Local ambassadors Katherine Parent and Kathryn Abel join Jamie Oliver’s Global food revolution

Katherine Parent, Holistic Nutritionist, lover of food & mother and Kathryn Abel foodie, mother & entrepreneur from Barrie, Ontario Canada will join chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver and hundreds of ambassadors across the world to take part in the fourth annual Food Revolution Day on Friday 15 May.

Food Revolution Day, launched in 2012, is right at the heart of all the work Jamie and the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation do to engage and inspire people of all ages to learn about food and how to cook it.

This year, Food Revolution Day is a global campaign to put compulsory food education back on the school curriculum. Jamie passionately believes that by educating children about food and cooking in a fun and engaging way, we can equip them with the basic skills they need to lead healthier, happier lives, for themselves and their future families.

With overweight and obesity statistics increasing at an alarming rate, and preventable diet-related disease claiming more lives earlier than ever before, it has never been more important to educate children about food, where it comes from and how it affects their bodies. Food Revolution Day is about getting kids food smart and setting them up for a long, healthy life.

More than 1,300 ambassadors in more than 120 countries are currently planning events, both big and small. In Barrie, Katherine and Kathryn are already planning a couple elementary school events and Rogers Daytime TV will be having them visit to promote this Global initiative. The community is excited to be involved in a truly global event.

Katherine Parent says: “It truly is exciting to be an Ambassador for such a cause. All it takes is each of us making a conscious decision to eat real food. Get our children, co-workers & neighbours to plan something around food. It could be a potluck or a bake sale and even a community BBQ.”

Get Involved on 15 May 2015!

Sign the petition. In March, we launched our global petition with change.org where Jamie will be calling on the leaders and governments of G20 countries to make food education a compulsory part of every school curriculum. Sign up and spread the word.

Do your bit. There are plenty of ways you can get involved on or around the day – cook at home with your kids, host a foodie event in your community or challenge your workmates to a cook-off. Whatever you do, share your photos on social media via #FoodRevolutionDay.

Register your school. Get your local school to register online, download our brilliant teaching materials and get involved in Jamie’s exclusive online cooking lesson on Food Revolution Day.

Do you believe in food education? Go to foodrevolutionday.com for petition information, ideas on how you can get involved, resources, exclusive Jamie videos and lots of new recipes.