AMERICA's food revolution - be a part of it!
Great revolutions happen when the people get mad enough about a problem to do something radical. If you believe in your right to better food and health prospects for your children, join America's Food Revolution now. You have the power to change America, family by family. Here are some things you can do:
- Sign the petition.
- Get your family, friends, and everyone you know to sign the petition too.
- Start a food revolution in your child's school.
- Start a food revolution in your community.
- Pass on your knowledge and show your kids how to cook.
COMING SOON!School food
Want better food in your school?
Download Jamie's school lunch recipes and menus, find advice for principals and superintendants, and meet our Revolution Heroes – the amazing people who are already giving kids a better diet in other parts of the US.
facts and figures
Facts and figures about how obesity and diet is affecting America's health, plus food facts and information about the federal school lunch program.
Jamie's School Food Charter
Twelve simple things every school can
do to improve their school food.
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Cook with your family
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Jamie's Kitchen in Huntington, WV
A community cooking center where Jamie has been teaching local people how to cook from scratch.
Jamie's Platform for Change
Jamie's Food Revolution is all about replacing junk, snacks and processed food with freshly cooked nutritious meals – in schools and at home. After three months working in Huntington, WV, Jamie has seen how a little bit of confidence can change people's lives and their health prospects. He believes that American people have the power to halt the obesity epidemic.
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School Nutrition Links
People and organizations leading the way for improvement to school food, farm-to-school programs, information about the government's school nutrition programs and more...
Federal programs
Centre for Disease Control - Adolescent and School Health
CDC Obesity Statistics
Know your farmer know your food
USDA School Nutrition program
School food and child nutrition
Great organisations leading the field for better school food and child nutrition programs
Alice Waters Edible School Yard project
Better School Food
Centre for Science in the Public Interest
Centre for Science in the Public Interest school food kit
Chef Ann Cooper's F3 Foundation
Chef Ann Cooper's school lunch site
Community Food Security Coalition
Food Research and Action Centre (FRAC)
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
Nourishing the Nation One Tray at a Time
Prof Marion Nestle
Rachel Ray's Yum-O! Foundation
School Food Focus
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University
Sustainable Food Systems
Must see movies
Food Inc
Two Angry moms
Food and farming
National Farm to School Network
Slow Food
Good media pieces
Food writer Michael Pollan
Time for Kids
Diet, health and obesity
Action for Healthy Kids
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Center for Food & Justice
Calculate Your BMI
F as in Fat 2009 – How obesity policies are failing in America
MEND USA
Optimal Weight for Life
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Trust for America's Health
Trade organizations
School Nutrition Association
The National Association of State Boards of Education
State programs
Boston
Boston – Chefs in School
California
New York
