Thursday, February 11, 2010

AFP: TED Prize winner Oliver wants food revolution

AFP: TED Prize winner Oliver wants food revolution:

"LONG BEACH, California — Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver won heavyweight allies in a campaign to foment a food revolution.

Oliver received a TED Prize that entitled him to make a wish that the group's influential members would try to make real.

He revealed his desire during a high-energy talk at a TED gathering with the likes of Google co-founder Larry Page, Microsoft chief strategy officer Craig Mundie, YouTube co-creator Chad Hurley, and Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos.

'I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity,' Oliver said on Wednesday.

Oliver started a movement to get school children eating healthier food in Britain and is now taking on the United States."