Best of Week: Changing the Way We Eat

        I think the most interesting and meaningful topics that came up in class this week was when we discussed the way we eat after Hallie's TED presentation. Hallie did her presentation on Jamie Oliver- a British chef who has made it his life mission to educate the uneducated on how to eat well. He believes children need to be taught about what is healthy and what is not and how to cook good, nutritious meals while still getting enough nutrients.
        This was extremely interesting to me because I happen to know a lot about healthy eating from my upbringing. My family owns an organic farm in Wisconsin and I have been brought up eating very natural, healthy foods. In fact, my aunt's job is something like what Jamie Oliver does only on a much smaller scale. She goes around to schools in south-west Wisconsin to talk about eating healthy and to help schools increase the healthy food choices in their cafeterias.
        Another part of her speech I liked is when she offered someone either a candy bar or an apple. I think the majority of Americans (as she proved) would take the candy bar (the unhealthy choice) over the apple, but not me. Maybe that's just because I was raised eating far more apples that chocolate bars, but I hope that it's because I know better, because by that logic once Americans become more educated about the food they eat and what it's done to them they will hopefully change their eating habits.