Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
山姆·卡斯: 想教好孩子们?先把他们喂好
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.
一个特殊教育老师,
teacher in Chicago.
五年级老师,刚刚退休。
after 25 years teaching fifth grade.
除了我都是老师。
teaches except for me.
to get the right answers
什么才是正确的问题?
the educational outcomes for our children?
many important questions,
is a good place to start:
and empty of nutrients?
are literally going hungry?
他们怎么可能学到东西呢?
that we are pouring into schools,
up for success?
competition called "Chopped."
“厨艺大战(Chopped)”的裁判。
with mystery ingredients
it was a very special one.
trying to break into the limelight --
尝试得到公众的注意——
nothing about --
to call "lunch ladies,"
we call "school chefs."
these women --
for thousands of kids,
with only $2.68 per lunch,
只有2.68美元的预算,
actually going to the food.
ingredient was quinoa.
of progress on nutrition,
in most school cafeterias.
was cooked by a woman
名叫谢丽尔·巴巴拉的女人
in Connecticut.
restaurant-quality good, except --
pretty much uncooked,
that you're supposed to do,
I don't know what quinoa is."
首先我不知道藜麦是什么。”
at High School in the Community,
that for many of her kids,
because she wanted to make sure
her children would eat.
stick to their ribs, she said.
to think about learning.
they tell the same story.
into the context of a child.
of the day, breakfast.
when she grows up.
that serves a nutritious breakfast
提供营养丰富的
one lower in sugar and salt,
of obesity than the average kid.
of anxiety and depression.
and she'll show up on time more often.
更经常准时上课。
waiting for her at school.
breakfast waiting for him?
等着他的孩子会怎么样?
to have repeated a grade.
who do not have consistent nourishment,
ends of the issue,
of the same coin.
almost 20 percent --
食物没有保障,
face hunger every year.
of preventable death and disease
和疾病的首要原因,
that we've been talking about tonight
in their lifetime.
to put together but is true
these are the same children.
and cheap calories
and that their families can afford.
粗制滥造的廉价食物,
能承受的范围之内。
or hours get cut at work,
to cover the basic cost of food.
或者工作时间被迫减少,
支付基本的食物了。
to solve this problem, right?
有能力解决这个问题,对吗?
we instituted a program
我们开始了一个项目,
40 percent more low-income kids,
to every kid in that school
incredibly successful,
a very difficult barrier
a nutritious breakfast.
一个巨大的障碍,
breakfast before school,
for the poor kids.
and who needed government help.
or how little their parents make,
谁需要政府的帮助。
无论家庭收入的多少,
implemented this program
scores by 17.5 percent.
have a consistent, nutritious breakfast,
increase by 20 percent.
持续的营养早餐,
the nourishment they need,
director at Burke County
伯克郡韦恩斯伯勒的
is one of the poorest districts
live at or below the poverty line.
都处在贫困线或以下。
of the new standards that were coming,
fruit and vegetables and whole grains.
to all of her kids.
dinner when they went home.
from an unexpected place.
来自一个意想不到的人,
for the Burke County Bears.
mediocre teams for years.
in the middle of the pack --
of the most passionate football states
the state championship,
to Donna Martin.
the basic nourishment,
to the Cheryl Barbaras
is just the starting point.
基本的营养还只是开始。
issues that we face.
of properly nourishing ourselves,
营养这样简单的目标,
that is more stable and secure;
our economic productivity;
更稳定安全的世界;
for generations to come.
where our collective efforts
What is the right question?
more sustainably grown food?
“正确的问题是什么?”
食物,会发生什么?
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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