Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
Sam Kass: تريدون تعليم الأطفال إلى أبعد حد؟ فلتغذّوهم جيدًا
Sam Kass's work connects nutrition and education in an effort to make sure future generations thrive. Full bio
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family of teachers.
من المعلمين.
teacher in Chicago.
after 25 years teaching fifth grade.
من تعليم الصف الخامس.
teaches except for me.
ما عدا أنا.
to get the right answers
على الأجوبة الصحيحة
the educational outcomes for our children?
بالنسبة إلى أطفالنا؟
many important questions,
is a good place to start:
المكان الجيد للبدء:
and empty of nutrients?
وخاليا من العناصر الغذائية؟
are literally going hungry?
that we are pouring into schools,
up for success?
competition called "Chopped."
يدعى "شوبت".
with mystery ingredients
محتويات سرية
it was a very special one.
كانت حلقة خاصة جدًا.
trying to break into the limelight --
يحاولون اقتحام دائرة الأضواء--
nothing about --
to call "lunch ladies,"
"سيدات الغذاء"،
we call "school chefs."
"طاهيات المدارس"،
these women --
for thousands of kids,
الآلاف من الأطفال،
with only $2.68 per lunch,
$2.68 فقط لوجبة الغذاء،
actually going to the food.
ingredient was quinoa.
هو الكينوا.
of progress on nutrition,
in most school cafeterias.
غير أساسية في معظم مطاعم المدراس.
was cooked by a woman
كان من صنع سيدة
in Connecticut.
في ولاية "كونيتيكت".
restaurant-quality good, except --
pretty much uncooked,
that you're supposed to do,
الذي من المفترض القيام به،
I don't know what quinoa is."
لا أعرفُ ما هي الكينوا."
at High School in the Community,
في المجتمع،
that for many of her kids,
وبالنسبة إلى العديد من أطفالها،
في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع.
because she wanted to make sure
أنها أرادت التأكد
her children would eat.
أن أطفالها سيتناولونه.
stick to their ribs, she said.
to think about learning.
بالتفكير حول التعلم.
they tell the same story.
تخبرنا نفس القصة.
into the context of a child.
of the day, breakfast.
when she grows up.
that serves a nutritious breakfast
تقدمُ فطورًا مغذيًا
one lower in sugar and salt,
وقليل من السكريات والملح،
of obesity than the average kid.
من البدانة أكثر من الطفل العادي.
of anxiety and depression.
من التوتر والاكتئاب.
and she'll show up on time more often.
وستحضرُ في الوقت المحدد غالبًا.
waiting for her at school.
في المدرسة.
breakfast waiting for him?
إنه طفل رائع.
to have repeated a grade.
who do not have consistent nourishment,
تغذية ملائمة متسقة،
ends of the issue,
لهذه القضية،
of the same coin.
ممن لديهم انعدام الأمن الغذائي،
almost 20 percent --
حوالي 20% --
face hunger every year.
الجوع كل عام.
of preventable death and disease
السبب الأول في تجنب الوفاة والأمراض
that we've been talking about tonight
تحدثنا حولهم الليلة
in their lifetime.
في مرحلة ما من حياتهم.
to put together but is true
these are the same children.
and cheap calories
وسعرات غذائية رخيصة
and that their families can afford.
ولا تستطيع عائلاتهم تحمله.
or hours get cut at work,
أو تقطعُ ساعات في العمل،
to cover the basic cost of food.
للغذاء.
to solve this problem, right?
أليس كذلك؟
we instituted a program
أنشأنا برنامج
40 percent more low-income kids,
ذوي الدخل المنخفض،
to every kid in that school
لكل طفل في تلك المدرسة
incredibly successful,
a very difficult barrier
a nutritious breakfast.
على وجبة إفطار مغذية.
breakfast before school,
قبل بدء المدرسة،
for the poor kids.
and who needed government help.
ومن احتاج إلى مساعدة الحكومة.
or how little their parents make,
أو كم هو قليل ما يكسبه الآباء،
implemented this program
هذا البرنامج
scores by 17.5 percent.
بنسبة 17.5%.
have a consistent, nutritious breakfast,
وجبة إفطار مغذية وثابتة،
increase by 20 percent.
the nourishment they need,
التي يحتاجونها،
director at Burke County
في "مقاطعة بورك"
is one of the poorest districts
من أفقر المناطق
live at or below the poverty line.
عند أو تحت خط الفقر.
of the new standards that were coming,
التي كانت قادمة،
fruit and vegetables and whole grains.
والحبوب الكاملة.
to all of her kids.
لكل أطفالها.
dinner when they went home.
عندما يذهبون للمنازل.
from an unexpected place.
من مكان غير متوقع.
for the Burke County Bears.
لفريق "بيرز" التابع " لمقاطعة بورك".
mediocre teams for years.
لعدة سنوات.
in the middle of the pack --
المجموعة --
of the most passionate football states
ولايات كرة القدم تحمسًا
قوائم الطعام،
the state championship,
"لمعاطعة بيتش"
to Donna Martin.
the basic nourishment,
to the Cheryl Barbaras
is just the starting point.
هو نقطة البداية فقط.
issues that we face.
of properly nourishing ourselves,
في تغذية أنفسنا بشكل صحيح،
that is more stable and secure;
our economic productivity;
بشكل كبير؛
for generations to come.
أن تقدم للأجيال القادمة.
where our collective efforts
What is the right question?
ما هو السؤال الصحيح؟
more sustainably grown food?
وطعاماً مزروعًا مستدامًا أكثر؟
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sam Kass - Food entrepreneurSam Kass's work connects nutrition and education in an effort to make sure future generations thrive.
Why you should listen
Food entrepreneur Sam Kass is a former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition. He is the founder of TROVE and a partner in Acre Venture Partners.
Kass joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009 as Assistant Chef and, in 2010, became Food Initiative Coordinator. During his White House tenure, he took on several additional roles including Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let’s Move!" campaign and senior White House Policy Advisor for Nutrition. Kass is the first person in the history of the White House to have a position in the Executive Office of the President and the Residence. As one of the First Lady’s longest-serving advisors, he served as Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives and he helped the First Lady create the first major vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden.
In 2011, Fast Company included Sam in their list of "100 Most Creative People," and in 2012, he helped create the American Chef Corps, which is dedicated to promoting diplomacy through culinary initiatives. He is also an MIT Media lab fellow, entrepreneur and advisor.
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