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Food Revolution Day - It's a Real Food Waterfall Community Picnic
The global Food Revolution Day is coming on Friday, May 17th! Join our local Food Revolution Ambassadors along with Whole Foods Kildeer in a FREE Community picnic celebrating real food.
Lindsey Shifley & Briana Cardone Join Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution in Global Day of Awareness
"It's a Real Food Waterfall" Community Picnic in Mundelein planned for Food Revolution Day 2013
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(May 17, 2013) – On May 17th Lindsey Shifley & Briana Cardone will join thousands of other passionate foodies around the world in supporting Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day 2013.
Food Revolution Day is an annual day of awareness, begun by chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver, which aims to raise the profile of food education as a key to transforming the lives of millions of people across the world. The first Food Revolution Day was held in May 2012 and involved over 1,000 events globally in 62 countries (see www.foodrevolutionday.com).
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Lindsey & Briana say: “Anyone can support Food Revolution Day, even with something as simple as holding a dinner party with fresh cooked ingredients or if that’s not possible just trying a new type of fresh food. We’re just thrilled to announce that Whole Foods will be sponsoring our free community picnic event on Friday, May 17th from 5:30pm-8:30pm in Mundelein at the Diamond Lake Sports Complex off of IL RT 60/83. The theme of the community picnic is, It’s a Real Food Waterfall and everyone is welcome to help or come and join in. It’s a very friendly, welcoming day.”
The Food Revolution Day will be sponsored by community partner Whole Foods Market, in Kildeer. “We are extremely excited to be a part of the Mundelein Food Revolution Day; Whole Food Market is committed to food standards in our stores so this event is a natural fit”, said Tanya Kostetsky, marketing and community relations for Whole Foods Market in Kildeer.
Jamie Oliver added: “It’s fantastic that Lindsey & Briana are involved in this year’s Food Revolution Day as it’s already bigger and louder than last year. We want everyone who cares about food education to get together to show that this is a massively important issue. Our kids need to learn about food from an early age and we also need to help those adults who can’t cook. It’s all about inspiring people to get cooking and love fresh food.”
In addition to Whole Foods, Food Revolution Mundelein and Long Grove is excited to welcome other local businesses, organizations and individuals to take part and introduce themselves to the community, especially those who share a passion for the real food message.
Participating Healthy lifestyle and Real Food Vendors (as of 5/2/13)
- Whole Foods
- Village Homesteading Mundelein
- GLM Jaycees - Free Bike tune ups and helmet safety checks
- Little Lake County - A "green" arts and crafts project
- Genesis Technical Production and Design - Sound & Music
- All Ways Healthy
- Mambo Italiano
- The Couture Caterer
- Juice Plus
- Young Living Essential Oils
- Dawn E Morris - Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor - Yoga & Pilates for all
The Jamie Oliver Food Foundation launched its first-ever Food Revolution Ambassador Program in 2012 to inspire, educate, and empower people everywhere to stand up for real food. The voluntary Ambassadors are on the ground working towards a Food Revolution and they are the ones who will make Food Revolution Day 2013 that much stronger.
Food Revolution Day and the Ambassador Program aims to engage leaders throughout the year and reach communities worldwide. The monthly events and challenges will bring together an international community of foodies, chefs, parents, educators, companies and activists to arm people with the knowledge and tools to make healthier food choices.
People everywhere can visit foodrevolutionday.com and jamiesfoodrevolution.com to find out how to get involved, download resources and toolkits and request to bring food education to their school or workplace. Visit foodrevolutionday.com/teams to see our growing army of global volunteers. More than 450 volunteers in 332 cities worldwide from New York City and Buenos Aires to Nairobi and Singapore, are taking action.
About the Ambassadors and their community
Lindsey and Briana say, “We volunteer for the Food Revolution and give our spare time for free to further the mission of the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation. The Food Revolution has selected a number of volunteers from around the world who showed a deep commitment to real food and we’re thrilled to be two of them.”
Together, they are hoping to bring the “cool” back to cooking and raise awareness of how a food change towards more real food and less processed “fake” food can make a difference in our bodies and brains.
Inspiring people to get back into the kitchen to focus on healthier foods is Lindsey and Briana’s mission and they plan on having a ball getting others in on cooking from scratch too. Their dream is to create a waterfall of real food that spreads all across Lake County and beyond to bring back the cooking skills our generation has lost and reinvigorate food education so that everyone can fall in love again with real food. This isn’t a movement about perfection for us, it’s about each individual, each family making small changes towards cleaner, less processed foods. Let’s get our aprons on and get real with our food!”
About the Food Revolution
The Food Revolution is a global movement that allows people who love food to come together to share information, talents and resources and also to pass on their knowledge and highlight the world’s food issues. All around the globe, people work together to make a difference. The Food Revolution is about connecting with your community in schools, restaurants and local businesses. We want to inspire change in people’s food habits and to promote the mission for better food and education for everyone.
About Jamie Oliver and the Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver is the founder and driving force who inspired millions around the world to join the Food Revolution. In 2010, as part of the ABC TV series, Jamie’s Food Revolution, Jamie worked to improve school food and set up a community kitchen in Huntington, West Virginia to teach people how to cook from scratch. Although difficult at first, it received a great response and a second series followed tackling school food and eating habits in Los Angeles. Jamie set up the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, to continue this work across America and inspire people everywhere to stand up for real food. The Food Revolution is now a global movement, reaching communities around the world through a network of volunteers, tackling the obesity epidemic and diet-related diseases with better food education and cooking fresh, real food from scratch.
About Jamie’s other foundation projects
Jamie’s Food Foundation (JOFF) is a US non-profit organization and forms part of Jamie’s global family of foundation projects, including the Better Food Foundation in the UK and our partners, The Good Foundation in Australia. The Better Food Foundation has a number of activities, from providing unemployed and disadvantaged youth with professional training in the Fifteen apprentice program to teaching adults to cook in Jamie’s Ministry of Food centres to campaigning for better school food to teaching kids to grow and cook food as part of The Kitchen Garden Project. In Australia, The Good Foundation has teamed up with Jamie and the Good Guys to open and run Jamie’s Ministry of Food centres as part of a community-based campaign to teach adults and youth how to cook from scratch.
All of Jamie’s foundation projects aim to educate, empower and inspire people through food and support the global Food Revolution, joining forces on our annual day of action, Food Revolution Day.
About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company's motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 73,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 15 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2012, the company had sales of $11.7 billion and currently has more than 340 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Media contacts:
Lindsey Shifley, Food Revolution Day
Briana Cardone, Food Revolution Day
Tanya Kostetsky, Whole Foods Market
