The Lunch Love Community

A documentary project showcases a sustainable lunch program in Berkeley, Calif., with bite-sized films.

Thu, Jan 27 2011 at 3:02 PM EST

In the 1990’s parents, teachers, food advocates and policy makers in Berkeley, Calif., recognized that there needed to be a change in school lunches and worked together to make that change happen. Berkeley’s school lunch program is now a model for other districts.

The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project is a series of short videos that chronicle Berkeley’s lunch program. Each three- to six-minute “bite-sized” video looks at a different aspect of how Berkeley continues to advance its school lunch program with healthy meals for all students in the district.

Take a look at “If They Cook It, They Will Eat It.”

Other videos in the Lunch Love Community Documentary Project include:

The Parent Factor: Against all odds, a group of visionary parents came together in the 1990s to organized change the way Berkeley children would eat in school.
The Labor of Lunch: Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the BUSD Central Kitchen.
But Is It Replicable? School leaders from West Sacramento tour the Central Kitchen and Dining Commons wondering how a program like Berkeley’s could work for them.
The Whole World in a Small Seed: In Rivka Mason’s school-under-the-sky at Malcolm X elementary, children experience cross-disciplinary learning in their school garden.
Flamin’ Hot: What happens when a group of Berkeley sixth-grade science students burn a Hot Cheeto and test the results.