Our group decided to watch episodes of the new show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution as an inspiration for our own projects. Jamie Oliver is attempting to change the dynamic of the school system in Huntington, West Virginia, which is being called the unhealthiest city in America. Oliver tries to get to the root of the problem in discussing the real ramifications for the kids living their lives in this environment. He talks to the kids in the schools, the cooks, and even a DJ in town. He is met with much resistance from the cooks and DJ, who feel that they are being judged and resent his intervention. Still Oliver tries to help them with their cooking, ultimately trying to understand why they are making the choices they are, and how he can help them change them for everyone's benefit. However, the head cook and main opposition, Alice says "There is no way to be more fresh." Oliver's help is clearly unwanted in the kitchen. Later, he is able to find someone on his side, Pastor Steve, who announces that what they eat and what they are doing to their bodies matters to God. His intervention is even more forceful than Oliver's.
To understand more about the community, Oliver begins making trips to homes in the city. He goes to the Edward's home, where he has a list of everything they eat within the week. They compile everything on the kitchen table to show everything they eat and how awful it is and will be to her children. One of the children even admits that he has been bullied for his weight and agrees that he wants to change. He and Oliver make dinner using raw foods and even bury the fryer in the background, which the family agrees they will never need again.
Oliver then heads back to talk to more members of the school population. He meets with Rhonda, who is in charge of all school food. She gives him a week to convince them, but says if it does not work they will be going back to their usual menus. Oliver and the cooks each make different lunches the next day, but as the cooks suspected, the kids still primarily chose the processed foods and pizza over the natural, healthier choices. Those who did chose Oliver's choice of chicken did not eat much of it and threw out the salad. This seems to only pain Oliver more, but leaves him more determined to help the community.
To understand more about the community, Oliver begins making trips to homes in the city. He goes to the Edward's home, where he has a list of everything they eat within the week. They compile everything on the kitchen table to show everything they eat and how awful it is and will be to her children. One of the children even admits that he has been bullied for his weight and agrees that he wants to change. He and Oliver make dinner using raw foods and even bury the fryer in the background, which the family agrees they will never need again.
Oliver then heads back to talk to more members of the school population. He meets with Rhonda, who is in charge of all school food. She gives him a week to convince them, but says if it does not work they will be going back to their usual menus. Oliver and the cooks each make different lunches the next day, but as the cooks suspected, the kids still primarily chose the processed foods and pizza over the natural, healthier choices. Those who did chose Oliver's choice of chicken did not eat much of it and threw out the salad. This seems to only pain Oliver more, but leaves him more determined to help the community.
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