Farm To School "Real Food Is..."

Please vote for this video before April 9th at: http://www.farmtoschool.org/vote.php This is my attempt to take a stand against food service corporations that try to encourage students to eat unhealthy foods, while also presenting a good alternative to replace such foods. Farm to school programs across the country would certainly cut down on the fatty foods that children intake daily. 1,100 calories for lunch? How sad...

Entry to the 2010 "Real Food Is..." contest sponsored by the Lunchbox Foundation and farmtoschool.org.
Voting for the winner begins soon. :) Wish me luck!

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[goldenzah]

well done on the graphics. Great colors, must be a high end camera. Is the audio slipping?

[honeybeever]

@goldenzah Unfortunately, I had to hurry through my audio recording, because I had just realized I had one less day until the deadline (placing me just less than 3 hours away from having to complete the entire video). Always a good idea to read the fine print before you get into a large project! ;)

[Pader6789]

you got my vote, i agree every school children in America need to eat very healthy and of course hand picked from the school farm, but where could find a space where fresh food came from farm school?

Did you find any school that does offer Farm School?

[honeybeever]

There are several out there, but mostly in rural communities. But I believe that such an initiative can be taken anywhere, because fresh food is really not far from any school in America. Sure, it could be costly to pay for fresh unprocessed food, but why would people put a price on the health of our country's future? Hopefully, with enough support, farm to school programs can be implemented in virtually every school. It sickens me to see the 1,000+ calorie lunches that children are eating.

[matbroomfield]

Have you made this for the exercise in film making, or because you want to promote the cause? The graphics and creative wipes are really superb - I assume you're using After Effects? I'm so impressed that you managed to get so much done on a tight schedule.

[ExtraCrispyPlayDough]

at least i eat healthy at school :)

[iNeedBeat]

I can see the conflict of interest

[creepyoldman107]

The only problem with fresh food is it's far more expensive, and schools simply can't afford it. If I didn't know so many school districts currently having to close down schools, classes, and programs do to the lack of money I'd definitely agree. The only problem is schools get so much money off of they're lunches, and fresh food is so expensive that they'd have to raise school lunch prices, which would lead to kids opting to bring lunch from home and losing the school money.