Jamie Oliver at TED
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 06:58AM As I was preparing the draft for the next part of our story I took a break to have a cup of tea and smoke my pipe (yes, I smoke an old school tobacco pipe, I'm sorry) while I watched something from one of the TED talks and I came across this video. Have a look...
What crosses your mind when you watch that video? Do you think of your own diet? Maybe you cook for a family and you think about your kids or your partner. Perhaps it made you think of the family you ought to be cooking for but unfortunately are not. Maybe you are a foodie and you think about the people that you love to cook for. As I watched that video I was brought close to tears thinking about all the Canadians, particularly us Nova Scotians, who are suffering ill health because of our eating habits. The latest numbers I could find from Stats Canada indicate that 30% of men in Nova Scotia are considered obese as opposed to the national average of 22.9%. That's almost a third of us who are risking serious health problems and those numbers do not include those of us who are simply considered overweight. It's safe to say that things here in Nova Scotia are not as they ought to be considering our access to such a diversity of local, healthy, unprocessed foods. If we made greater use of our local resources instead of depending on the industrial food chain we could greatly reduce the obesity epidemic in our home province.
Reader Comments (8)
don't apologize for the pipe. it shows you don't follow the herd and want to to take time out to enjoy life. great post by the way.
I've seen the show and have his book - The Food Revolution and really want to start doing something with this. You know what they say - The longest journey begins with a single step. Thanks for sharing.
Don't worry about the pipe. Any damage you do smoking is probably repaired by eating quality grass-fed beef. :)
Jamie's on a mission from God.
You're a good writer, Chris, so how's about getting back to your story?
How did you and the family get from Alberta to NS and Getaway Farm?
Hi Chris,
I am so glad to have found your blog. I have purchased your meat at the Halifax Market and it was superb. In fact, I will be there tomorrow a.m...
I, too, feel strongly about the poor health of Nova Scotians and am often overwhelmed by wanting to help improve the health of the province. I have my own business called Nova Scotia's Nutrition Coach - and wish I could help in a more far reaching manner, rather than one client at a time!
I have thought about doing some cooking demos and talking to people at the market about my coaching business. Perhaps we could do something together ?
Sincerely,
Edie
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