As my friends and many colleagues know, I have been paying much attention to the sources of our food and the problems with the food supply in the US. (Click, as examples of my blog posts on the topics, here and here.) So I was delighted to see youngsters singing about food, both its quality and where it comes from.
Their first song was "Who Put That Burger on Your Plate?" From YouTube:
This music video honors the interconnected web of people, plants and animals that work together to bring us a healthy meal. Thank you to mother nature and the workers, the reapers and the threshers, the seedlings and the raindrops, the bakers and the truckers, the ranchers and the farmers, the butchers and inspectors, the cows and special cheffers.
Their second song was "I Fell in Love with Brocolli". From YouTube:
Broken hearts, rotten teeth, empty wallets and purple pimples- these were just some of the leftovers from our failed relationships with the likes of Snickers and Coca Cola. Sad, lonely and caught in the grip of sugar-rush-induced mood swings, we bravely kept looking for love, and found it in the most unlikely of places. The creators of the hit song, Who Put that Burger on Your Plate are back again with a new song called I Fell in Love With Broccoli. This Doo-Wop inspired love song encourages kids to make healthy food choices and resist the short-term sugar rush for the long-term love of vegetables. This delicious song is best served with a side of cheese.
Thanks to Farm to School for pointing these kids out on Twitter.
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