Michael Pollan’s The Ominvore’s Dilemma completely redefined food for thousands of adults, and now there’s a new version out for young readers who want to learn about what exactly it is they’re eating.  The new version has all the same information as the original, but in a more direct writing style, and with some pictures, graphs, and diagrams that really help visualize what Michael Pollan is talking about.  It doesn’t discuss the issues as deeply as the original, and it skips some of the more complex details (macroutrients, yes; flavonoids, no) but it’s a great way for kids, especially middle school age, to learn about where our food comes from.  Check out the review over at Slow Food USA.

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Have you checked these guys out?  They’re an organization that helps spread awareness about  climate change, and their particular audience is high school kids.  They do presentations at high schools in California, New England, Chicago, and Texas.  Dig the trailer, man, it’s pretty hip.  Seriously, though, they do a great job of presenting the information in an interesting way that focuses on what high school kids can do to help fix the problem of climate change.  Considering that these kids are the ones who will inherit the effects of climate change, the Alliance for Climate Education is a pretty important bunch of people.

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