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Thu
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Jamie Oliver Presented with Healthy Cup Award!
Thu 24 May 2012 @ 17:47
Jamie Oliver Presented with Healthy Cup Award from Harvard School of Public Health On Tuesday night in Boston in front of a sold-out auditorium of more than 500 people, J ... Read more
Mon
21
Watch: A Food Revolution Day Hangout With Jamie Oliver
Mon 21 May 2012 @ 18:02
Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide. And to address it, the Food Revolution launched the first-ever, global Food Revolution Day ... Read more
Fri
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Food Revolution Day Line Up
Fri 18 May 2012 @ 18:07
Food Revolution Day is our first ever global food festival, and as any seasoned festival goer knows, it’s important to have a plan of attack to make the most of the experience. If we could be ... Read more
Fri
18
Captain Ty the Health Guy Joins the Food Revolution
Fri 18 May 2012 @ 14:51
Standing Up For Real Food in Cape Fear, North Carolina! North Carolina ranks 5th in the nation for the highest rates of obesity in children. According ... Read more
Fri
11
Sports Giants Step Up To Support Food Revolution Day
Fri 11 May 2012 @ 17:38
With just one week to go individuals, families, communities, companies and now sports heavyweights NFL, NHL and NBA are stepping forward to stand up for real food on May 19th! Find ... Read more
Fri
11
Columbus, OH Food Revolution Day
Fri 11 May 2012 @ 16:39
What Happened To Macaroni And Cheese? How did pasta, cheese and dairy turn to corn syrup solids, maltodextrin, and sodium tripolyphosphate? Some might ... Read more
Fri
11
Food Revolution Day Comes to a Los Angeles Farmers Market!
Fri 11 May 2012 @ 16:34
Empowering Kids to choose Real Food Food Revolution Day and Kids. They fit together like pieces of a puzzle, one building on the other until the complete ... Read more
Fri
11
MOFILM Inspires Food Revolution Day Videos
Fri 11 May 2012 @ 12:17
In aid of Food Revolution Day MOFILM put out a search for people to submit celebratory and educational videos that encourage viewers to join the Foo ... Read more
Mon
30
Hangout (Over Dinner) With Jamie Oliver!
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 18:05
Jamie is hosting a dinner party for Food Revolution Day and you're invited! On May 19, especially for Food Revolution Day, Jamie will be having a virtual dinner via a Google+ Hang ... Read more
Mon
30
3 Weeks To Food Revolution Day!
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 17:56
Most kids are so out of touch with what's on their plates that they don't realize that real food doesn't come from a box. With 43 million kids under 5 overweight or obese, we have a big proble ... Read more
Mon
30
Food Revolution Day Events On A Budget
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 17:44
When we say that everyone can be a part of Food Revolution Day, we mean it! You don’t need to have a location or an infinite budget or fancy connecti ... Read more
Mon
30
Events Already On The Map For Food Revolution Day!
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 17:34
Food Revolution Day events are all about getting your community together, talking about why we need a Food Revolution and sharing food knowledge and ... Read more
Mon
30
Food Revolution Day in São Paulo!
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 15:57
I love the passion Jamie puts into food and his effort to pass the message on. I've always wanted to do something similar so when I heard about Food Revo ... Read more
Mon
30
Blog of the Month: Chasing Tomatoes
Mon 30 Apr 2012 @ 15:41
‘Chasing Tomatoes’ focuses on real food and teaching people that making food from scratch doesn't have to be time consuming or really hard, but act ... Read more
Fri
27
Food Revolution Day Is Coming To Boulder, Colorado!
Fri 27 Apr 2012 @ 13:46
Food Revolution Day has turned into Food Revolution month here in Boulder, Colorado! The Lunch Box crew checked in with ... Read more
Fri
27
Food Revolution Giving Assistant Winner!
Fri 27 Apr 2012 @ 13:39
As a Graduate student in my final months of my Ph.D. program in neurobiology and behavior, newly engaged and about to move across the country for a new job, I am incredibly busy, but I always try to m ... Read more
Thu
26
USDA Announces Farm To School Grant
Thu 26 Apr 2012 @ 18:42
Last week the USDA released the Farm to School Grant Program designed to give children a better sense of where their food comes from and increase the availability of local foods in schools. ... Read more
Thu
26
Thought for Food Global Challenge
Thu 26 Apr 2012 @ 18:13
Young Change-Makers, It’s Up To Us! We’ve inherited a pretty messed up situation. Every day, one billion people go to bed hungry. At the same time, one ... Read more
Thu
26
Returning To Our Roots
Thu 26 Apr 2012 @ 18:03
Healthy, Organic & Seasonal Feeding your family healthy, organic, seasonal foods may not be as expensive as you think. If you source those foods your ... Read more
Fri
20
25 Local Food Event Ideas For Food Revolution Day 2012!
Fri 20 Apr 2012 @ 15:54
What Will You Be Doing On Food Revolution Day? Food Revolution Day is now less than one month away and the ... Read more
Fri
20
The Growing Global Food Movement in 2012
Fri 20 Apr 2012 @ 15:32
The Food Revolution team is excited to partner with both the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and Food Day - experts in nutrition, food safety and health - in order to help fur ... Read more
Thu
19
Becoming A Locavore
Thu 19 Apr 2012 @ 17:26
Our family's journey to try and learn how to find, cook, grow, and store locally grown, sustainable food sources. How Far Did Your Food Travel Today? ... Read more
Fri
13
Do Kids Need Their Own Cookbooks?
Fri 13 Apr 2012 @ 10:38
I’ve run an after-school cooking club for boys aged 8-11 for the past two years. We work in a science lab, using mos ... Read more
Thu
12
Growing A Global Food Revolution
Thu 12 Apr 2012 @ 17:43
The Food Revolution Day Website is live and ready for you to upload your #RealFood Events! We’re so excited about this first big ... Read more
Thu
12
SHFT Initiatives
Thu 12 Apr 2012 @ 10:48
SHFT Initiatives is a new non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and support community-based efforts that promote sustainability and health independence. SHFT Initiat ... Read more
Wed
11
‘Pink Slime’: What’s Next for School Lunches?
Wed 11 Apr 2012 @ 17:07
Playing Catch-Up With ‘Pink Slime’ If you’ve been paying attention to food-related news in the past three weeks, you’ve likely heard about ‘Pink Slime’. ... Read more
Wed
11
Bend Food Revolution
Wed 11 Apr 2012 @ 17:07
Good Hydration is a group of parents, healthcare professionals and other community members working to remove sugary beverages, including fruit juice and flavored milk, from the Bend-La Pine Sc ... Read more
Thu
05
How to Create Lasting Change in School Lunch Programs
Thu 05 Apr 2012 @ 17:39
Chef Erin Dow’s Top Tips for Consultants My highest priority as a school nutrition program consultant is to create healthy menus that appeal to kids. Bal ... Read more
Thu
05
Taking Chocolate Milk Away From Kids & Other Things I Do For Fun
Thu 05 Apr 2012 @ 15:03
If you want to make a bunch of friends right off the bat when your child enters kindergarten, I suggest introducing yourself to fellow parents with a handshake and a clipboard sporting a petit ... Read more
Thu
05
Ali Berlow – Island Grown Initiatives & Edible Vineyard
Thu 05 Apr 2012 @ 10:40
Ali Berlow is editor and owner of Edible Vineyard magazine and founder and former executive director of Island ... Read more
Thu
05
Thippi Fleckenstein – Food Revolution Hero
Thu 05 Apr 2012 @ 10:32
Since founding the Noodleonthat Food Revolution in West Salem, Wisconsin in June 2011, Thippi has not s ... Read more
Wed
04
A School Chef’s Fresh, New Approach in Santa Cruz
Wed 04 Apr 2012 @ 16:44
Jamie Smith joined the Santa Cruz City (CA) schools as the Senior Manager of Food Services & Nutrition in 2009. Jamie came to public schools from a celebrated chef’s career, including stin ... Read more
Wed
28
Calling All World Cities For Food Revolution Day!
Wed 28 Mar 2012 @ 17:19
Next week we will be launching the full Food Revolution Day site jam packed full of great information on why you should join us in standing up for real food on May 19th, ways to add your voice ... Read more
Wed
28
March 2012 ‘Big Rig’ Update
Wed 28 Mar 2012 @ 17:11
March has been our busiest month yet on the mobile teaching kitchen. Our “Revolutionaries” have been keeping us on our toes with close to 400 students a week attending our Big Rig classes and ... Read more
Wed
28
The 'Pink Slime' Story Continues
Wed 28 Mar 2012 @ 17:03
Stop ‘Pink Slime’ Yesterday, three weeks to the day after setting up her petition ... Read more
Tue
20
The Food Revolution is Going Global - We Need Your Help!
Tue 20 Mar 2012 @ 18:44
On May 19th we’ll be holding the first ever Food Revolution Day, Jamie’s first day of action and inaugural global food festival to mark our commitme ... Read more
Wed
07
Food Revolution Supper Clubs
Wed 07 Mar 2012 @ 10:25
Obesity is preventable. Yet worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980, and each year 2.8 million adults die as a result of being overweight or obese. There are now over 1.5 billion ad ... Read more
Thu
01
Food Revolution Day 2012
Thu 01 Mar 2012 @ 12:11
Food Revolution Day is Jamie’s first day of action and inaugural global food festival to mark our commitment to food education for a better life. As we all know, we are amidst an ... Read more
Mon
20
Growing A Community Educated On Food
Mon 20 Feb 2012 @ 18:35
We are a non-profit private school just starting out, a one-room school house on five acres. My mother is our teacher; she started HoneyFern in 2010 when ... Read more
Thu
16
Celebrating Our Love Of Good Food On Twitter
Thu 16 Feb 2012 @ 13:40
As this week’s #FoodRevParty was on Valentines Day, we joined up with some of our revolutionaries on twitter to share some Food Revolut ... Read more
Fri
10
January 2012 “Big Rig” Update
Fri 10 Feb 2012 @ 15:03
“Big Rig” Long Beach to Santa Ana, California The Jamie Oliver Food Foundation’s “Big Rig” mobile teaching kitchen finished Long Beach with a bang! ... Read more
Fri
10
The JOFF “Big Rig” HQ: What You Need To Know
Fri 10 Feb 2012 @ 14:56
Since launching at TED 2010, the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation (JOFF) “Big Rig” Mobile Teaching Kitchen has been ... Read more
Tue
07
Outcomes Of The Cambridge Conference On NCDs
Tue 07 Feb 2012 @ 14:51
Last Month, the Humanitarian center - a Cambridge, UK based international relief and development network - in partnership with the Cambridge Institute of Public Health and the center for Scien ... Read more
Thu
26
Finally! New USDA School Meal Standards
Thu 26 Jan 2012 @ 17:50
Under new nutritional standards released by the USDA Wednesday, America’s kids will have twice the amoun ... Read more
Tue
24
Already Over 1000 Installs Of Our Free Browser App!
Tue 24 Jan 2012 @ 14:25
Join the Fight to End Childhood Obesity with Our New Browser App: The JOFF Giving Assistant Already, over a thousand supporters have joined the Food Rev ... Read more
Tue
24
Starting a School Health & Wellness Committee: 6 Easy Steps
Tue 24 Jan 2012 @ 14:17
From the JOFF team: Kim Gerber is a long-time Food Revolutionary and one of our Food Revolution Heroes, we are delighted to have her as an ally and hope that her 6 steps to starting a ... Read more
Tue
24
January Blog of the Month: Out of The Box Food
Tue 24 Jan 2012 @ 14:10
Congratulations to our first Food Revolution blog of the month for 2012, Out of the Box Food -‘Fresh Alternatives to Processed “Kids Food”’ ... Read more
Tue
24
January Recipe Of The Month: Caesar Salad
Tue 24 Jan 2012 @ 13:56
After all the holiday indulgence our Food Revolution recipe for January was our Cae ... Read more
Wed
11
A Food Adventure In North Carolina
Wed 11 Jan 2012 @ 12:00
A Food Adventure Featuring Local & Sustainable Practices We’ve long acknowledged the benefits of having dinner as a family. But at Cotswold Elementa ... Read more
Wed
11
Fitness & Nutrition Classes Breaking The Cycle
Wed 11 Jan 2012 @ 11:53
Fitness & Nutrition Classes Inspire Meaningful Change For Students In Illinois Can one course in high school help students break the cycle of childhood ... Read more
