Food revolutionaries
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0:02 - 0:04Jamie Oliver: My wish ...
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0:04 - 0:07is for you to help a strong,
sustainable movement -
0:08 - 0:10to educate every child
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0:12 - 0:13about food.
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0:13 - 0:14(Music)
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0:14 - 0:16To inspire families to cook again
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0:18 - 0:20and to empower people everywhere
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0:20 - 0:22to fight obesity.
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0:23 - 0:26I came here to start a food revolution
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0:26 - 0:28that I profoundly believe in.
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0:28 - 0:31(Applause)
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0:31 - 0:34[Great Big Story
in partnership with TED] -
0:34 - 0:36Narrator: They had a big idea
to change the world. -
0:38 - 0:40But they couldn't do it alone.
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0:40 - 0:43(Voices overlapping)
So, my wish ... My wish ... I wish ... -
0:43 - 0:46And now here's my wish.
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0:46 - 0:48[Torchbearers]
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0:48 - 0:51[Ideas in action]
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0:51 - 0:52(Knife chop)
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0:53 - 0:54(Music)
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0:54 - 0:57JO: Food is simple.
It's just raw ingredients. -
0:57 - 0:59But it's the most powerful
killer on the planet. -
1:00 - 1:03Every child has the human right
to be taught about food: -
1:04 - 1:06where it comes from,
how it affects their body. -
1:06 - 1:08And they should be shown at school,
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1:08 - 1:11because it's at the front line
of the fight against obesity. -
1:11 - 1:12[London, England]
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1:12 - 1:14[Charlton Manor Primary School]
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1:14 - 1:15What happens at Charlton Manor
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1:15 - 1:18is that incredible head teacher
took it to the next level. -
1:22 - 1:25[Timothy Baker
Head teacher] -
1:25 - 1:26Timothy Baker: In the past,
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1:26 - 1:28the children weren't
eating the right things. -
1:28 - 1:31I've been inspired by Jamie
to educate this school -
1:31 - 1:34about the fact that we're feeding
the children the wrong food. -
1:34 - 1:37And I thought, well, the timetable
is an already crowded place -- -
1:37 - 1:40there are so many lessons
in the primary curriculum. -
1:40 - 1:45How can you introduce another subject
for teachers to teach? -
1:46 - 1:47So we looked at English,
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1:47 - 1:49we looked at maths, science,
history, geography -
1:49 - 1:52and we saw how we could
put that around food. -
1:53 - 1:54(Children laugh)
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1:54 - 1:58Elizabeth: When you incorporate cooking,
it's something everyone looks forward to. -
1:58 - 2:02Male teacher: Today we're doing
a little bit of science in the kitchen. -
2:02 - 2:05Female teacher: We are going to combine
our lessons on Diwali, -
2:05 - 2:08but also our lessons
on shape and symmetry. -
2:08 - 2:11Male teacher: Is this a physical change
or a chemical change? -
2:11 - 2:12Children: Physical!
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2:12 - 2:13Male teacher: You're right.
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2:13 - 2:16TB: For history topics,
we talk about the history of chocolate, -
2:16 - 2:18and so we can do
a whole topic around that. -
2:18 - 2:21Male teacher: And the Aztecs
have been cooking with chocolate -- -
2:22 - 2:24TB: And it's interesting
because it's not made as they think, -
2:25 - 2:27with all the milk in
that they would have had -- -
2:27 - 2:29and the taste is very, very different.
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2:30 - 2:32Some children like it;
some children don't. -
2:32 - 2:34(Laughter)
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2:34 - 2:36For maths, simple weighing and measuring.
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2:36 - 2:39Female teacher: We're going
to be doing a lot of measuring -
2:39 - 2:41because we have to
measure out some liquids, -
2:41 - 2:43which we did last term,
we did some measuring. -
2:43 - 2:46JO: What he's done is he's put
food at the heart of the school, -
2:46 - 2:48and he's fed the stomach and the mind.
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2:53 - 2:55(Children yell excitedly)
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2:55 - 2:57TB: Charlton Manor is a state school.
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2:57 - 2:59About 80 percent
of children come from areas -
2:59 - 3:01that are identified as in poverty.
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3:01 - 3:05The children had very little experience
of being outside in the countryside, -
3:05 - 3:07knowing about food-growing.
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3:07 - 3:08Over a period of time,
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3:08 - 3:10we were able to build a garden.
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3:11 - 3:13(Children shout)
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3:14 - 3:17Students: Welcome to the Secret Garden!
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3:17 - 3:18Kehinde: This is our greenhouse.
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3:18 - 3:20This is our compost bin.
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3:20 - 3:21This is our wormery.
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3:21 - 3:24(Music)
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3:25 - 3:27This is our vegetable patch.
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3:30 - 3:31And these are our chickens.
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3:32 - 3:35Sean: The chickens come out,
and they try and chase you. -
3:35 - 3:37I had to run for my life.
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3:46 - 3:47TB: Up at the community garden,
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3:47 - 3:50we've got two polytunnels
so we can grow year-round. -
3:53 - 3:55Sean: I will pick onions,
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3:55 - 3:57broccoli and carrots
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3:57 - 3:59because they're all healthy,
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3:59 - 4:00they make you stronger --
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4:01 - 4:02obviously --
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4:02 - 4:03and they just make me happy.
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4:04 - 4:05So, yeah.
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4:08 - 4:11(Birds chirp)
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4:11 - 4:12TB: 12 or 13 years ago,
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4:12 - 4:16there was a reluctance
to engage in this sort of curriculum. -
4:16 - 4:19There were many people
that couldn't see what we were aiming for -
4:19 - 4:20and what we were trying to do.
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4:20 - 4:24Obesity hadn't reached the epidemic
proportions it has reached now. -
4:25 - 4:29We're getting children
that look and appear more healthy. -
4:29 - 4:31Concentration is so much higher.
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4:31 - 4:35Behavior issues are incredibly lower
than they have been in the past. -
4:35 - 4:39Elizabeth: One the of the great
things they've done is introduce us -
4:39 - 4:41to worlds of healthy food.
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4:41 - 4:43Kehinde: Before,
I was a really picky eater. -
4:43 - 4:46Sean: I feel better
when I eat healthier food. -
4:47 - 4:49TB: When you fail your maths A level,
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4:49 - 4:51that's not going to shorten
your life by 10 years. -
4:51 - 4:55JO: You don't die young because
you didn't do your geography homework. -
4:55 - 4:58These kids die young if they
don't know how to feed themselves. -
4:58 - 5:02I think Tim and the team would inspire
head teachers across the world -- -
5:02 - 5:03and parents.
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5:04 - 5:08Any teacher has the same capacity
to be as brilliant as he is. -
5:08 - 5:10His story, we want to replicate,
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5:10 - 5:14but the truth is
we've got so much more to do. -
5:15 - 5:17TB: Jamie really revolutionized
our school dinners, -
5:17 - 5:21and it really has hugely impacted
all the children, -
5:21 - 5:23but so many in a deep way
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5:23 - 5:26which is going to stick with them
for the rest of their lives. -
5:26 - 5:29When you change a life like that,
it makes it all worthwhile. -
5:29 - 5:31From all of us at the Charlton Manor,
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5:31 - 5:32thank you, Jamie.
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5:32 - 5:34Student: Thank you, Jamie.
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5:34 - 5:36Student: Thank you, Jamie.
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5:43 - 5:48[Join the food revolution
JamiesFoodRevolution.org]
- Title:
- Food revolutionaries
- Speaker:
- Jamie Oliver
- Description:
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Jamie Oliver crystallized his vision for a food revolution in his TED Talk. At the Charlton Manor Primary School in London, head teacher Timothy Baker is putting his idea into action by offering not just food education but education centered on food.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TED Series
- Duration:
- 05:47
Brian Greene edited English subtitles for Food revolutionaries | ||
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Leslie Gauthier edited English subtitles for Food revolutionaries | ||
Leslie Gauthier edited English subtitles for Food revolutionaries |