A wish: to see our children grow up and live better, healthier lives than we. It’s common to all of us, to the point that it helps define who we are as human beings. Jamie Oliver’s recent TED Prize wish speaks directly to this wish we all have, and at his conclusion he clearly voices his wish as a call to action to make it come true.
Oliver is a chef I’ve long admired. In the age of celebrity chefs few have used their notoriety as admirably as he has: Pouring his passion and energy into helping others, he has launched several campaigns to connect kids and adults to good food, and a highly successful charity aimed at giving wayward youth a positive direction. There are a lot of people talking about how to improve the outlook for the health of our children, and we need the dialogue, but we also need doers. Jamie is most certainly a ‘doer,’ and he’s calling for more of us to be. I hope you’ll heed his call.
His speech is about twenty minutes long. Even if you don’t have the time to listen to the talk, fast forward to the last 2 minutes by going to 20:30. Alternatively you can view the summary here.

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