Blogging D.C.'s Culinary Conundrums
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2010-02-03/blogging-dcs-culinary-conundrums
"Foodie" blogs often focus on the culture of high-end restaurants and celebrity chefs. But Ed Bruske, a former journalist who now runs an "urban farm" in Washington, D.C., is using the blogosphere to spotlight everyday issues confronting a hungry city. He joins Kojo to explore local food politics, from public school kitchens to to local farmer's markets.
Guests
Ed Bruske
Co-Founder, DC Urban Gardeners; Certified Master Gardener; Blogger, The Slow Cook
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Regarding your discussion on school food and children's nutrition:
Every Christmas I try to participate in a local "giving tree" where you pick a tag with the name of a child in need and buy a present. The tags usually provide the age, clothing size and gift requests of the child.
What I've noticed is that just about all the children are wearing clothes several sizes larger than "normal" and many of the gift requests are videogames.
Is this what it means to be poor in America? Compare a picture of a child in a third world country reduced to skin and bones and living off one bowl of rice a day to the picture of a poor child in America, overweight with a playstation.
Why does proper nutrition have to cost an arm and a leg? The high cost of eating right, coupled with the pervasive mentality that all kids need are Chicken McNuggets and fries, is not doing the next generation or the future state of our health system any good. It doesn't look like school lunches are helping any, either.
Love your show.
Thanks,
Daisy