Curation + Inspiration

I am so glad to hear that ABC gave a second-season order to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, with six new episodes to be filmed this winter and broadcast in 2011.

As someone who completely revamped her diet well over a decade ago (I won’t touch meat, fish, hydrogenated oils, food colorings or preservatives, for instance) I am a definite fan of Jamie Oliver’s crusade for healthier eating in America.

So I was quite taken aback when Jamie Oliver appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and revealed some key differences between the food served at McDonald’s here in the States and the food served at home in his native England.

For instance, in England, the only milk sold or served at McDonald’s is semi-skim organic. ALL of it is skim organic!

But that’s not all.

McDonald’s recently received a “Good Egg” award from Compassion in World Farming because by the end of this year all McDonald’s in the European Union will be serving only 100% free-range, cage-free eggs. 100% free-range, cage-free eggs!

The only difference in these standards, according to Jamie Oliver, “is the public and what they expect.”

Clearly the British expected more and demanded more and they got it.

And that makes a gal like me, who values her health and animal welfare, wonder why there aren’t more Americans demanding the same sort of positive changes here in the US.

Of course, the lack of chemical preservatives in my diet does affect my thinking. Proof positive? I spied today’s beautiful VPOD with its beaded amber waves of grain and immediately started thinking about genetically modified wheat! (Which is also a no-no on the Kincaid Diet Plan, by the way.)

Fortunately, however, you don’t need to fret your pretty little head over “Frankenfoods” to don this gem.

And that makes it a fabulous find for even the most health-conscious vintage fashionista!

Available at Circa Vintage.

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