Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
سم کاس: می خواهید به کودکان آموزش دهید؟ به آنها خوب غذا بدهید
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.
teacher in Chicago.
after 25 years teaching fifth grade.
اکنون بازنشسته شده است.
teaches except for me.
تدریس می کنند.
to get the right answers
رسیدن به جواب های درست
the educational outcomes for our children?
آموزش و پرورش فرزندانمان فکر می کنیم؟
many important questions,
وجود دارند،
is a good place to start:
خوبی برای آغاز است:
باید داشته باشیم
and empty of nutrients?
و خالی از مواد مغذی باشد؟
are literally going hungry?
that we are pouring into schools,
مدارس اضافه می کنیم،
up for success?
برای موفقیت هستیم؟
competition called "Chopped."
(به معنی تکه تکه شده)
with mystery ingredients
راز آمیز مسابقه می دهند
آماده می کند
it was a very special one.
که بسیار خاص و مهم بود
trying to break into the limelight --
که تلاش می کردند خودشان را نشان دهند--
nothing about --
to call "lunch ladies,"
"خانم ناهار" صدا می کردید؟
we call "school chefs."
"آشپز های مدرسه" می نامیم.
these women --
خدا بهشان برکت بدهد
for thousands of kids,
برای هزاران کودک صرف می کنند
with only $2.68 per lunch,
فقط با ۲.۶۸ دلار به ازای هر ناهار
actually going to the food.
غذا می شود.
ingredient was quinoa.
کینوا بود. (نوعی گیاه)
of progress on nutrition,
مغزی داشتیم
in most school cafeterias.
های مدارس را شامل نمی شود
was cooked by a woman
یک خانم پخته شده بود
in Connecticut.
restaurant-quality good, except --
به غیر از اینکه--
pretty much uncooked,
that you're supposed to do,
که باید را به خود گرفتم،
I don't know what quinoa is."
من نمیدانم کینوآ چیست."
at High School in the Community,
that for many of her kids,
خیلی از کودکانش توضیح داد،
because she wanted to make sure
چون میخواست مطمئن باشد
her children would eat.
بچه هایش می خورند.
stick to their ribs, she said.
to think about learning.
فکر کنند.
they tell the same story.
مشابهی را نقل می کنند.
into the context of a child.
یک کودک تصور کنیم.
of the day, breakfast.
when she grows up.
that serves a nutritious breakfast
صبحانه مغذی
one lower in sugar and salt,
of obesity than the average kid.
کمتری خواهد داشت.
of anxiety and depression.
and she'll show up on time more often.
و اغلب به موقع به کلاس می رسد.
waiting for her at school.
breakfast waiting for him?
to have repeated a grade.
بالاتر می رود.
who do not have consistent nourishment,
کامل ندارند،
ends of the issue,
مخالف این مساله هستند،
of the same coin.
کافی دریافت نمی کند
almost 20 percent --
--تقریبا ۲۰ درصد --
face hunger every year.
هر روز گرسنگی میکشند.
of preventable death and disease
قابل پیشگیری و بیماری ها است
that we've been talking about tonight
صحبت کردیم
in their lifetime.
to put together but is true
these are the same children.
همان کودکان هستند.
and cheap calories
ناسالم سیر می کنند
and that their families can afford.
شان می تواند تامین کند
or hours get cut at work,
کم میشود
to cover the basic cost of food.
غذا را نخواهند داشت.
to solve this problem, right?
درسته؟
we instituted a program
ما برنامه ای تدوین کردیم
40 percent more low-income kids,
کم درآمد داشتند،
to every kid in that school
در آن مدرسه آماده کنیم
incredibly successful,
a very difficult barrier
a nutritious breakfast.
برای کودکان بود
breakfast before school,
for the poor kids.
آماده شده بود
and who needed government help.
و نیاز به کمک دولتی دارد.
or how little their parents make,
پدر و مادرشان
implemented this program
کرده بودند
scores by 17.5 percent.
تجربه کردند
have a consistent, nutritious breakfast,
کامل و مغذی دریافت می کنند
increase by 20 percent.
افزایش می یابد
the nourishment they need,
را می دهیم
director at Burke County
در منطقه بورک است
is one of the poorest districts
محله هاست
live at or below the poverty line.
زیر خط فقر زندگی می کردند.
of the new standards that were coming,
هایی که می آمدند جلو بزند.
fruit and vegetables and whole grains.
غلات را بیشتر و یا اضافه کرد،
to all of her kids.
در کلاس سرو می کرد.
dinner when they went home.
می رفتند شام نداشتند
from an unexpected place.
غیر منتظره رسید.
for the Burke County Bears.
mediocre teams for years.
مربی گری می کرد.
in the middle of the pack --
را تمام می کردند--
of the most passionate football states
های عاشق فوتبال
the state championship,
to Donna Martin.
the basic nourishment,
می رسانیم،
to the Cheryl Barbaras
is just the starting point.
اولیه، تنها نقطه آغاز است.
issues that we face.
مواجه هستیم
of properly nourishing ourselves,
تمرکز کنیم
that is more stable and secure;
و امن تر است
our economic productivity;
اقتصادی مان را افزایش دهیم:
for generations to come.
نسل های آینده هم کافی باشد.
where our collective efforts
که تلاش های کلی ما
What is the right question?
سوال درست کدام است؟
more sustainably grown food?
با رشد پایدار تر تغذیه کنیم؟
می دانند.
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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