The Slow Cook on YouTube
June 12th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Posted in garden, Sustainability
I had a visit recently from an English teacher who flew into Washington for a course in “backpack journalism,’ meaning documentary filmmaking by citizen journalists.
Dan Sadicario followed me around for the better part of the day, resulting in a five-minute film about a former newspaper reporter who now grows food in his front yard two miles from the White House and has made dissecting the school lunch program a personal crusade.
Okay, enough drama. I think Dan did a great job with the camera and some snappy editing. He even managed to squeeze in a few humerous moments. Take a look at what he calls “Concrete Tomato.”
Great piece! Really captures you and your work in a nutshell.
Very nice piece, Ed. Loved seeing your garden and your home… look out for fans like myself descending on you out of the blue!
Only wish Dan hadn’t lumped fat in with sugars as items that need to be reduced. Our kids have to get energy from somewhere. Healthy, sustaining and brain building fats are essential and should never be compared to a chronic liver toxin like sugar. Artificial fats, like hydrogenated oil (or trans fat), are another story altogether!
Drop by any time, Ivana!
I agree about the fats. In fact, the USDAs proposed school meal guidelines would increase the allowable fat to 35 percent of calories from 30 percent, in line with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. More important, as you say, is the type of fats in question. We need to stop eating Omega-6 fats from corn, soy, cotton, etc., and return to tradional fats, with lots more Omega-3.
Loved seeing you and the garden again, Ed. And keep up the amazing work re: school lunch.
Terrific report. Plus, it was fun to see all the scenes of DC public schools (I went to Oyster, Deal, and Wilson) and Columbia Heights (we lived on Holmead Place in the early 2000s). I really have been liking your work on transparency in school food service contracting too.