1537 - Jamie Oliver's School Dinners

My wife found this on netflix, and so we quickly breezed through this short, but wonderful, series that follows Jamie Oliver as he attempts to transform the school dinner program in the UK, from unhealthy fast food garbage, to well balanced meals. 
Food is pretty important to us in our house.  We like to know where our food comes from.  We read labels.  We buy local as much as we can.  We support farmers who treat their animals well.  We pay extra for it, of course, but for us it's worth it - and we can see the difference it makes in our son's life.  I imagine that this is where Jamie got the idea for this program is through looking at his own children and then thinking of the children throughout the rest of Great Britain. 
The documentary series is refreshing in how candid Jamie is about the process, he's frustrated, he's overjoyed.  We get to see all the ups and downs and he doesn't shelter himself from the problems in his personal life (or the problems that the press is trying to invent).  His goal is to prove that he can create a system that's healthier, but doesn't cost more, so that if the gov't says no to a nationwide change - its simply because they don't care.
It's been a long time since I've been in high school so I can't really speak on state of our system - although our food was closer to the fast food offerings than it was to what Jamie was trying to push through.  So hopefully we're making a change for the better as well. 
At one point in the series Jamie talks about the idea that it took some time for the public to become aware of the dangers of smoking, and several other things we know to be bad for us.  Food seems to be the next big-ticket-item, and people like Jamie are fighting the good fight.  Food is such a tough battle though as it's very personal to people - it's cultural - it's social - it's personal - we put this stuff inside of us - a lot!  And some of us put a lot of it inside of us :)  I speak from experience, being a larger man myself.  I like food.  And although the vast majority of stuff I eat is pretty damn healthy, you don't have to push me hard to get something is flavour focused over health.  I'd like to think I'm getting better - but it's a love/hate relationship I have with food: More love than hate though, luckily :) 
This is on netflix.  It's four episodes.  Check it out - and if you have kids, then it's must-see-television and make them sit in with you.  They'll probably enjoy it as much as you will.