This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Food is playing a new role in schools. For the past five years, Andrew has been the District Partner for Denver Public Schools and JeffCo Schools helping to source local fruits, vegetables and meats for the cafeterias, to develop scratch cooking and salad bars in schools, and the development of school farms to grow organic vegetables for school kitchens.

Andrew is a Hall of Fame Chef with Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program and was one of 6 chefs invited to the White House in 2010 to help develop the Chefs Move to Schools Program. Andrew has been a culinary professional for over 30 years. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Iowa in 1991.

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