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Urban Chickens Help Teach Children About Food
Im a huge fan of Jamie Oliver, naked chef and -- more recently -- food activist.
Just a year after I became an urban chicken farmer, I started seeing Olivers work in England on behalf of chicken welfare. Hes been credited with convincing some of the larger grocers in the UK to stop purchasing battery hens -- those chickens raised in horrid cramped conditions for the 39 days it takes to get from chick to plucked carcass in the local meat section.
Now, Oliver is setting his sights on the obesity epidemic caused by the crap food the majority of us eat day in and day out. Im thrilled to see he received a TED prize this past week. You can watch the video here: Jamie Olivers TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food. Its about 21 minutes long, but its worth every moment.
Theres a jaw-dropping section at about the 11:00 mark (captured above) where Oliver is in a classroom with kids, holding up vegetables and quizzing the kids what they are. They cant identify them. They simply dont know what fresh vegetables look like. Its insane.
One of the things I love about raising urban chickens is that it teaches kids, in such a remarkably visceral way, where their food comes from.
Yummy eggs come from happy chickens. And happy chickens are loved and cared for daily. And thats why they, the kids, should be taking good care of their chickens. It just makes perfect sense to them when they see it. Id dare say itd make perfect sense to anyone when they see it.
Which is why we need to find more ways to get people to know where their food comes from.
Go, watch the video now. As a Valentines day gift to the ones you love, watch it and learn and then do something to help teach kids about food.
May you be flooded in eggs this year.
Urban Chickens Help Teach Children About Food
