Watching the Revolution

Jamie Oliver was a well know chef and healthy food advocate in the UK before he was fully known worldwide. Years ago I watched Jamie Oliver's American Food Revolution TV Series. It actually earned him with an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program! The USA version was based on a number of UK shows he did before (Jamie's Ministry of Food and Jamie's School Dinner).

I recommend to anyone intrigued about Jamie Oliver and where his whole fight for a Food Revolution came from to watch these TV programs where it shows Jamie's efforts to try and change the world, one school and one family at a time! Of course there are aspects of a USA produced TV program that will be played-up and dramatized, but oh well! For the most part, Jamie's American Food Revolution series shows how emotional and focused he is about changing the school lunch programs and ensuring our children of today's generation have the right and ability to learn about healthy food education. In one clip it shows a young boy not knowing what certain fresh vegetables are called! See the video below to see this. Kids may know about ketchup, but they do not know that it came from Tomatoes and what that looks like. Almost to crazy to believe it is true...

It was disheartening to see during this series the number of adults that were in denial that giving students junk food and fried foods was not a bad thing and that obesity was not an epidemic. After watching these 2 seasons, I am not sure if you went back for an update on the schools, families and cities he worked with, that all of them are continuing with the positive changes he tried to help make when filming the series; but I would like to believe that a few of the positive things he did during this show has stayed and continued to progress for the better.

Jamie Oliver has some foundations and strategies that he has created within the UK that has progressed, and he seems to focus on a bit more on his website. Next week I am going to look further into his plan to help combat childhood obesity and fighting against the UK government in order to have nutrition education mandatory for children to learn about.

After all of these weeks, I still feel like I have only dipped a couple of toes into Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. This is something that he has spent years and years working on and there is still many more goals he is still focusing on reaching! What a determined, hardworking and dedicated chef to continue to fight for this Food Revolution he truly believes is a worldwide dream that will be achieved one day.

Video Reference:  
Ryan Seacrest Presents. (2016, Feb 17). Potato or Tomato? - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution | Promo Clip | On Air With Ryan Seacrest. [Video]. Retrieved from: bit.ly/1Dny3bK