Something You Should Know; Food Tank: The Food Think Tank

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

 

By Jueseppi B.

 

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Food Tank: The Food Think Tank, co-founded by Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, is working for a better Food System! Visit: www.FoodTank.org

 

Food Tank is a think tank focused on a feeding the world better. We research and highlight environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity and poverty and create networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change.

 

 

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FOOD TANK : The Food Think Tank (Trailer). Danielle Nierenberg & Ellen Gustafson.

 

Published on Dec 24, 2012

Trailer Video for FOOD TANK : The Food Think Tank (Trailer). New organization founded by Danielle Nierenberg & Ellen Gustafson.

 

 

 

 

Food grows from the ground up. So will Food Tank.

 

The global food movement grows from the kitchens, gardens, and farms of the countless citizens who have committed to making healthy, sustainable choices about cultivating and consuming food. Food Tank exists to amplify these voices.

 

Are you part of the food movement? Join us.

 

 

About Food Tank

 

Our food system is broken. Some people don’t have enough food, while others are eating too much. There’s only one way to fix this problem and it starts with you and me.

 

Food Tank: The Food Think Tank is for the 7 billion people who have to eat every day. We will offer solutions and environmentally sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty by creating a network of connections and information for us to consume and share.

 

Food Tank is for farmers and producers, policy makers and government leaders, researchers and scientists, academics and journalists, and the funding and donor communities to collaborate on providing sustainable solutions for our most pressing environmental and social problems.

 

As much as we need new THINKING on global food system issues, we also need new DOING. Around the world, there are examples of people and organizations that have developed innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the most pressing issues of food and agriculture. Through years of field visits (and years of trying to eat better in our own communities), Food Tank will continue to highlight and promote the best practices.

 

The co-founders of Food Tank, Ellen Gustafson and Danielle Nierenberg, hope to bridge the domestic and global food issues by highlighting how hunger, obesity, climate change, unemployment, and other problems can be solved by more research and investment in agriculture.

 

Food Tank will highlight HOPE and SUCCESS in agriculture. We will feature innovative ideas that are already working on the ground, in cities, in kitchens, in fields and in laboratories. These innovations need more attention, more research, and ultimately more funding to be replicated and scaled-up. And that is where we need you. Because we all need to work together to find solutions that nourish us and our planet.

 

 

 

About Our Membership Program

 

Food Tank: The Food Think Tank is for all of us who care about the food system. We want to create a community for all of the stakeholders involved in the food system to learn about environmentally sustainable ways to alleviate hunger, obesity, and poverty – and we need your help to do that.

 

When you donate to Food Tank, you’re making an impact on a global level. For $50 a year, you are helping to build a worldwide network of eaters, farmers, producers, and policy-makers.

 

Change can begin right now. Please donate here to help us get this project started. By joining Food Tank, you will be a founding member and all contributions today will go toward building this powerful, free online library of food and agriculture research and resources.

 

Press and other inquiries:.

If you would like to invite Danielle or Ellen to speak or schedule an interview please contact us at Danielle@foodtank.org.

 

 

View Ellen’s Bio

View Danielle’s Bio

 

 

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Food Tank  Co-Founders 

 
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Danielle Nierenberg, co-founder of Food Tank (photo credit: Morgan Anderson)

 

 

Danielle Nierenberg is a co-founder of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world, and innovations in sustainable agriculture

 

From 2009-2012, Danielle was the Director of the Nourishing the Planet project housed at the Worldwatch Institute. During that time she managed a US$1.34 million grant to assess the state of agricultural innovations. She spent two years traveling to more than 35 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America meeting with farmers and farmers’ groups, scientists and researchers, policymakers and government leaders, students and academics, and journalists collecting their thoughts on what’s working to help alleviate hunger and poverty, while also protecting the environment.

 

Danielle worked with more than 60 authors from all over the world to produce State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. The State of the World symposium she organized in January 2011 brought together representatives of USDA, the World Bank, farmers organizations, agricultural research organizations, and other stakeholders.

 

Danielle served as a Food and Agriculture Senior Researcher at Worldwatch from 2001-2012 working on major research projects on gender and population, the global meat economy, emerging infectious diseases related to the food system, climate change and agriculture, and innovations in sustainable agriculture.

 

Her knowledge of global agriculture issues has been cited widely in more than 3,000 major publications includingThe New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, BBC, the Guardian (UK),the Mail and Guardian (South Africa),the East African (Kenya), TIME magazine, Reuters, Agence France Presse, Voice of America, the Times of India, and other major publications

 

Danielle has authored or contributed to several major reports and books, including Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry (2005), State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet (Editor and Project Director, 2011), Eating Planet 2012 (2012), and Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability (2012).

 

She has spoken at major conferences and events all over the world including The World Food Prize/Borlaug Dialogues (2010 and 2012), the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012), UNFCCC COP 16, the Barilla Center for Food Nutrition Annual Forums (2011 and 2012), the Aspen Institute Environment Forum (2011), the European Commission Green Week (2010), the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (2008), the Sustainable Food Summit (2012), the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Network (2011), the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation (2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2011), the Food and Agriculture Organization (2011), and many others. She also worked for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic

 

Contact:

email: danielle@foodtank.org

phone: (202) 590-1037

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Danielle Nierenberg on Agriculture as the Solution (co-president of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank)

 

Published on Dec 19, 2012

Danielle Nierenberg on how agriculture can be the solution (co-president of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank) at http://www.FoodTank.org

 

 

 

 

 
and Ellen Gustafson

 

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Ellen Gustafson is a sustainable food system activist, innovator and social entrepreneur.  Ellen was the Founder and Executive Director of the 30 Project, a think + do tank changing the conversation about the global food system by connecting hunger and obesity. The 30 Project brought together key organizations and activists working around the world on addressing hunger, obesity, and agriculture issues to talk about their visions for the food system’s future. She also co-founded FEED Projects, LLC and its corresponding non-profit foundation which has provided over 60 million school meals to children around the world through the sale of tote bags that promote the mission. Ellen is currently working on a book with Rodale Press tentatively entitled We the Eaters.

 

email: ellen@foodtank.org

 

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Ellen Gustafson on “Making Agriculture Cool for Youth”: The Food Think Tank (www.FoodTank.org)

 

Published on Dec 10, 2012

Ellen Gustafson, co-president of FoodTank: the Food Think Tank (www.FoodTank.org), discussing how agriculture is becoming more attractive for youth. FoodTank is a bold new voice in the fight for health-based agriculture, alleviating hunger and poverty, stemming the tide of obesity, and improving environmental sustainability. Fixing the system requires changing the conversation and finding ways that make food production—and consumption—more economically, environmentally, and socially just and sustainable.

 

 

 

 

 

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Leila’s Roasted Beef Tacos With Smoky Guajillo Salsa

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

By Jueseppi B.

 

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You guys!!! This is my first cooking video. I had nasty, cold the day we filmed, you can tell I’m dragging, but I had fun in spite of it. I’m so grateful for Joe, at the thefoodbeat.com for making this possible.

 

Sooo, for my first cooking video I chose to show ya’ll how to make my Roasted Beef Tacos. Why? ‘Cause it’s one of my favorite recipes EVER. So juicy, so flavorful and just so dang good!

 

FYI, If you were following my blog before, you’ll have to enter your info below to re-subscribe because I left WordPress (long story). If you were never following, what’s wrong with you? You don’t like Ms. Buena Vida? You are so mean.

 

 

ROASTED BEEF TACOS— IT’S A VIDEO!

 

 

 

Leila’s Roasted Beef Tacos with Smoky Guajillo Salsa 

 

A Juicy, Tender Pot Roast with Mexi-Flair

 

These are the most “melt in your mouth,” flavorful tacos!! They can be served with or without the smoky salsa. The meat is flavorful on it own.

 

Ingredients-

 

  • 3-4 lb. Chuck Roast, patted dry
  • Olive Oil
  • S/P
  • Cumin
  • Mexican Chili Powder
  • Garlic Powder
  • 1 White Onion, cut in half and sliced into thin strips
  • 4 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced length wise or minced
  • 1 T Minced Fresh Oregano
  • 5 Roma Tomatoes, whole
  • 1 T. Butter
  • (1) 4 oz. Can diced green chilies
  • 1/2 C Beef Broth
  • 1/4 C Tomato Juice
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • (18) 6 inch tortillas (I like corn, but you probably like flour)
  • 8 oz. Sour cream, to serve (optional)

 

Smoky Guajillo Salsa Recipe (make ahead)

 

Instructions-

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

 

2. On the stove, In a hot dutch oven or heavy pot roast whole tomatoes so that the skins are charred  lightly on all sides (no oil). This gives the tomatoes a nice smoky flavor. On a cutting board dice your tomatoes. Add a pinch of salt and set aside.

 

3. Add 1 T olive oil to the same pot and sauté onion and garlic and oregano.  Set aside when the garlic and onions have a great caramel color, add a pinch of salt.

 

4. Season the meat LIBERALLY with salt, pepper, cumin, garlic powder and chili powder. Be obnoxious about it, to almost form a crust with the seasonings. In the same pot sear the meat in a bit of olive oil. To give it a nice brown color.  Set the meat aside and deglaze the pan with the broth and a pad of butter, scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to get all of those lovely seasonings into the sauce. Add tomato juice, meat, veggies & chilies to the pot.

 

5. Transfer Pot to oven and roast 3-4 hours, until very tender and easy to shred.

 

6. Remove the fat. Shred the meat with a fork. Mix the meat and the broth so that everything is incorporated well.

 

Heat tortillas in a dry skillet, until they’re warm and soft. Serve meat in tacos with Leila’s Smoky Guajillo Salsa & sour cream.

 

Plan 3 tacos per adult. Serves 4-6

 

Thank you Ms. Buena Vida.

 

Please check out the awesome recipes at her blog….Ms. Buena Vida.

 

 

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The 2013 Kids’ State Dinner And First Lady Michelle Obama Appears At The Eastern Kentucky University Commencement

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

 

By Jueseppi B.

 

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The 2013 Kids’ State Dinner

Entries are now being accepted for the Second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ State Dinner, a nationwide recipe challenge that originated to promote healthy eating among America’s youth, sponsored by Epicurious, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Department of Agriculture.

 

Fifty-six children and their parent/guardian (one pair from each of the 50 states, plus the U.S. Territories, D.C., and Puerto Rico) will be flown to Washington, DC where they will have the opportunity to attend a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House this summer, hosted by Mrs. Obama. A selection of the winning healthy recipes will be served.

 

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The Quest:

A healthy, delicious kids’ lunch recipe

 

 

The Prize:

A trip to Washington, D.C., and the opportunity to attend the Kids’ “State Dinner”

 

 

Picture of Michelle and BoBoosting brain power and energy are just two of the reasons kids and parents alike should eat a healthy lunch every day.

 

 

That’s why First Lady Michelle Obama, the USDA, the U.S. Department of Education, and Epicurious have joined together again for the second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge.

 

Children 8 to 12 and their parents (or legal guardians) are invited to create and enter their best original lunch recipes inspired by MyPlate, the USDA’s user-friendly guide to healthy eating. One winner from each of the 50 states and U.S. Territories will be awarded a trip to Washington, D.C., and the opportunity to attend the Kids’ “State Dinner,” hosted by Mrs. Obama at the White House this summer. These lucky finalists might also have their recipes served at the event!

 

 

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Your recipe(s) should include each of the five food groups, either in one dish or as parts of a lunch meal: Fruit and veggies should make up about half of the recipe or meal, along with whole grains, lean protein and low-fat dairy. Each recipe should be the creation of a child working with a parent or guardian. Your lunch entry should also be original, affordable, and, of course, delicious!

 

The range of recipe submissions is limitless. The Challenge welcomes sandwiches or wraps with lean meats, fish, or vegetables; soups or stews; pastas; grain, green, or fruit salads; yogurt parfaits…anything perfect for a healthy kids’ lunch, whether devoured at home or at school.

 

 

 

 

 

First Lady Michelle Obama among Spring Commencement Speakers

 

First Lady Michelle Obama will join former University of Kentucky President Dr. Charles Wethington and Kentucky author Silas House as speakers at Eastern Kentucky University’s spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11th.

 

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Three ceremonies, all in Alumni Coliseum, will recognize a total of 2,428 degree candidates.

 

The First Lady will address degree candidates from the Colleges of Education and Business and Technology at 7:30 p.m. (a change from the usual time) and will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. The First Lady will be speaking at EKU as part of her Joining Forces initiative to assist military families. The University has received national recognition in recent years for its commitment to helping veterans further their education. EKU, home to more than 1,200 veterans and their dependents, earned a No. 1 national ranking in 2010 and 2012 from Military Times magazine in its annual “Best for Vets: Colleges” issues.

 

Because of limited seating and to ensure that graduates’ families are able to attend, the 7:30 p.m. ceremony will be restricted to those holding tickets. Graduating students, in addition to receiving one ticket each for personal use, will receive six additional tickets for use by family members; remaining tickets will be distributed by general lottery.

 

To pick up tickets, graduating students must appear in person at the EKU Athletic Ticket Office in Alumni Coliseum any weekday between April 22 and May 3, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Degree candidates must show a valid EKU ID, and the candidate’s name must be on the list of graduating students.

 

Those who wish to submit a request for general lottery tickets must complete a form at registrar.eku.edu/lottery by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3. The submissions will be selected at random, and individuals will be notified by the end of the business day on Monday, May 6 if their ticket request has been chosen. Availability of lottery tickets is limited to two tickets per entry and one entry per person.

 

All attendees that evening will be required to go through security screening similar to that encountered at airports. Doors for the 7:30 p.m. ceremony will open at 5:30 p.m.

 

The first ceremony, at 9 a.m., will recognize degree candidates in the Colleges of Health Sciences and Justice & Safety. The second ceremony, at 1:30 p.m., will recognize degree candidates in the College of Arts & Sciences. The 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. ceremonies are open to the public. All ceremonies will be streamed live, with a link on the EKU home page (www.eku.edu).

 

The First Lady is a Chicago Public Schools graduate who went on to earn degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She joined the University of Chicago in 1996 as Associate Dean of Student Services and developed the University’s first community service program. Later, during her tenure as Vice President of Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center, volunteerism skyrocketed.

 

In 2010, two years after the election of her husband, Barack Obama, as U.S. President, she launched Let’s Move, a nationwide collaborative effort to tackle the challenge of childhood obesity. The following year, she and Dr. Jill Biden (wife of Vice President Joe Biden) launched Joining Forces to raise awareness of the unique needs of American military families.

 

Michelle and Barack Obama have two daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.

 

Wethington, president at UK from 1990 to 2001, will speak at the morning ceremony. The Casey County native headed the Commonwealth’s community college system, then under the control of the UK, from 1981 to 1990. Wethington, who earned bachelor’s degrees in English and history from EKU in 1956, retired in 2012 after 47 years in higher education.

 

House, author, educator and environmental activist, will speak at the 1:30 ceremony. The Laurel County native, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English from EKU in 1993, is the author of five critically acclaimed novels: “Clay’s Quilt,” “A Parchment of Leaves,” “The Coal Tattoo,” “Eli the Good,” and “Same Sun Here,” co-authored with Neela Vaswani, among other works. He currently serves as the director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College.

 

Wethington will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, House an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

 

In all, 1,806 bachelor’s degree candidates will be recognized, plus 490 master’s degree candidates, 115 associate degree candidates, 10 specialist degree candidates and seven doctoral degree candidates.

 

Watch Live here: (EKU Link)

 

 

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Barack’s House Updates: Performance At The White House: “Memphis Soul” And 1st Lady Michelle Obama Host Second Recipe Challenge

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

 

By Jueseppi B.

 

 

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Epicurious Host Second Recipe Challenge

 

 

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA AND EPICURIOUS HOST
SECOND RECIPE CHALLENGE
TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING NATIONWIDE

 

 

“The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge” Welcomes Children and Their Parents to Create
Healthy Lunch Recipes for an Invite to a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House

 

 

New York, NY (April 3, 2013) – With the overwhelming success of the inaugural Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ “State Dinner” in 2012, First Lady Michelle Obama is again teaming up with Epicurious, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Department of Agriculture to host a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy eating among America’s youth.

 

“Last year’s Kids State dinner was one of my favorite events we’ve ever done for Let’s Move! because it perfectly captured how young people, parents, community leaders and businesses can come together for innovative, healthy solutions,” said First Lady Michelle Obama.  “Last year’s young chefs impressed and inspired me with their creativity, and I can’t wait to welcome a whole new group to the White House this summer and taste their creations.  So kids, let’s get cooking!”

 

The second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ “State Dinner” invites parents or guardians and their children, ages 8-12, to create and submit an original lunch recipe that is healthy, affordable, and tasty.  In support of Let’s Move!, launched by the First Lady to solve the issue of childhood obesity, each recipe must adhere to the guidance that supports USDA’s MyPlate (at ChooseMyPlate.gov) to ensure that the criteria of a healthy meal are met.  Entries must represent each of the food groups, either in one dish or as parts of a lunch meal, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and low-fat dairy foods, with fruits and veggies making up roughly half the plate or recipe.

 

All U.S. states and territories, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, are invited to participate. Fifty-six children and their parent/guardian (one pair from each of the 50 states, plus the U.S. Territories, D.C., and Puerto Rico) will be flown to the nation’s capital where they will have the opportunity to attend a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House this summer, hosted by Mrs. Obama.  A selection of the winning healthy recipes will be served.

 

“In order to promote a healthier next generation of Americans, we need to encourage kids to make healthier choices now – which they can carry into adulthood,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.  “USDA is thrilled to be part of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge again this year because it inspires kids to use USDA’s MyPlate to take a hands-on approach to building healthier meal times.”

 

“We know healthy kids are healthy students, and healthy students are better able to engage in the classroom and excel academically,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “If we can get our children to eat healthier and exercise more, that’s a recipe for success. Kids are the best judges of what looks and tastes good, so we’re challenging them to create lunches that all their peers will enjoy.”

 

“We are thrilled to once again partner with Mrs. Obama, and to champion her Let’s Move! initiative, in an effort to raise awareness for the importance of healthy eating among kids,” said Tanya Steel, editor-in-chief of Epicurious.  “Through ‘The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge,’ we will, for the second year, create a call to action for kids, highlighting the importance of healthy meals. This initiative will continue to make a positive impact on the way our children eat, and will reinforce that meals, especially school lunches, can be delicious and nutritious.”

 

The winning recipes will be chosen by a panel of judges, including Tanya Steel, Let’s Move! Executive Director Sam Kass, USDA and U.S. Department of Education representatives, as well as a celebrity chef, to be named.  At the conclusion of the Challenge, a free, downloadable and printable e-cookbook featuring the winning recipes, nutritional analysis, photos and drawings, will be available via LetsMove.gov, USDA.gov, Ed.gov and recipechallenge.epicurious.com.

 

The White House Kids’ “State Dinner” is currently scheduled to take place in July or August 2013.

 

Recipes can be submitted April 3 through May 12, online at recipechallenge.epicurious.com, or via mail at “The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge c/o Epicurious.com,” 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Winners will be notified at the end of June. For more information and contest rules visit recipechallenge.epicurious.com.

 

 

 

Upcoming Guidance on “in Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul”

 

Event includes Evening Performances and Daytime Student Workshop
Honoring Memphis Soul Sound

 

 

Tuesday, April 9 * White House – As part of their “In Performance at the White House” series, the President and First Lady will invite music legends and contemporary major artists to the White House for a celebration of Memphis Soul music. The program will include performances by Alabama Shakes, William Bell, Steve Cropper, Al Green, Ben Harper, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Joshua Ledet, Sam Moore, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples and Justin Timberlake, with Booker T. Jones as music director and band leader. The President’s remarks will be pooled press and the entire event will be streamed live on  www.whitehouse.gov/live starting at 6:55 PM ET.  “In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul” will be broadcast Tuesday, April 16 at 8 PM ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).  The program will also be broadcast at a later date via the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.

 

As she has done with previous White House music events, the First Lady will host a special daytime event for students. The First Lady will welcome 120 middle and high school students from across the country to take part in an interactive student workshop event: “Soulsville, USA: The History of Memphis Soul.” Beginning at 11:00 AM in the State Dining Room, Robert Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, will lead the students in an overview of the origins of Memphis Soul, discuss important artists from throughout its history, and explore the elements of soul and gospel that helped contribute to the genre’s unique sound.

 

Featured performers from the evening event will share their experiences as well as answer student questions about the music and entertainment world.  Students from 16 schools and organizations from the following ten communities will participate: Herndon, Virginia; Los Angeles and Oakland, California; Memphis, Tennessee; New York, New York; Sandy Spring, Maryland; Seminole, Tampa; Tarpon Springs, Florida; and Washington, D.C.

 

The workshop, “Soulsville, USA: The History of Memphis Soul,” will stream live on www.whitehouse.gov/live. This event will be open press, but space is limited. Members of the media who wish to cover this event must RSVP to firstladypress@who.eop.gov by Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM ET. Press who do not have a White House hard pass must include their social security number, date of birth, country of citizenship, current city/state of residence and gender.

 

“In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul” will be the tenth “In Performance at the White House” program hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama.  Starting in February 2009, these events have honored the musical genius of Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Hal David; celebrated Hispanic musical heritage during Hispanic Heritage Month; marked Black History Month with events featuring music from the Civil Rights Movement, Motown and the Blues; spotlighted Broadway and the unique spirit of the American musical; and explored the rich roots and resiliency of Country Music.

 

 

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Get Involved With “Let’s Move!” Childhood Obesity Ain’t No Joke.

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Jueseppi B.

 

By Jueseppi B.

 

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Waterford, Michigan Students Get Onboard the “New-Trition” Train

 

Posted by Doreen Simonds, Associate Director, Nutrition and Purchasing Services, Waterford Public Schools, Waterford, Michigan on March 27, 2013

 

 

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“Let’s Move! and get on the right track” became our mission a few short years ago at Waterford. Our journey began with a Michigan Team Nutrition Wellness grant that taught us about the HealthierUS School Challenge and the many wellness and menu changes we needed. Our first focus was encouraging students to embrace new foods.

 

First, we started a “Fruity Friday” program. One Fruity Friday, we featured fresh pears from our local farmer’s market, and one little girl asked how to eat it, saying, “I’ve never seen a pear out of a can before!” We also started a Veggie Venture school garden.

 

Another focus area was nutrition education. We turned our K5 cafeterias into WSDepot Cafés with the creation of “Tracker, the New-Trition Train” and his conductor “Diggin” (the mascot who gets kids to “Dig In” to good nutrition). Tracker, Diggin and friends began to grace the cafés and schools via murals, a book series, nutrition skills visits and MyTrackerTray Taste Tests. Our community sponsors helped create student teams and a district Wellness Committee. All these moves helped us to meet the Healthier US School Challenge and the new school menu requirements.

 

This year we moved full steam ahead with the new school meal standards. We kicked off the school year with a Fuel Up to Play60 “Let’s MOOve” event. Our students attempted a Guinness World Record (“The Longest Sequential Toast”) by toasting healthy choices like no-fat milk and whole grains.

 

By using Tracker and his Train Gang, we helped students identify food groups and menu items and make sound choices. Our “Fruit First” program, starring Frieda the Fruit Train, encouraged students to take their fruit at the start of the line. Victor the Veggie Train promoted tasty veggie choices. We started a “MyAppTray” program to help the older students understand the new meal patterns.  We’re thrilled that our adventure will be moving along this year with a USDA Farm to School Planning Grant. Our kids will be able to enjoy even more fresh and local choices and “dig in” to the good earth with help from “Diggin.”

 

Our kids are our true engineers; they keep us rolling along this wholesome adventure!

 

Let’s Move! is celebrating National Nutrition Month with stories of school cafeterias serving healthy meals across the country. Learn more about the historic, healthy changes to school meals.

 

 

Michelle Obama, Bob Harper

 

 

First Lady Calls on School Leadership and School Champions to Get America’s Kids Moving

 

Posted by Ali Kelley on March 22, 2013

 

Earlier this week, the First Lady hosted two calls to ask school leadership and prospective school champions – including teachers, staff, parents, and community members – to join the new Let’s Move! Active Schools initiative.  An unprecedented collaboration of organizations across sectors, the new program will bring physical activity back to America’s schools through a simple, six-step process that helps all students get moving before, during, and after the school day.

 

The First Lady acknowledged that schools today face tight resources and difficult decisions, emphasizing that making time for physical activity can actually help schools advance their other priorities.  She explained how the new program is designed to make it easier for schools to create active environments and she urged everyone – from school administrators and boards, to P.E. teachers and parents – to go to LetsMoveSchools.org to join.

 

“I want to thank all of you for the outstanding leadership that you provide every single day in schools across this country.  And I know that you all know better than just about anyone else how important physical activity is for our children’s health and for their well-being.
You all know the statistics about the impact that it has on their behavior and their success in school and in life.  But the fact is that more than ever before I know that many of you are stretched very thin.  You’re facing budget cuts.  You are juggling all kinds of competing demands.  And I know that as the years pass, it can feel like it’s getting harder to find the time and the money to help your students be active.
And that is precisely why a few weeks ago we launched Let’s Move! Active Schools, because we wanted to give all of you the tools and the support you need to bring physical activity back to your schools.
At the end of the day, whether or not this new initiative is successful will really be up to folks like all of you.  And that’s why I thought it was so important for me to be on this call today.  Because we need you, and I want to make sure you understand how much you play a key role in bringing this effort to life, because we need your energy, we need your effort.  More importantly, we need your imagination to make this initiative work.”

The First Lady was joined by an impressive and diverse lineup of guest speakers, each of whom has been a pioneer in creating active school environments. The guests included:

  • Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
  • Deb Delisle, Assistant Secretary for Elementary & Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
  • Dr. John Skretta, Superintendent, Norris School District 160 in Firth, NE
  • Jill Wynns, Board Member, San Francisco County and Unified School District & Immediate Past President, California School Boards Association
  • Mike Humphreys, P.E. Teacher & U.S. Department of Education Classroom Fellow in Arlington, VA
  • Apryl Krakovsky, Parent & Founder of “My School in Motion” in Overland, CA
  • Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
  • Sam Kass, Executive Director of Let’s Move!

 

 

These leaders shared accounts of the how regular physical activity is benefiting their students’ health, happiness, and performance in school.  They suggested innovative, cost effective solutions for making physical activity a part of every school day, and they emphasized the importance of leadership and recognition at every level.

 

So, what are you waiting for?  No matter who you are, you have a role to play in activating the schools in your area.  Here are a few ideas to get you started:

  • Get informed.  Learn about the many benefits of regular physical activity.
  • Talk to your kids. Find out how much they’re moving throughout the day.
  • Talk to your school. Tout the benefits of physical activity and ask how you can help create an active environment.
  • Build a network of support. Engage other parents and community members to raise awareness and help your school become a Let’s Move! Active School.  Spread the word with this fact sheet.
  • Get started! Sign your school up at www.LetsMoveSchools.org.

 

 

Watch the First Lady’s launch of Let’s Move! Active Schools as part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! third anniversary.

 

 

Lets Move Active Schools

First Lady Michelle Obama exercises with kids during a “Let’s Move! Active Schools” event at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 28, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

 

Ali Kelley is the Deputy Director of Let’s Move Outside!

 

 

Healthy Game-Day Meals with the LA Kings & LA Galaxy

 

Published on Mar 27, 2013

Members of the Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy and the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings discuss their go-to healthy game-day meals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Move! London

 

Published on Aug 3, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a Let’s Move! event for about 1,000 American military children and American and British students to engage them in the spirit of the Olympic Games. The event includes sports stations, performances and Olympic and Paralympic legends including the members of the U.S. delegation along with David Beckham, Bart Conner, Nadia Comaneci, Teresa Edwards, Emily Hughes, Sarah Hughes, Shawn Johnson, Carl Lewis, Dikembe Mutombo, Dara Torres, members of the 2012 US Track and Field Team and Manchester United legends, among others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Board with The First Lady: Let’s Move! 3rd Anniversary Tour

 

Published on Mar 8, 2013

On Board with the First Lady! First Lady Michelle Obama travels to Mississippi, Chicago and Missouri on the Let’s Move! 3rd anniversary tour. She meet with elementary school kids and teachers, announced the Let’s Move Healthy Schools initiative, filmed a lunch-lady cook off with Rachael Ray and visited a Walmat neighborhood market to see changes that have been made to make healthy foods more accessible and affordable to families.

 

 

 

 

 

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