Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

Students can do experiments and investigate for themselves what's going on in restaurants, in our food system, and begin a process of learning.

The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product.

The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins.

As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.