Set your DVR this week and tune into a couple of shows that are sure to get you thinking. First, celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver is talking about a revolution, a food revolution that is, in his new series that premieres this week on Friday at 9 pm on ABC. In this reality show series, “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” Oliver visits Huntington, W.V., to kick off a national initiative to get people eating healthy, and he starts with school lunches.
Then Saturday and Sunday, Discovery’s Planet Green will air What’s On Your Plate?, a documentary that follows two 11-year-old girls as they take a close look at the food system. The girls address questions about where the food they eat comes from, how its grown, how many miles it travels to reach their plate, how it’s prepared, and more. They visit supermarkets, fast food chains, and school cafeterias, but they also explore community supported agriculture programs, farmers’ markets, farms and green markets to learn more about sustainable food systems.
I sat down one Sunday afternoon in February to watch this when it first aired, and my 8-year-old and 6-year-old kids were extremely interested! I was surprised how quickly they tuned in and wanted to know more about these girls and what they learned. What’s On Your Plate? airs at 10 PM on March 27 and 2 pm on March 28.
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