to social well-being,
00:32:04.630 --> 00:32:06.700
about solving all kinds
of social problems
00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:09.850
by improving the food
that people chose.
00:32:09.850 --> 00:32:12.790
And just like the
domestic scientists,
00:32:12.790 --> 00:32:14.260
people in Berkeley
at that moment
00:32:14.260 --> 00:32:17.170
were also talking about the
importance of public education
00:32:17.170 --> 00:32:20.080
and schools taking on
the role of teaching
00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:21.460
the values of the table.
00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.380
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:32:30.110 --> 00:32:35.445
Good food, bad food,
good diets, bad eaters.
00:32:35.445 --> 00:32:38.360
What is really going on here?
00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:40.170
When we talk about
food and health,
00:32:40.170 --> 00:32:41.807
what else are we talking about?
00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:47.730
So now we're worried about
things like hot Cheetos
00:32:47.730 --> 00:32:52.140
and too much sodas and
too much processed food.
00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:57.000
So the concern
about exactly what
00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.360
people, or poor people
in particular, are eating
00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.590
has changed.
00:33:01.590 --> 00:33:06.390
But the idea that poor people's
diets are a social danger
00:33:06.390 --> 00:33:10.320
and that there are
reasons why the middle
00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:13.380
and upper middle class should
be interested in improving
00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:18.620
those diets has
remained the same.
00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:22.210
And the impulse to
focus on diet as a way
00:33:22.210 --> 00:33:25.210
to address larger
social problems
00:33:25.210 --> 00:33:27.056
has also remained consistent.
00:33:29.810 --> 00:33:32.270
People who've been the targets
of dietary reform movements
00:33:32.270 --> 00:33:35.600
for the last century, I
think, have felt very judged
00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:38.120
and have oftentimes been
quite resistant to being
00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:40.250
told that their food's
not good and not healthy
00:33:40.250 --> 00:33:43.670
by generally middle class,
upper middle class dietary
00:33:43.670 --> 00:33:48.140
reformers who are typically
advising people very different
00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:52.220
from them to eat more like them.
00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:56.510
When we talk about my perfect
kale smoothie versus your trip
00:33:56.510 --> 00:34:00.530
through the McDonald's
drive-through, or my Saturday
00:34:00.530 --> 00:34:04.670
morning at the farmers market
versus some pile of canned food
00:34:04.670 --> 00:34:07.790
somewhere that looks
not nearly so wholesome,
00:34:07.790 --> 00:34:10.730
we're not just
talking about food.
00:34:10.730 --> 00:34:15.949
We're inevitably talking about
social values, ideas about what
00:34:15.949 --> 00:34:17.900
it is to be a good person.
00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:21.320
And so we're always identifying
not just good and bad food,
00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:23.210
but good and bad eaters.
00:34:23.210 --> 00:34:25.340
And that distinction
between good and bad eaters
00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:29.000
is always fraught with
moral implications.
00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.916
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:34:39.540 --> 00:34:45.360
Paying attention to
the social implications
00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.880
of our conversations
about food and health
00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:51.420
doesn't negate the
fact that food affects
00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.639
our biological and
biomedical health
00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:57.580
and that eating right is
a public health issue.
00:34:57.580 --> 00:34:59.790
But it's not just about biology.
00:34:59.790 --> 00:35:03.750
It's never just about individual
bodies or public health.
00:35:03.750 --> 00:35:06.030
So I think it's
important to also
00:35:06.030 --> 00:35:09.300
be having an awareness and a
conversation about the story
00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:12.360
that is being told, the truths
that are being constructed,
00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:15.600
the ideas that are being
generated, the ideals--
00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:17.940
social ideals-- that
are being conveyed
00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:20.310
through these conversations
that are presumably just
00:35:20.310 --> 00:35:22.340
about food and health.
00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:26.000
So that when we try to
improve school lunches,
00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:31.440
or that when we try to bring
produce to liquor stores,
00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:35.220
we can do it with a really
expanded consciousness
00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:37.910
about what is really
going on here.
00:35:37.910 --> 00:35:39.870
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:35:56.540 --> 00:35:58.550
You have to nurture food.
00:35:58.550 --> 00:36:01.930
You can't just throw it around.
00:36:01.930 --> 00:36:03.440
It has to be nurtured.
00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:06.090
You have to have
love when you cook.
00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:09.164
And it has to go into your food.
00:36:09.164 --> 00:36:20.880
[KITCHEN SOUNDS]
00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.920
Well, I guess I'm
the senior cook here.
00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:26.760
So I do meats on Mondays.
00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:28.950
Generally, I cook
chicken on Tuesdays.
00:36:28.950 --> 00:36:33.030
It's probably
about, I don't know
00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:39.180
if it was 28 cases, 28
40-pound cases of chicken.
00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:42.900
That's about
3,000-some odd pieces.
00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:47.430
On Fridays I sort that chicken
and prep it for cooking.
00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:58.400
When I started here, it
was a lot of packaged food.
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:02.990
Now we get fresh carrots
from local farmers.
00:37:02.990 --> 00:37:06.650
We get fresh cases of
celery from local farmers.
00:37:06.650 --> 00:37:09.190
The potatoes are fresh.
00:37:09.190 --> 00:37:13.580
I oftentimes take pictures of
the fruit because I just love,
00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:15.500
I love color.
00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.990
It's important to me
because I like art
00:37:17.990 --> 00:37:21.170
and I appreciate the
presentation also.
00:37:21.170 --> 00:37:24.110
You can cook food and it
could taste delicious.
00:37:24.110 --> 00:37:28.040
But if the presentation
of it is improper,
00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:31.280
it's like even though
it tastes good,
00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:33.843
it has someone kind of
leery about eating it.
00:37:40.470 --> 00:37:43.680
This is Clara Allen,
my grandmother,
00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:47.610
in a Farmville, Virginia
School district.
00:37:47.610 --> 00:37:51.240
And she's doing what
I do every Friday--
00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:53.850
sorting chicken.
00:37:53.850 --> 00:37:58.170
I had this thing going on in
my head, why was I a cook?
00:37:58.170 --> 00:37:59.220
Why am I a cook?
00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:01.710
And I felt like
I should do more.
00:38:01.710 --> 00:38:05.070
I should go on to college
and get a BA degree
00:38:05.070 --> 00:38:06.510
and do something different.
00:38:06.510 --> 00:38:07.920
And I have talent.
00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:09.510
I don't have to be here.
00:38:09.510 --> 00:38:13.730
And this picture, it made me
greatly appreciate what I do.
00:38:13.730 --> 00:38:17.400
I also found out that my great
great grandfather was also
00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.900
a cook.
00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:25.520
At the end of the day, I feel
that I've done something good.
00:38:25.520 --> 00:38:27.020
Because some
children may not get
00:38:27.020 --> 00:38:30.870
the nutritional value and
the things they need at home.
00:38:30.870 --> 00:38:33.800
So when they do come to
school, they don't only
00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:35.240
learn book knowledge.
00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:38.340
They get to learn food,
what's good for them.
00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:42.320
So it's really important for me.
00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.500
If you really
appreciate food, you
00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:47.480
wouldn't leave here
feeling bad even
00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:49.190
if you had a tough workday.
00:39:11.270 --> 00:39:14.840
The good side of so much
citizen participation
00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:19.260
is that you can do experiments
that then go across the world.
00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:22.580
I mean, this food thing, it
was laughed at so much at the
00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:23.090
beginning.
00:39:23.090 --> 00:39:24.980
It's all over the country now.
00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:26.936
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:39:35.750 --> 00:39:38.900
This is about the
democratic process at work.
00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:42.050
It's a story of what can happen
when everyday citizens share
00:39:42.050 --> 00:39:46.250
a simple dream and work
together to change minds
00:39:46.250 --> 00:39:50.360
one neighbor, one politician,
one piece of legislation
00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:52.910
at a time.
00:39:52.910 --> 00:39:54.650
I uncovered this
process when I found
00:39:54.650 --> 00:39:56.210
a document called
the Berkeley Food
00:39:56.210 --> 00:40:01.640
Policy that had been adopted by
the Board of Education in 1999.
00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:04.130
It laid out all the major
goals and strategies
00:40:04.130 --> 00:40:07.220
that would become the backbone
of the Berkeley School Lunch
00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:09.380
Initiative.
00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:14.420
The process began in 1997 when
one angry parent challenged
00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:17.690
the school superintendent
to completely overhaul
00:40:17.690 --> 00:40:19.420
the Berkeley School
lunch program.
00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:24.560
Well, of course, his
anger was about the food.
00:40:24.560 --> 00:40:26.810
The anger was about his
children getting what he
00:40:26.810 --> 00:40:28.520
considered to be terrible food.
00:40:28.520 --> 00:40:33.050
And so he had a legitimate
anger that he was expressing.
00:40:33.050 --> 00:40:34.610
So he said, look at this menu.
00:40:34.610 --> 00:40:36.290
And he was right.
00:40:36.290 --> 00:40:37.370
It was cheese dogs.
00:40:37.370 --> 00:40:39.650
It was corn dogs.
00:40:39.650 --> 00:40:41.690
It was just one bad
thing after another.
00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:44.102
And he said, how can you
ask kids to eat this?
00:40:44.102 --> 00:40:45.990
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:40:49.770 --> 00:40:51.110
I had never been an activist.
00:40:51.110 --> 00:40:53.400
I've been in a few peace
marches now and then.
00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:57.270
But it grabbed my interest
and grabbed my passion
00:40:57.270 --> 00:41:01.290
because this is about our kids.
00:41:01.290 --> 00:41:04.530
This is about healthy
kids having the energy
00:41:04.530 --> 00:41:08.100
to learn all morning long and
keep learning in the afternoon
00:41:08.100 --> 00:41:09.840
after they've had
a decent lunch.
00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.870
So what we were trying to do was
nudge the district and our food
00:41:12.870 --> 00:41:17.640
services away from the old model
toward something new, which we
00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:21.390
hadn't entirely invented yet.
00:41:21.390 --> 00:41:24.750
We knew we wanted to get
fresh, organic, nutritious food
00:41:24.750 --> 00:41:26.280
into our food services.
00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:29.040
But without the distribution,
without the suppliers,
00:41:29.040 --> 00:41:32.460
how were we going to do that?
00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:36.018
Most of the people who came
were interested in one issue.
00:41:36.018 --> 00:41:38.310
There was someone who wore
a t-shirt that said "friends
00:41:38.310 --> 00:41:40.260
don't let friends eat meat."
00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:43.350
And there were the people who
were the anti-bovine growth
00:41:43.350 --> 00:41:47.970
hormone people and the waste
management and recycling
00:41:47.970 --> 00:41:48.750
zealots.
00:41:48.750 --> 00:41:51.370
And you took note
of all the issues.
00:41:51.370 --> 00:41:54.330
And at the end, a group of
people who were like, one note,
00:41:54.330 --> 00:41:55.590
one issue--
00:41:55.590 --> 00:42:00.060
pretty angry people--
became joint authors
00:42:00.060 --> 00:42:03.030
of a 10-point
school food policy,
00:42:03.030 --> 00:42:05.840
which turned out to be the
first one in the entire nation.
00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:11.120
Those are some of the folks
who organized the first food
00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:13.580
committee back in 1997.
00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:16.310
They harnessed their
energy, passion, and vision
00:42:16.310 --> 00:42:19.850
in this draft of Berkley's
first food policy.
00:42:19.850 --> 00:42:22.880
Then in 1999, people
on the committee
00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:24.710
went out to the
schools to figure out
00:42:24.710 --> 00:42:29.180
where the problems were and
what needed to get done.
00:42:29.180 --> 00:42:31.370
The food service
budget was a mess.
00:42:31.370 --> 00:42:33.950
The director at the time
blocked every suggestion
00:42:33.950 --> 00:42:35.630
they came up with.
00:42:35.630 --> 00:42:37.670
The lunch menus were awful.
00:42:37.670 --> 00:42:40.880
And there were no kitchens
to cook in at all.
00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:45.770
They disappeared in the 1980s.
00:42:45.770 --> 00:42:49.490
When we first went in
and did the inventory,
00:42:49.490 --> 00:42:53.030
I mean, there were no
knobs on the stove.
00:42:53.030 --> 00:42:54.470
There was, like, one spoon.
00:42:54.470 --> 00:42:55.778
I mean, there was nothing.
00:42:55.778 --> 00:42:56.320
That's right.
00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:59.060
And then the culture
that we inherited
00:42:59.060 --> 00:43:02.180
was a group of people who
worked in the school district,
00:43:02.180 --> 00:43:04.520
and worked in food service,
and had worked there
00:43:04.520 --> 00:43:07.370
for a long time, and were
used to a certain pattern
00:43:07.370 --> 00:43:11.420
where they would heat
things or cool things off.
00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:13.500
And they weren't used
to being creative.
00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:16.220
The other thing is that
space was a big problem.
00:43:16.220 --> 00:43:18.320
Because if you say, we
want to start a garden,
00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.400
people say, well,
that means you're
00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.120
going to take out play
space, or you're going
00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:22.560
to take out some other things--
00:43:22.560 --> 00:43:23.518
--the baseball diamond.
00:43:23.518 --> 00:43:24.810
--or something.
00:43:24.810 --> 00:43:26.720
And so it was not easy.
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:33.020
The food policy was filled with
big goals and clear strategies.
00:43:33.020 --> 00:43:34.670
But the Berkeley
citizen activists
00:43:34.670 --> 00:43:36.774
had to learn how
to make them real.
00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:43.270
In 2000, they campaigned to
include kitchens in a city bond
00:43:43.270 --> 00:43:45.730
measure for school facilities.
00:43:45.730 --> 00:43:47.260
The voters approved.
00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:49.330
And now the money was there.
00:43:49.330 --> 00:43:51.490
But changing minds
was tougher than they
00:43:51.490 --> 00:43:56.320
thought, especially the new
chief, Michelle Lawrence.
00:43:56.320 --> 00:44:00.100
As I started as a superintendent
and reviewing policies,
00:44:00.100 --> 00:44:04.690
I came across this very
ambitious food and nutrition
00:44:04.690 --> 00:44:05.680
policy.
00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:08.620
And frankly, I thought,
these guys are mad.
00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:09.910
What are they doing here?
00:44:09.910 --> 00:44:11.020
They can't be doing this.
00:44:11.020 --> 00:44:13.420
When she first came
here, she thought
00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:16.990
this was Berkeley foo foo.
00:44:16.990 --> 00:44:22.240
And I had a couple of very
contentious meetings with her.
00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:24.790
This had policy name to it.
00:44:24.790 --> 00:44:28.570
But it wasn't implementable.
00:44:28.570 --> 00:44:31.210
There wasn't a way that I
could immediately say, well,
00:44:31.210 --> 00:44:34.330
I'm going to hold anybody
accountable for implementing
00:44:34.330 --> 00:44:35.750
this or even violating it.
00:44:35.750 --> 00:44:39.260
After, I think it
was her first year,
00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:44.440
there was a kid over the
summer who was a middle school
00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:48.010
student at Longfellow
who died of complications
00:44:48.010 --> 00:44:51.010
related to diabetes.
00:44:51.010 --> 00:44:53.260
She was shocked by that.
00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:56.560
So she went to
Children's Hospital
00:44:56.560 --> 00:45:01.300
to talk to their
diabetes people.
00:45:01.300 --> 00:45:04.090
And they said, look,
it's about nutrition.
00:45:04.090 --> 00:45:06.520
It's about what
we feed our kids.
00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:14.320
And I think the death
plus the statistics
00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:21.950
made the circumstances and my
obligation much more apparent.
00:45:21.950 --> 00:45:30.070
And so the idea of my now
pulling out this food policy,
00:45:30.070 --> 00:45:32.530
that at one point
in time I thought
00:45:32.530 --> 00:45:37.765
seems to me to be nonsense,
made much more sense in context.
00:45:40.310 --> 00:45:42.530
This was a big turning point.
00:45:42.530 --> 00:45:45.320
Now the political
will was in place.
00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:48.530
They had real dollars to
build a central kitchen.
00:45:48.530 --> 00:45:52.760
And all Berkeley schools had
cooking and gardening classes.
00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:55.340
Yet, it still took
another two years
00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:58.190
of hard work and organizing.
00:45:58.190 --> 00:46:02.570
By 2005, Alice Waters and
the Chez Panisse Foundation
00:46:02.570 --> 00:46:05.390
offered to fund the salary
of one of the few people
00:46:05.390 --> 00:46:08.030
in the country equipped
to turn the food policy
00:46:08.030 --> 00:46:09.830
words into action--
00:46:09.830 --> 00:46:14.310
chef Ann Cooper, the lunch lady.
00:46:14.310 --> 00:46:17.880
When I got here, there was
five items on the menu--
00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:21.600
chicken nuggets, grilled cheese
sandwiches, extremo burritos,
00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:24.910
corn dogs, and pizza pockets.
00:46:24.910 --> 00:46:28.540
We went from there to no trans
fats, no high fructose corn
00:46:28.540 --> 00:46:30.460
syrup, salad bars at
every school every day,
00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:32.890
all whole grains,
organic milk at lunch,
00:46:32.890 --> 00:46:34.990
no chocolate milk, no desserts.
00:46:34.990 --> 00:46:36.906
And kids eat the food.
00:46:36.906 --> 00:46:38.818
So I think that's success.
00:46:43.130 --> 00:46:45.920
People would put you down
and say, it's not possible.
00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:48.270
You're just too idealistic.
00:46:48.270 --> 00:46:49.710
What do you think?
00:46:49.710 --> 00:46:53.480
Do you think our kids can
eat expensive organic food?
00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:55.310
Don't be ridiculous, people.
00:46:55.310 --> 00:46:58.497
I got a lot of that
in the beginning.
00:46:58.497 --> 00:47:00.080
I don't think anybody
in food services
00:47:00.080 --> 00:47:02.630
would want to return to
the old days of opening up
00:47:02.630 --> 00:47:05.150
cans and serving frozen food.
00:47:05.150 --> 00:47:07.770
I can't imagine anybody would
want to do that anymore.
00:47:07.770 --> 00:47:10.400
[INAUDIBLE] egg whites after--
00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:13.910
Even the British government
adopted a food policy
00:47:13.910 --> 00:47:16.920
for all the schools in England
and Scotland and Wales.
00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:19.070
And there's a footnote
in their food policy
00:47:19.070 --> 00:47:21.367
that says that they want to
thank the Berkeley Unified
00:47:21.367 --> 00:47:23.450
School District for the
inspiration for their food
00:47:23.450 --> 00:47:23.950
policy.
00:47:23.950 --> 00:47:26.600
--respiration can go on--
00:47:26.600 --> 00:47:28.470
People said, how
do can we do this?
00:47:28.470 --> 00:47:31.350
They had to figure out, OK, how
can we deal with these issues
00:47:31.350 --> 00:47:32.240
one by one?
00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:33.290
What about nutrition?
00:47:33.290 --> 00:47:35.390
How can we get better food?
00:47:35.390 --> 00:47:37.380
How can we work
with the teachers
00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:39.980
to start teaching and
bringing it into our culture?
00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:43.700
How can we make sure that we
get the facilities we need?
00:47:43.700 --> 00:47:45.510
The end goal is to have it all.
00:47:45.510 --> 00:47:47.343
But you need to make
progress where you can.
00:47:47.343 --> 00:47:48.427
--North Pole, South Poles.
00:47:48.427 --> 00:47:49.250
Make my bridge.
00:47:49.250 --> 00:47:51.570
Knife goes on North
Pole, South Pole.
00:47:51.570 --> 00:47:53.810
I cut it in half.
00:47:53.810 --> 00:47:58.070
In 2009, First Lady Michelle
Obama unveiled a kitchen garden
00:47:58.070 --> 00:47:59.930
on the White House lawn.
00:47:59.930 --> 00:48:01.640
She talked about
planting and eating
00:48:01.640 --> 00:48:04.130
vegetables to combat obesity.
00:48:04.130 --> 00:48:07.820
And she said no child in
America should go hungry.
00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:11.690
Since the food policy was
adopted more than 10 years ago,
00:48:11.690 --> 00:48:15.680
these Berkeley citizen activists
went from unrealistic dreamers
00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:19.280
to national proponents
of healthy school food.
00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:22.310
And in that decade, they
changed the basic definition
00:48:22.310 --> 00:48:25.760
of what it means when we
say children should never
00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:28.095
be hungry in school again.
00:48:28.095 --> 00:48:30.075
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:48:44.948 --> 00:48:46.490
So what I'm going
to do is, I'm going
00:48:46.490 --> 00:48:50.390
to add this to our quinoa.
00:48:50.390 --> 00:48:53.236
And then I'm going to pour the
dressing over it and mix it.
00:48:53.236 --> 00:48:59.150
[INAUDIBLE] We put our
heart in the dressing.
00:48:59.150 --> 00:49:00.750
You put your heart
into the dressing?
00:49:00.750 --> 00:49:01.730
Yeah.
00:49:01.730 --> 00:49:04.400
Food made with love is
usually the best kind.
00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:05.287
Is it not?
00:49:05.287 --> 00:49:06.120
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:10.040
And this has some
[? Chilea ?] love in there.
00:49:10.040 --> 00:49:11.630
Can you guys see that?
00:49:11.630 --> 00:49:12.950
Look at those colors.
00:49:12.950 --> 00:49:14.783
Maddie, you're going
to be the one who helps
00:49:14.783 --> 00:49:18.880
me pass the bowl [INAUDIBLE]
00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.380
[CHATTER]
00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:44.170
Just like that, a
nice long piece.
00:49:44.170 --> 00:49:50.560
And everybody should pick
one long piece of oregano, so
00:49:50.560 --> 00:49:52.550
a nice snap like that.
00:49:52.550 --> 00:49:54.790
So get one.
00:49:54.790 --> 00:49:58.308
And we'll get to put these herbs
into the fresh sauce today.
00:49:58.308 --> 00:49:59.350
It's going to be so good.
00:49:59.350 --> 00:50:01.270
Snatch a little piece like that.
00:50:01.270 --> 00:50:02.802
Oh, good, it's thyme--
00:50:02.802 --> 00:50:03.302
Thyme?
00:50:03.302 --> 00:50:04.254
--for oregano.
00:50:04.254 --> 00:50:06.120
[LAUGHS]
00:50:06.120 --> 00:50:06.620
You got it.
00:50:06.620 --> 00:50:07.300
Good one.
00:50:07.300 --> 00:50:08.440
All right, let's go, team.
00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:11.010
--it is.
00:50:11.010 --> 00:50:12.190
She sauteed it.
00:50:12.190 --> 00:50:13.390
She put it in a pan.
00:50:13.390 --> 00:50:16.900
I started in the
spring early in 2001.
00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:18.790
And teachers were
reluctant to give up
00:50:18.790 --> 00:50:22.000
that time for another
enrichment class.
00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:24.280
This is another
hour out of our week
00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:26.980
that they're going to
be in here cooking.
00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:29.020
Is this just a
life skills class?
00:50:29.020 --> 00:50:30.970
So I was really
searching for a way
00:50:30.970 --> 00:50:34.150
to connect it with the
standard base curriculum
00:50:34.150 --> 00:50:35.970
for the elementary school.
00:50:35.970 --> 00:50:38.830
And the very center
is called the germ.
00:50:38.830 --> 00:50:41.350
And this part is the endosperm.
00:50:41.350 --> 00:50:43.960
We do math, and
we do English too.
00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:46.490
And we, of course, loop
it in with science.
00:50:46.490 --> 00:50:48.970
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:50:48.970 --> 00:50:50.980
By the end of kindergarten,
we can pretty much
00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:56.800
trust them with a serrated
knife, a box grater, a juicer.
00:50:56.800 --> 00:50:58.510
Parents, they are
floored by the idea
00:50:58.510 --> 00:51:00.177
that their child knows
all these things.
00:51:00.177 --> 00:51:05.430
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:51:05.430 --> 00:51:08.520
If they cook it,
they will eat it.
00:51:08.520 --> 00:51:09.330
I'm a mom too.
00:51:09.330 --> 00:51:10.913
And sometimes it
seems like it's going
00:51:10.913 --> 00:51:14.023
to be more trouble to get
my boys involved doing it
00:51:14.023 --> 00:51:15.690
than it is for me to
just do it and have
00:51:15.690 --> 00:51:16.950
them do their homework.
00:51:16.950 --> 00:51:20.610
But once they're in there
with me, we're talking.
00:51:20.610 --> 00:51:21.690
We're involved.
00:51:21.690 --> 00:51:22.530
We're doing it.
00:51:22.530 --> 00:51:23.940
They really want to eat it.
00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:26.340
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:30.330
We're going to make tomato sauce
tonight with whole wheat pasta.
00:51:30.330 --> 00:51:32.250
We're going to do a
little salad to show you
00:51:32.250 --> 00:51:36.980
how quick this dinner can be
and how everybody can help out.
00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:39.470
I like to remind myself
that's like a little machine
00:51:39.470 --> 00:51:40.550
back and forth like that.
00:51:40.550 --> 00:51:42.180
And then I gather it up again.
00:51:42.180 --> 00:51:43.904
You want to add
the onions to it?
00:51:43.904 --> 00:51:45.630
OK.
00:51:45.630 --> 00:51:46.130
That's good.
00:51:46.130 --> 00:51:48.890
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:51:48.890 --> 00:51:53.330
Cooking and eating are
very sensual experiences.
00:51:53.330 --> 00:51:57.170
If the child is removed from it
and is just put down at a table
00:51:57.170 --> 00:51:59.450
with a prepared plate
in front of them,
00:51:59.450 --> 00:52:02.150
they're very disassociated
from that whole process
00:52:02.150 --> 00:52:03.107
of enjoyment.
00:52:03.107 --> 00:52:04.940
Now use your hand to
scrape it all in there.
00:52:04.940 --> 00:52:06.898
We don't want to lose
any of that yummy garlic.
00:52:10.630 --> 00:52:12.680
I can feel all of the hotness.
00:52:12.680 --> 00:52:14.330
Mmm.
00:52:14.330 --> 00:52:15.402
They make it here.
00:52:15.402 --> 00:52:17.360
Then when they go out
and see something healthy
00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:20.017
in the lunchroom, they're much
more inclined to taste it.
00:52:25.750 --> 00:52:26.697
Looks perfect.
00:52:26.697 --> 00:52:28.280
Boy, we could just
eat this like this.
00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:30.940
It would be like a tomato soup.
00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:31.640
Thumbs up?
00:52:31.640 --> 00:52:32.480
Thumbs up.
00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:34.900
Yeah, I think so too.
00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:38.230
And when you see those light
bulb moments go off for them,
00:52:38.230 --> 00:52:41.880
when they really recognize that
something's new and delicious
00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:45.173
and that it's good for them and
they want it, it's just great.
00:52:45.173 --> 00:52:46.090
It's really rewarding.
00:52:46.090 --> 00:52:49.460
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:52:49.460 --> 00:52:52.690
I really love the idea that
I'm giving a child a voice
00:52:52.690 --> 00:52:55.000
to be an advocate
for their own health,
00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:58.330
that they're going to learn how
to really make those decisions
00:52:58.330 --> 00:53:03.250
and be an advocate for
themselves with food
00:53:03.250 --> 00:53:05.770
and know that health can
come from food and not
00:53:05.770 --> 00:53:10.210
from a pill or a parent's advice
or a doctor or the emergency
00:53:10.210 --> 00:53:13.270
room, that there's
those empowerment sort
00:53:13.270 --> 00:53:15.790
of moments that maybe are
happening with the kids.
00:53:15.790 --> 00:53:18.700
And that's why I love
coming to my job every day.
00:53:18.700 --> 00:53:20.860
You guys are the ones
who just cooked this.
00:53:20.860 --> 00:53:23.280
We just gave you the recipe
so you could do it too.
00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:24.370
Do you want to work
with me in the kitchen?
00:53:24.370 --> 00:53:25.703
We'll cook for the whole school.
00:53:25.703 --> 00:53:27.310
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:53:27.310 --> 00:53:28.390
No way.
00:53:28.390 --> 00:53:28.890
Count on me.
00:53:28.890 --> 00:53:30.557
Do you know how much
hard work that was?
00:53:30.557 --> 00:53:32.750
I'd be saying, chop that,
chop this, chop this.
00:53:32.750 --> 00:53:33.460
I don't care!
00:53:33.460 --> 00:53:45.180
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:53:45.180 --> 00:53:47.248
It always turned out the
kids loved gardening.
00:53:47.248 --> 00:53:49.290
And it always turned out
that, if they grew stuff
00:53:49.290 --> 00:53:50.730
in the garden,
they would eat it.
00:53:50.730 --> 00:53:52.938
And it always turned out,
if you gave them good food,
00:53:52.938 --> 00:53:54.180
they liked it.
00:53:54.180 --> 00:53:56.365
Our instincts about
what was really
00:53:56.365 --> 00:53:57.990
the truth as opposed
to what they said,
00:53:57.990 --> 00:53:59.411
we were always right.
00:53:59.411 --> 00:54:05.303
Getting, really
getting [INAUDIBLE]
00:54:05.303 --> 00:54:06.539
Right.
00:54:06.539 --> 00:54:09.533
I believe that we're
going to find that we've
00:54:09.533 --> 00:54:13.525
lost some advocacy at
this stage [INAUDIBLE]
00:54:13.525 --> 00:54:16.020
So I think we need to
be prepared for that.
00:54:16.020 --> 00:54:18.090
We still have some
friends there--
00:54:18.090 --> 00:54:23.100
Face it-- if you're a mom, the
umbilical cord is never cut.
00:54:23.100 --> 00:54:28.320
You feel your child's pain,
so far as I know, forever.
00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:32.980
So if your child is sick, if
your child isn't eating well,
00:54:32.980 --> 00:54:33.900
you worry.
00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:35.700
My daughter came back
from her first week
00:54:35.700 --> 00:54:38.460
and said, oh, those
lunches are awful.
00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:42.430
Mom, I'm just going to bring my
lunch in a bag, which she did.
00:54:42.430 --> 00:54:44.932
And then I went to see what
the snack shack was all about.
00:54:44.932 --> 00:54:45.890
It was pretty horrible.
00:54:48.730 --> 00:54:50.910
We're trying to
identify the top 10
00:54:50.910 --> 00:54:52.860
things that would make
the school a better
00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:55.140
place for everybody.
00:54:55.140 --> 00:54:58.035
So it came back, the survey,
number one was behavior.
00:55:01.710 --> 00:55:04.650
Number two, very closely
tied in percentage points,
00:55:04.650 --> 00:55:06.592
was the food in the cafeteria.
00:55:06.592 --> 00:55:11.430
This is the lettuce and
the celery growing in.
00:55:11.430 --> 00:55:14.010
Basically, Alice
Waters had this vision.
00:55:14.010 --> 00:55:17.950
And her vision is, you
teach kids about nutrition.
00:55:17.950 --> 00:55:19.980
You teach them how
to grow the food.
00:55:19.980 --> 00:55:22.830
And then you teach them
how to cook it and eat it.
00:55:22.830 --> 00:55:25.980
What we were trying to
do is take Alice's vision
00:55:25.980 --> 00:55:27.570
and figure out a
way that you could
00:55:27.570 --> 00:55:32.790
make it happen within the
confines of school budgets.
00:55:32.790 --> 00:55:35.100
[ALARM RINGING]
00:55:35.100 --> 00:55:38.190
It happens every noon
for the pupil who takes
00:55:38.190 --> 00:55:41.460
advantage of the lunch program.
00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:43.530
Lunches are planned
by a local school
00:55:43.530 --> 00:55:49.230
manager whose menus have a taste
appeal and day-to-day variety.
00:55:49.230 --> 00:55:52.710
The old model is based
on USDA surplus food--
00:55:52.710 --> 00:55:55.740
cheese, dairy products,
meat products that
00:55:55.740 --> 00:55:59.130
are virtually unedible.
00:55:59.130 --> 00:56:02.610
There are parents who said,
my child is a vegetarian.
00:56:02.610 --> 00:56:05.680
You've got to offer a
vegetarian meal every day.
00:56:05.680 --> 00:56:08.340
Some people say, well,
my child is vegan.
00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:09.840
What are you going
to do about that?
00:56:09.840 --> 00:56:11.070
My child has allergies.
00:56:11.070 --> 00:56:12.960
What are you going
to do about that?
00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:17.010
Canned foods, frozen foods,
processed foods-- which were,
00:56:17.010 --> 00:56:19.110
even at that time
we recognized, we
00:56:19.110 --> 00:56:22.445
knew were high sodium, high
fat, high sugar content.
00:56:26.722 --> 00:56:28.430
We went to the
neighborhoods around here.
00:56:28.430 --> 00:56:30.960
And 10 years ago,
right on Sacramento
00:56:30.960 --> 00:56:31.880
is a perfect example.
00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:34.730
From [? DeWhite ?]
Way to Alcatraz,
00:56:34.730 --> 00:56:39.350
there were nine liquor stores,
nine, and only one grocery
00:56:39.350 --> 00:56:41.810
store.
00:56:41.810 --> 00:56:44.540
I saw an opportunity
to organize these kids
00:56:44.540 --> 00:56:47.420
around the whole idea of
improving your nutrition,
00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:49.525
improving your
physical health, which
00:56:49.525 --> 00:56:51.650
will improve your mental
health, which will improve
00:56:51.650 --> 00:56:52.802
your academic standards.
00:56:52.802 --> 00:56:54.260
So we started having
these meetings
00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:56.060
and discussing these issues.
00:56:56.060 --> 00:56:58.910
Eric wanted do
breakfast at Oxford.
00:56:58.910 --> 00:56:59.990
I said I'd help him.
00:56:59.990 --> 00:57:02.990
Bibo made vegetable soup,
organic vegetable soup,
00:57:02.990 --> 00:57:05.660
with bread every Friday.
00:57:05.660 --> 00:57:06.860
The kids loved it.
00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:10.360
Joy Moore was adamant
about organic.
00:57:10.360 --> 00:57:13.160
And had a food fair
tasting, and the kids
00:57:13.160 --> 00:57:15.053
got to taste and rank
all the different foods
00:57:15.053 --> 00:57:16.720
that we were going
to offer in the lunch
00:57:16.720 --> 00:57:18.254
and after-school program.
00:57:18.254 --> 00:57:18.754
[CHATTER]
00:57:23.353 --> 00:57:25.520
People took what they were
interested in and started
00:57:25.520 --> 00:57:28.620
working on those ideas.
00:57:28.620 --> 00:57:31.450
Doing these experiments,
showing it would work,
00:57:31.450 --> 00:57:34.860
going to the school board
over and over again.
00:57:34.860 --> 00:57:38.550
And we hashed out this policy.
00:57:38.550 --> 00:57:40.204
Then the board adopted it.
00:57:40.204 --> 00:57:40.704
[CHATTER]
00:57:49.123 --> 00:57:50.540
We live in a town,
Berkeley, where
00:57:50.540 --> 00:57:54.790
people think that
change is an easy thing
00:57:54.790 --> 00:57:56.810
and it happens like that.
00:57:56.810 --> 00:57:59.750
When we finally got some more
parents involved, some more
00:57:59.750 --> 00:58:01.730
teachers, it began to snowball.
00:58:01.730 --> 00:58:05.170
And more and more people
said, yes, that's a good idea.
00:58:05.170 --> 00:58:10.630
But we kept slugging
those first four years.
00:58:10.630 --> 00:58:11.960
That was really hard.
00:58:11.960 --> 00:58:14.150
The challenge is to
build something that
00:58:14.150 --> 00:58:16.430
is sustainable and is systemic.
00:58:16.430 --> 00:58:19.185
And that's what
we've worked for.
00:58:19.185 --> 00:58:19.685
[CHATTER]
00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:26.400
When I walk into a
school today versus when
00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:29.550
I walked into a school,
say, five or six years ago,
00:58:29.550 --> 00:58:34.350
I see fresh organic salad bars,
four or five different entrees
00:58:34.350 --> 00:58:38.070
for lunch, all of them
scratch made that morning.
00:58:38.070 --> 00:58:42.510
Kids who get this food feel
like they're respected.
00:58:42.510 --> 00:58:44.460
And I think that that's
what's important.
00:58:44.460 --> 00:58:45.570
We were tenacious.
00:58:45.570 --> 00:58:46.770
We didn't give up.
00:58:46.770 --> 00:58:49.020
We kept pushing and pushing.
00:58:49.020 --> 00:58:51.420
And eventually, it worked.
00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:53.880
And we're all
pretty proud of it.
00:58:53.880 --> 00:58:58.140
We're just excited as
hell that so much of it
00:58:58.140 --> 00:58:59.335
really came to be.
00:58:59.335 --> 00:59:01.710
When you know that your child's
going to be fed something
00:59:01.710 --> 00:59:03.810
healthy, it's a huge relief.
00:59:03.810 --> 00:59:06.060
Your child's health is the
most important thing to you
00:59:06.060 --> 00:59:07.240
as a mother.
00:59:07.240 --> 00:59:08.750
It's the most important thing.
00:59:08.750 --> 00:59:10.710
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:59:26.890 --> 00:59:28.090
And let's be honest here.
00:59:28.090 --> 00:59:30.670
This community really--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
00:59:30.670 --> 00:59:32.440
--Berkeley is really
into their food.
00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:34.300
This is a big
issue for Berkeley.
00:59:34.300 --> 00:59:36.560
And Berkeley is not
just into their food.
00:59:36.560 --> 00:59:38.740
They are not into high
fructose corn syrup.
00:59:38.740 --> 00:59:40.720
They are not into
nitrates and nitrides.
00:59:40.720 --> 00:59:43.600
And they are not into
preservatives and processing.
00:59:43.600 --> 00:59:48.460
So there is a big push for
this from the community that
00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:50.830
put pressure on
their politicians
00:59:50.830 --> 00:59:53.860
because they are the
politicians, right?
00:59:53.860 --> 00:59:57.250
And then Michelle Lawrence,
we had a superintendent
00:59:57.250 --> 00:59:59.860
that was able to push it
through the school system.
00:59:59.860 --> 01:00:01.287
I mean, school
systems are tough.
01:00:32.160 --> 01:00:36.580
Getting this off the
ground was not easy.
01:00:36.580 --> 01:00:38.310
But it was necessary,
and I believe
01:00:38.310 --> 01:00:40.950
necessary for every
school district in America
01:00:40.950 --> 01:00:42.267
to be able to do this.
01:00:42.267 --> 01:00:43.350
Like you said, it depends.
01:00:43.350 --> 01:00:44.267
It varies on district.
01:00:44.267 --> 01:00:46.170
It depends on how
much the district
01:00:46.170 --> 01:00:48.470
wants to back the program.
01:00:48.470 --> 01:00:49.770
Is it replicable?
01:00:49.770 --> 01:00:50.940
Yeah, it's replicable.
01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:52.770
But that all depends
on the district.
01:00:52.770 --> 01:00:53.790
And on the support.
01:00:53.790 --> 01:00:55.920
And on the support.
01:00:55.920 --> 01:00:57.960
I think if you get the
community behind you,
01:00:57.960 --> 01:00:59.430
if you get parents
and teachers--
01:00:59.430 --> 01:01:02.088
and it doesn't have to
be exactly what Berkeley
01:01:02.088 --> 01:01:02.880
is doing right now.
01:01:02.880 --> 01:01:05.490
If you just say, hey, we're not
going to buy our kids chicken
01:01:05.490 --> 01:01:06.675
McNuggets anymore.
01:01:06.675 --> 01:01:08.550
When we're going to have
chicken on the menu,
01:01:08.550 --> 01:01:10.560
we're going to
buy real chickens.
01:01:10.560 --> 01:01:13.570
I mean, there's always
baby steps to be had.
01:01:13.570 --> 01:01:16.808
And maybe it's just
starting with organic milk.
01:01:16.808 --> 01:01:18.350
Then the next year
you say, OK, we're
01:01:18.350 --> 01:01:20.850
not going to buy Del Monte
canned fruit cups anymore.
01:01:20.850 --> 01:01:23.130
We're going to buy fresh apples.
01:01:23.130 --> 01:01:25.800
So how many meals are
you preparing a day?
01:01:25.800 --> 01:01:26.970
[INAUDIBLE]
01:01:26.970 --> 01:01:31.170
We're at what, about,
2,800 meals a day.
01:01:31.170 --> 01:01:33.390
Yeah, about 28 here.
01:01:33.390 --> 01:01:33.890
OK.
01:01:33.890 --> 01:01:38.450
So this is the cold area,
this half of the kitchen.
01:01:38.450 --> 01:01:40.250
We also get our deliveries.
01:01:40.250 --> 01:01:42.740
So milk, all the milk
and dairy is in here.
01:01:42.740 --> 01:01:44.340
Produce is in there.
01:01:44.340 --> 01:01:48.552
We have another walk-in
at the end, which is meat.
01:01:48.552 --> 01:01:50.510
Most of the items that
we get, all of the items
01:01:50.510 --> 01:01:53.810
that we get from the
state, are not processed.
01:01:53.810 --> 01:01:54.980
It's all raw.
01:01:54.980 --> 01:01:55.890
So we get turkey.
01:01:55.890 --> 01:01:57.682
We spend a lot of our
money on the protein.
01:01:57.682 --> 01:02:00.140
We get pork for pork roast.
01:02:00.140 --> 01:02:02.270
And then we decide what
we're going to do with it.
01:02:02.270 --> 01:02:05.180
We don't use processed.
01:02:05.180 --> 01:02:09.020
The USDA food that we
do get drives our menu.
01:02:09.020 --> 01:02:12.170
It's not like,
oh, it's September
01:02:12.170 --> 01:02:15.350
and I think I'll do something
with butternut squash.
01:02:15.350 --> 01:02:18.890
It's like, hey, we just got
4,000 pounds of diced chicken
01:02:18.890 --> 01:02:19.550
meat.
01:02:19.550 --> 01:02:22.558
We need a menu where
we can do this.
01:02:25.950 --> 01:02:28.170
We have a whole
[? series ?] of ovens.
01:02:28.170 --> 01:02:30.000
We can cook in those overnight.
01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:34.685
We can cook in the tilt skillet
and the kettle overnight,
01:02:34.685 --> 01:02:35.310
and we do that.
01:02:35.310 --> 01:02:39.118
We cook all our
roasts overnight.
01:02:39.118 --> 01:02:42.497
You're really prepping today,
say, for Monday more so
01:02:42.497 --> 01:02:43.080
than you are--
01:02:43.080 --> 01:02:43.580
Yeah.
01:02:43.580 --> 01:02:45.860
We actually work on
a two-week cycle.
01:02:45.860 --> 01:02:48.047
So we order two
weeks in advance.
01:02:48.047 --> 01:02:49.448
We prep it a week in advance.
01:02:49.448 --> 01:02:54.120
And then it gets cooked at
the last minute and sent out.
01:02:54.120 --> 01:02:55.620
So what's your participation?
01:02:55.620 --> 01:02:57.480
We have pretty
high participation.
01:02:57.480 --> 01:02:59.550
It depends on the school
though, again, because
01:02:59.550 --> 01:03:02.760
of the demographics of each
school being so different.
01:03:02.760 --> 01:03:04.350
We serve an average of--
01:03:04.350 --> 01:03:08.170
we have a population
of about 7,700 kids,
01:03:08.170 --> 01:03:09.350
including my pre-school.
01:03:09.350 --> 01:03:11.250
And we feed about 5,700.
01:03:11.250 --> 01:03:13.470
So when you do make the
change, do it slowly.
01:03:13.470 --> 01:03:14.160
Yes.
01:03:14.160 --> 01:03:15.750
And the reason for
that is because you
01:03:15.750 --> 01:03:17.550
will see participation drop.
01:03:17.550 --> 01:03:20.790
And that's because it's new food
that kids aren't familiar with.
01:03:20.790 --> 01:03:22.650
It's not what they're
eating at home.
01:03:22.650 --> 01:03:26.220
What I'm pleased about
is that others can learn
01:03:26.220 --> 01:03:28.320
from the mistakes that we made.
01:03:28.320 --> 01:03:30.750
And I think, in fact, can
learn from some of the things
01:03:30.750 --> 01:03:32.730
that we did right.
01:03:32.730 --> 01:03:35.820
There isn't a reason,
in my way of thinking,
01:03:35.820 --> 01:03:38.490
that you can't do this program.
01:03:38.490 --> 01:03:40.560
I believe it's doable.
01:03:40.560 --> 01:03:42.090
It is not that expensive.
01:03:42.090 --> 01:03:45.420
You can, in fact, leverage
your own internal dollars
01:03:45.420 --> 01:03:46.518
to make headway.
01:03:53.490 --> 01:03:56.280
We don't have the meals for
needing money and whatnot
01:03:56.280 --> 01:03:59.040
and we have to subsidize out
of the general fund, then
01:03:59.040 --> 01:04:02.370
the community as a whole
has to believe and agree
01:04:02.370 --> 01:04:04.290
with that philosophy,
and that we're
01:04:04.290 --> 01:04:07.545
going to take some of the
money out of the classroom.
01:04:07.545 --> 01:04:08.670
I mean, call it what it is.
01:04:08.670 --> 01:04:09.615
It's going to come
out of the classroom
01:04:09.615 --> 01:04:11.070
and it's going to go
into food services.
01:04:11.070 --> 01:04:11.850
And what's the value?
01:04:11.850 --> 01:04:12.350
[CHATTER]
01:04:14.480 --> 01:04:17.990
Berkeley was in front
of this tidal wave
01:04:17.990 --> 01:04:21.650
that we see as
diabetes and obesity,
01:04:21.650 --> 01:04:25.100
and so had an opportunity to
get a jump-start on changing
01:04:25.100 --> 01:04:26.510
the food.
01:04:26.510 --> 01:04:30.920
But with some real commitment
to solving the problem,
01:04:30.920 --> 01:04:34.490
this, in fact, can be done
in just about any place.
01:04:34.490 --> 01:04:38.990
Part of it is making
yourself available to answer
01:04:38.990 --> 01:04:39.830
the concerns.
01:04:39.830 --> 01:04:45.050
And Marnie and I went to a lot
of PTA meetings in the evenings
01:04:45.050 --> 01:04:47.600
last year and talked
to a lot of parents.
01:04:47.600 --> 01:04:50.050
And we even got translators.
01:04:50.050 --> 01:05:00.350
[NATURE SOUNDS]
01:05:00.350 --> 01:05:03.740
Everybody does, in fact,
value their children.
01:05:03.740 --> 01:05:07.220
And when they come to learn
that something they are doing
01:05:07.220 --> 01:05:09.350
is harmful to their
kids, they might not
01:05:09.350 --> 01:05:13.340
be able to change it right away,
but they certainly want to.
01:05:13.340 --> 01:05:17.150
And I think that's a
door that opens then.
01:05:17.150 --> 01:05:22.100
Kids cannot learn academically
unless all of those other parts
01:05:22.100 --> 01:05:24.450
of them-- their
social, emotional,
01:05:24.450 --> 01:05:26.940
and physical well-being--
are addressed.
01:05:26.940 --> 01:05:30.890
And that's what I think
schools ought to become.
01:05:30.890 --> 01:05:35.030
I think if I were to help push
an initiative in this country,
01:05:35.030 --> 01:05:38.300
it would to recognize that
schools have a responsibility
01:05:38.300 --> 01:05:40.567
for the whole child.
01:05:40.567 --> 01:06:07.513
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
01:06:07.513 --> 01:06:09.509
[MUSIC PLAYING]
01:10:20.980 --> 01:10:23.680
Most gardens, most
all gardens, have
01:10:23.680 --> 01:10:27.010
started with one
interested parent who's
01:10:27.010 --> 01:10:30.400
come into the classroom
and say, I know gardening.
01:10:30.400 --> 01:10:32.620
Can I take half class?
01:10:32.620 --> 01:10:36.610
And then it just starts
unfolding from there.
01:10:36.610 --> 01:10:39.520
One parent, one
teacher, one class.
01:10:39.520 --> 01:10:41.950
[CHILD SHOUTING]
01:10:41.950 --> 01:10:43.900
When they start
growing things, when
01:10:43.900 --> 01:10:46.720
there is an interaction
with soil and it's OK
01:10:46.720 --> 01:10:49.220
and there's plants
and there's good food.
01:10:49.220 --> 01:10:50.890
And look at this
place-- it's beautiful.
01:10:50.890 --> 01:10:53.590
It invites that.
01:10:53.590 --> 01:10:58.180
They're actually transformed
by what they grow.
01:11:01.102 --> 01:11:16.700
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
01:11:16.700 --> 01:11:19.580
This month is--
what month is it?
01:11:19.580 --> 01:11:20.330
May!
01:11:20.330 --> 01:11:21.080
May 19.
01:11:21.080 --> 01:11:28.170
June, July, August-- when I
come back, it will be September.
01:11:28.170 --> 01:11:30.950
That's how high the
corn is going to be.
01:11:30.950 --> 01:11:37.540
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
01:11:37.540 --> 01:11:40.330
This is kind of like
a life laboratory.
01:11:46.460 --> 01:11:49.068
The kindergartners all
learn about flowers.
01:11:53.948 --> 01:11:56.876
The first graders
learn about worms.
01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:03.521
Second graders
learn about insects.
01:12:10.400 --> 01:12:11.900
It's about feeding.
01:12:11.900 --> 01:12:12.830
It's about nourishing.
01:12:12.830 --> 01:12:15.020
It's about teaching
the whole child.
01:12:23.480 --> 01:12:24.720
Kids, look here.
01:12:24.720 --> 01:12:26.138
Anybody know this tree?
01:12:26.138 --> 01:12:26.638
Uh-uh.
01:12:26.638 --> 01:12:27.850
I got one.
01:12:27.850 --> 01:12:29.340
This is actually a pomegranate.
01:12:29.340 --> 01:12:31.242
I have-- I found [INAUDIBLE].
01:12:31.242 --> 01:12:32.700
Do you know the
name of this plant?
01:12:32.700 --> 01:12:34.158
They don't do
anything-- lamb ears.
01:12:34.158 --> 01:12:36.060
Lamb ears, very good.
01:12:40.870 --> 01:12:42.950
We had no garden here.
01:12:42.950 --> 01:12:45.120
It was under construction.
01:12:45.120 --> 01:12:47.980
So I went and tore
up some of the lawn
01:12:47.980 --> 01:12:52.680
on the side of the school
and we planted fava beans.
01:12:52.680 --> 01:12:54.190
And the kids were so excited.
01:12:54.190 --> 01:12:57.150
We taught science
and math, ecology all
01:12:57.150 --> 01:13:01.380
in one patch of fava beans.
01:13:01.380 --> 01:13:03.150
You don't need a big garden.
01:13:03.150 --> 01:13:07.950
There's so much you could
do with one seed, one plant.
01:13:12.450 --> 01:13:14.450
[MUSIC PLAYING]
01:13:21.950 --> 01:13:25.970
Just get the kids
outdoors touching,
01:13:25.970 --> 01:13:28.570
kinesthetically, tactile.
01:13:28.570 --> 01:13:30.990
Because they say if you
say something to them,
01:13:30.990 --> 01:13:32.660
it goes right in one
ear, out the other.
01:13:32.660 --> 01:13:35.120
If you read them, they
take a little bit.
01:13:35.120 --> 01:13:37.160
But if they actually
get it in their bodies
01:13:37.160 --> 01:13:40.590
and their hands and their
senses, they absorb it.
01:13:40.590 --> 01:13:42.940
I found a strawberry.
01:13:42.940 --> 01:13:47.170
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
01:13:47.170 --> 01:13:51.894
I think it's definitely making
a change, making a difference.
01:13:51.894 --> 01:13:53.866
[MUSIC PLAYING]
01:14:17.090 --> 01:14:19.320
The Cheeto epidemic is major.
01:14:19.320 --> 01:14:23.290
And if I had to choose
whether it was soda or Cheetos
01:14:23.290 --> 01:14:25.270
at school, I would
definitely say
01:14:25.270 --> 01:14:30.800
it's Cheetos that are more of
a nutritional issue than sodas.
01:14:30.800 --> 01:14:36.220
I think that's fair to say
that hot Cheetos, Flamin' Hot
01:14:36.220 --> 01:14:38.860
Cheetos, are probably the
biggest problem that we
01:14:38.860 --> 01:14:50.040
have for kids [? at King. ?]
01:14:50.040 --> 01:15:02.936
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
01:15:02.936 --> 01:15:04.920
[MUSIC PLAYING]
01:15:18.380 --> 01:15:22.060
So What's on Your Plate is a
class that, cross-curricular,
01:15:22.060 --> 01:15:25.240
we deal with food
throughout math,
01:15:25.240 --> 01:15:28.860
through science, through
nutrition lessons, and art.
01:15:33.430 --> 01:15:35.980
We want it to be really
fun and hands-on, and not
01:15:35.980 --> 01:15:40.280
like reading about the food
pyramid or something like that.
01:15:40.280 --> 01:15:40.780
OK.
01:15:40.780 --> 01:15:43.440
So let's see what happens.
01:15:43.440 --> 01:15:44.350
All right, you ready?
01:15:44.350 --> 01:15:45.130
Yeah.
01:15:45.130 --> 01:15:46.476
Wait until it lights, OK?
01:15:46.476 --> 01:15:50.095
Is it lit?
01:15:50.095 --> 01:15:51.520
Is it lit?
01:15:51.520 --> 01:15:53.270
Oh, there, see the
fat dripping out.
01:15:53.270 --> 01:15:56.298
Ew, there's a pool of fat on it.
01:15:56.298 --> 01:15:58.130
Ew, that's nasty.
01:15:58.130 --> 01:16:00.278
That's a lot of fuel, right?
01:16:00.278 --> 01:16:01.950
Dang, it's still going.
01:16:01.950 --> 01:16:04.770
It's a lot of fat in one Cheeto.
01:16:04.770 --> 01:16:07.070
It's sizzling, it's sizzling.
01:16:07.070 --> 01:16:09.255
I'm glad I don't eat
Cheetos that much.
01:16:09.255 --> 01:16:11.195
[MUSIC PLAYING]
01:16:18.470 --> 01:16:21.400
Calories per serving--
01:16:21.400 --> 01:16:22.408
We bring in chip bags.
01:16:22.408 --> 01:16:24.700
We have hundreds of chip bags
that we've collected down
01:16:24.700 --> 01:16:25.850
in the cafeteria.
01:16:25.850 --> 01:16:27.970
And we just look
at the chip bags.
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They really learn how
to read the label.
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So we got to count.
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We got 1, 2.
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Oh, the flaming hot
seasoning, can you
01:16:42.590 --> 01:16:44.090
buy that at the grocery store?
01:16:44.090 --> 01:16:44.900
No.
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Sugar, number 4.
01:16:47.150 --> 01:16:49.490
Corn, 5.
01:16:49.490 --> 01:16:53.510
Hydrogenated soybean
and cottonseed oil, 6.
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Think it'll change the
amount of them that you eat?
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You got to live a little.
01:17:01.929 --> 01:17:02.895
[CHATTER]
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[BELL RINGS]
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I don't think
they're necessarily
01:17:09.780 --> 01:17:12.400
making better choices.
01:17:12.400 --> 01:17:15.033
But at least the choices they're
making have an impact on them.
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Because they know the truth.
01:17:16.200 --> 01:17:18.510
They know how much
sugar is in that Coke.
01:17:18.510 --> 01:17:22.264
They know how much fat
is in that bag of chips.
01:17:24.942 --> 01:17:26.650
They may still be
eating the same things,
01:17:26.650 --> 01:17:28.780
but at least they're aware
of what they're eating.
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