What's On Your Plate? Blog » Fun http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog the documentary film about kids and food politics... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:26:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Urban Gardening Has Never Been So Exciting http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/urban-gardening-has-never-been-so-exciting http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/urban-gardening-has-never-been-so-exciting#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 21:26:25 +0000 Angelica http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=1115 planting

Tenzin is planting a tree!

Maria Finn is probably among the coolest people you will ever hear of.

Why?

Because she has a book, named “A Little Piece of Earth,” which is possibly the cutest thing in the world. It teaches you how to garden and how something as seemingly trivial as soil could grow into something amazing. As if that weren’t enough, she even helped WOYP? create our own window garden. She knows just about everything about urban gardening, which is great because not many people in the city do. We even have an apple tree on our balcony! Our little friend, Tenzin who is only five years old – and is also the cutest thing in the world, helped and he basically planted an entire garden (with Maria’s help.) You should read this book if you want to turn your apartment/house into a miniature forest.

We told you this was cool.

Click here to see Maria’s blog.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/urban-gardening-has-never-been-so-exciting/feed 1 Pickled Carrots http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/recipes/pickled-carrots http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/recipes/pickled-carrots#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 21:04:46 +0000 Mary http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=1070 Did you know you can make your own pickles?! We didn’t until we tried them, and they’re so yummy when you make them at home! This recipe comes from Grub, Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry’s book which was featured at the end of What’s On Your Plate? the movie.

  • Preparation time: 10 minutes
  • Inactive prep time: at least 24 hours
  • Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 or 3 large carrots (about 1 pound), peeled
  • 1 cup white balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar (or any other kind of clear vinegar)
  • 2 Tablespoons organic raw cane sugar
  • Course sea salt
  1. Cut the carrots into sticks that are 2 inches long and 1/4 inch thick.
  2. Combine 2 cups water, the vinegar, sugar and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and add the carrots. Bring back toa boil for 1 minute, then remove from the heat.
    Transfer the carrots and liquid to a glass container (not metal). Let cool and cover.
  3. Refrigerate the covered pickles for at least 24 hours before serving. (They will keep for up to one week in the refrigerator)
  4. Eat them and laugh.
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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/recipes/pickled-carrots/feed 0 Time to make some lunch! http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/time-to-make-some-lunch http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/time-to-make-some-lunch#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:17:51 +0000 Nate http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=731 Hey, Internet! Check out this cool contest. Make a healthy and delicious lunch to serve at school cafeterias, yours could be the winner! The basic requirements are that the lunches be well-balanced, nutritious and tasty, and that they cost $5 or less. Really, all lunches should meet those requirements.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/time-to-make-some-lunch/feed 0 WOYP on the radio and at Anthology Film Archives http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/woyp-on-the-radio-and-at-anthology-film-archives http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/woyp-on-the-radio-and-at-anthology-film-archives#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:08:19 +0000 Cassie http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=719 TV, festivals, screenings, blogs and now  . . . the radio. WOYP Director Catherine Gund joined fellow filmmakers Shelly Rogers (What’s Organic About Organic?) and Ana Sofia Joanes (Fresh) on Cathy Erways’s “Let’s Eat In” radio program on Heritage Radio Network to talk about eco-labeling, food systems, filmmaking, eating in and the Hungry Filmmakers screening at Anthology Film Archives.

Let’s Eat In on Huffduffer

After it’s super-popularity last fall, the Hungry Filmmaker Series screens again TONIGHT! Come see snippets of the best in food films: What’s On Your Plate? (of course), Fresh, Mad Cow Investigator, The End of the Line, and Fly on the Wall.

And think about taking the eat in challenge, organized by The Huffington Post and Cathy Erway.
Eat at home for the week and see how good it feels.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/woyp-on-the-radio-and-at-anthology-film-archives/feed 0 To boldly garden where no one has gardened before. http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/to-boldly-garden-where-no-one-has-gardened-before http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/to-boldly-garden-where-no-one-has-gardened-before#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:53:08 +0000 Nate http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=716 Internet, soon there could be an organic garden at New York City Hall. Yes, I’m serious. A vegetable garden right in front of City Hall in the middle of the grimy, smoky, concrete hive of New York City. In the summer, when I put a fan in my window, it takes about a day for a layer of black soot to form on the fan blades, just from the New York City air. And I live in the suburbs. I knew New Yorkers were getting interested in urban farming, rooftop gardens, keeping chickens in their tiny back-lots. This movie is a great example of that movement. But could City Hall really plant a vegetable garden? It seems contrary to the city itself, but it could really happen. Not yet, of course, it’s just a petition right now. Daniel Bowman Simon, the guy behind the petition to the white house that had a hand in making the white house vegetable garden a reality, is gathering signatures to send to mayor Michael Bloomberg in the hope that the mayor will give the city an official garden, right on City Hall property. a few other big cities across the country have city hall gardens now, and the idea isn’t so far-fetched for New York either. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer (as featured in What’s On Your Plate?) has just released “FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System,” a major survey of New Yorkers’ food access as well as an analysis and set of suggestions for the future of New York’s food systems. The Mayor himself has made food legislation into a major campaign, seeking bans for some of the major culprits of obesity and poor health in the city (like salt and trans-fats). Believe it or not, it looks like New York City is actually ready to embrace better, more sustainable foods, and an organic garden in front of City Hall could be an important symbolic element in the city’s new attitude toward the health of its citizens.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/to-boldly-garden-where-no-one-has-gardened-before/feed 0 Share your lunch! http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/share-your-lunch http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/share-your-lunch#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:53:55 +0000 Nate http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=712 Virtually, I mean. Though actually sharing your food with people is a fun and exciting thing to do at lunchtime, but I’m talking about this great post from the blog Fed Up. The post is about a flickr group, where you can post photos related to school lunches. Take a picture of the great lunch you had today, or the terrible one, or the one you just made to feed a whole cafeteria, or the cafeteria itself, or whatever you please. Just remember to get permission from any person who is in the picture. It’s a great way to learn more about what everybody is eating for lunch across this great internet of ours, and to talk with each other about school lunch in the U.S.A.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/share-your-lunch/feed 0 Big Green TV shares What’s On Your Plate? http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/big-green-tv-shares-whats-on-your-plate http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/big-green-tv-shares-whats-on-your-plate#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:42:08 +0000 Mary http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=650 Check out our co-producer, Tanya Selvaratnam talking about What’s On Your Plate?! Click below to see a wonderful video and article about the film and project. Thanks Big Green!

Big Green TV — The Environmental News Site & Video Program For All Ages.

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/fun/big-green-tv-shares-whats-on-your-plate/feed 0 Oliver for The Urban Farmers! http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/oliver-for-the-urban-farmers http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/oliver-for-the-urban-farmers#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:59:41 +0000 Mary http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=593 We are so honored and so excited to be a part of Oliver Taylor’s quest to be awarded a 2010 Disney Friends for Change grant of $500. He wants to bring What’s On Your Plate? to his school or local library! He is more than half way to his goal of 500 friends on Facebook and we hope he gets there before the January 29th deadline. Everyone, go become a fan of Oliver for The Urban Farmers!

From his profile:

Hi, I’m Oliver Taylor. I live in Lafayette and am a 7th grader at Stanley Middle School. I am also the Youth Spokesperson for The Urban Farmers, a pilot program in Lafayette that is striving to plant 1,000 fruit trees in 5 years. My family is planting 20 trees in our backyard this month.

My current mission is to be awarded a 2010 “Disney Friends for Change” grant of $500. I plan to organize a community wide screening of “What’s On Your Plate” at my school or the new Lafayette Library. I hope to have 500 fans before January 29th, the deadline for the grant proposal.

*PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!*

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/oliver-for-the-urban-farmers/feed 0 New Toolkit For Watching What’s On Your Plate?! http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/toolkit http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/toolkit#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:43:27 +0000 Mary http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=571 Over here at What’s On Your Plate?, we’ve been hard at work to get a fun and engaging toolkit together for all the home viewers out there who will be joining us on Sunday, February 7th at 2pm. We’ve finally finished it and we’re pretty proud to share it with all of you.

Here it is for all of those looking for something fun to do that Sunday with your friends and family!

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]]> http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/toolkit/feed 6 NYC Food and Climate Summit http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/nyc-food-and-climate-summit http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/nyc-food-and-climate-summit#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:00:36 +0000 Nate http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/?p=508 What a weekend, Internet! The New York City Food and Climate Summit was on Saturday, a collaboration between the Manhattan Borough President’s office and Just Food. It was a pretty impressive scene, I gotta tell ya. There were talks by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Anna Lappe of the Small Planet Institute, Marion Nestle of NYU, and Karen Washington of La Familia Verde, among others. And there were workshops, too, a good 30 of them. The only downside of the day was having to choose between “Urban Agriculture: Roofs, Walls, & Other Under Utilized Spaces” and “Tackle Hunger, Health and Environment in Your Community.” We picked Urban Agriculture, and learned about Greenpoint Rooftop Farms, Manhattan Borough President’s Land Use Department and BrightFarm (we especially like BrightFarm’s Science Barge.) There were tons of other talks and workshops to go to. It was an awesome day.

But don’t just take my word for it:

Adriana Velez from the blog What I Made for Dinner was there

So was Paula Crossfield from Civil Eats

And Marion Nestle, in addition to sharing really inspiring words in the plenary session, talked it up on her blog.

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