Jamie Oliver calls for overhaul of America's Food System

celebrity chef ,he's already tried this in england and failed
ask him about Dubai and cheap labour

well actually most food decisions are related to complex factors two of which are taste and cost. The latter has more of an effect on poor people, hence why there are few morbidly obese rich people wandering the states. So this talk of "educating" the consumer might work on those who can afford the drive to trader joes...
On top of that our fda in cohorts with the food industries is really designed as a loose subsidy to fill the pockets of the industrial food industry particularly through the subsidization of corn for use in corn syrup. So yea a snickers bar is cheap and organic lettuce cost 1.80 per pound again the poor eat shit literally.
There's also the issue of our psychology as humans, we're programmed to desire certain flavors, & general fats, which the food industry appeals to that by marketing unhealthy food without any warning. Again those who are susceptible to marketing are vulnerable (children, and the ignorant).
This issue like all are issues of society and if we take the individuals to blame route with this we'll screw ourselves. I think americas collectivism is long overdue on this matter.....

In my experience, people just don't give a shit what they are eating. All they base their decisions on is taste. Which, granted, is the way it should be. However, ever since food became replaced with imitation food, the senses evolution blessed us with are no longer a good judge. It's sad that a lot of people don't realize this. It's hard to blame the individual for their eating habits since they are simply following their primitive senses. Sugar, fat and salt; rare in nature but just about fucking everywhere in civilization. Walk into any grocery store and the bread, isn't really bread; the juice, isn't really juice; the meat... I don't really know what it is anymore. It's a disgrace, and even cruel to some degree.

Stop sweetening everything with Corn! We aren't supposed to consume so much starch!!! You're killing us Monsanto, then who will buy your GMO's??

What ever happen to the junk food tax? I want a tax on all unhealthy foods. They tax the hell out of cigs and booze. Why not all unhealthy items?

Food education can itself become a huge contribution to today's economic hardships.

With people buying healthier foods, it would drive the price down of the groceries we should be eating more of, and force change onto the Fast-Food / Junk-Food empires that would then begin to see an increase in the costs of their own goods.

Furthermore, preventing health problems such as diabeties and heart disease will also force change within the healthcare industry. As people become less sickly, healthcare can truly cover what it should cover. Emergencies. Thus, or at least we hope, the prices would then drop somewhat as most of the incoming money would go less towards needless doctor visits and drugs and more towards injuries, broken bones, etc. Healthcare itself would probably become more affordable to the average person thus making "Universal Healthcare" less necessary. This solution appeases both political parties in regards to this issue while improving the quality of life for America in general.

It's sad that people are so out of touch with their body. You would think for such an "evolved" lifeform, that we'd at least understand the feedback our body gives us about what we're eating..... The fact that people think that thousands of years of evolution and eating could change within 20 years to include sugar, preservatives, bread, artificial ingredients, and lack of fats and protein is mind boggling.

I wish I could really put my knowledge together and really get my voice out there the way that Oliver is, but I don't really have that presence in the world. I suggest for anyone curious about how we should really eat to look into the Paleo Diet, Dr. Mercola, Paul Chek, and anyone relative. Thanks for reading my response if you did..... feedback would be great as I don't claim to have all of the answers

He's doing good work.

love the ideas!!

In my country the main issues with the diet of the population are:
- fast food
- soda
- bread (OMG is bread incredible here)

so lets fight that back!
As jamie said, education is key.

Good on Jamie! He's such a good ambassador for the Real Food movement!

I want to start a band called Food Ambassador

eh jamie...

like the idea... but lets also hit the corn issue, the gmo issue, the fact that bleach is used in meat packing plants to "clean" the meat. or how about that report that its not fish its plastic you are eating?

lets look at the horrible conditions of "industrial farming" not only for the animals but for the workers who are treated no better then the damn animals and for the most part are foreign workers being screwed over out of fear of deportation. Or how about American citizens who need a job but will not work for these companies after seeing the craptacular working conditions and the joke of a wage they are paying their virtual slave labor force.

Its not this simple but I'm going to say it anyway; stop corn farm subsidies.