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What’s On Your Plate? is a piece of the curriculum in one of the Studio in a School art education programs. The program works to promote lifestyle change in kids through visual arts. By combining nutrition lectures and art workshops, kids learn how to make healthier food choices by conceptualizing the food through art. Their Art & Healthy Living exhibit opened on February 28th and will be open for viewing until Wednesday March 14th.

Studio in a School gallery
1 East 53rd Street, Manhattan

Be sure to check it out!

Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioimages/6935562835/

Hello everyone, Today I bring you information on a the Salad Bar Project. It’s run by our friend, Chef Ann Cooper who is trying to bring healthy salad bars into schools across the country. Schools can apply here for a grant for their school’s very own salad bar. Check it out!

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.

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.