A Food Revolution!

I viewed Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on television last night. It aroused a few thoughts for me...
First, I was proud! We NEED a TRUE food revolution. We NEED education and awareness about the food we eat and the industry which produces it. We NEED to bring food back into the home, around a kitchen table with friends and family. We NEED preparing a meal to be fun and inclusive and delicious. Everything has become fast, quick and easy...we NEED food to become slow and savory again. The food we consume as a nation is disgusting. Where are the vegetables? Where are the whole grains? Where are the products which resemble what Mother Earth intended? When a chicken nugget is a staple of our children's diets, there really is a problem out there. We need to re-introduce our palates to wholesome, real food. YES, it take some work and dedication but isn't it worth it? I don't know a lot about Mr. Oliver but I hope he is a real catalyst for change, not a media hungry businessman pushing some hidden agenda. There are a lot of NEEDS and I hope everyone is inspired to create a food revolution right inside their own kitchen!
Second, why is it that overweight people are always the target of poor eating habits? I know PLENTY of skinny people who eat horribly if they eat at all. It's what we eat that is an issue NOT what we look like! EVERYONE needs to re-evaluate their diet and their health issues. I would venture to guess that most of the ailments we have are food related. Pay attention to your body, listen to the signals it is sending you. Intuition is vital! If we do one thing everyday to promote a healthy body think of the things we could accomplish in a year! French fries are not a vegetable and soda does not rehydrate you.
Third, it scared me a bit. When the media and big corporations get involved in the most basic principals of life they become over sensationalized, marketed "life styles". It reminds me of the magazine "Simple Living", the idea of living simply becomes a consumer product. Buy this product or concept to "help" you create a simpler life. Preposterous! Do we want Wal-mart to be the place we purchase our organic vegetables? Or Monsanto creating the organic standards for the world? We need a food revolution that starts at the beginning, get big pharma and the corporate monsters out of our food chain! Do something RADICAL...plant an organic garden in your yard.
Please check out The Center for Food Safety and SLOW FOOD they are great resources to help educate yourself about our food.