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Tell the L.A. School District: Let Jamie Oliver Help
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    1. School Board Member/LAUSD (+ 6 others)
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      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Richard Vladovic)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Monica Garcia)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Tamar Galatzan)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Steve Zimmer)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Yoli Flores)
      • School Board Member/LAUSD (Nury Martinez)
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    Jessica Belsky
    Santa Monica, CA
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How We Won

Apr 27, 2011

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) blocked Jamie Oliver and Food Revolution from L.A. schools for months. Oliver wanted to improve school lunches, but the LAUSD refused to participate. After concerned parents, educators, students, and thousands of Change.org members got involved, though, LAUSD officials finally changed their tune. L.A.'s new superintendent, John Deasy, agreed to meet with Oliver and give him a tour of the school district's central kitchen. Then on April 26, 2011, the two announced a plan to eliminate sugary, flavored milks from school cafeterias. Pressure from two petitions hosted on Change.org helped push the LAUSD and its new superintendent towards working with Oliver.

 

Celebrity chef and healthy school lunch advocate Jamie Oliver is filming his second season of the Emmy Award-winning Food Revolution in Los Angeles. However, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) refuses to show its school lunches on the program. In Oliver's own words, he can't get his foot into a single door. Students have voiced their disapointment that their school lunches won't benefit from the exposure and will likely remain "greasy" and "microwaved."

Oliver has opened a community kitchen in the L.A. area, and he had much success last season working with schools in West Virginia, who now cook most of their lunches from scratch using healthy ingredients. Step up, L.A., and let us see what you're serving. Let Food Revolution inside school cafeterias!

Photo: Jeff Sandquist via Flickr

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Let Jamie Oliver in the Cafeteria

Greetings,

Recently, LAUSD refused to let sustainable chef and healthy school lunch advocate, Jamie Oliver, film inside L.A. school cafeterias. Oliver's show, "Food Revolution," has been pivotal in helping other schools offer healthier fare for students.

Oliver's show aims to shift Angelenos from processed and fast food to fresh foods and cooking at home. We can all agree that this is important, particularly for children. School cafeterias and students could greatly benefit from Oliver's guidance.

If the district is too ashamed to have its food on film, then it shouldn't be feeding it to school kids. I'd like to see the district prove that it isn't earning a failing grade when it comes to lunch. I urge you to reconsider your decision. Please let Jamie Oliver film "Food Revolution" inside school cafeterias.

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