Lunch Line

A discerning documentary examines the difficulties with feeding over 31 million kids a day

Highlighted on Good, the new documentary “Lunch Line” takes a shrewd look at what’s served in school cafeterias from past to present. With a seemingly similar mission to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, “Lunch Line” examines the USDA’s relaxed nutritional guidelines while trumpeting the Chicago-based Organic School Project—an organization that teaches children the fundamentals of gardening and healthy living. The thought-provoking trailer is packed with intriguing …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

An interactive documentary, the foodie backlash blog, stylish iPad cases, and more in this week's look at the web

1. Star Wars Meets Today’s Fashion Making it far and wide on the web this week, “He Wears It,” a series of illustrations by Hong Kong-based artist John Woo, dresses the iconic Star Wars characters in cult fashion favorites like Band of Outsiders and Comme des Garçons.  2. Loud Cloud Interviews Scott Dadich An interview with Scott Dadich, the creative mind behind Wired’s bestselling iPad …

Gumbo

The long-lost cultural and linguistic origins of Gumbo in Good Magazine's infographic

Good‘s recent contest to create the best infographic about New Orleans resulted in this winner, as well as the above clever examination of Gumbo as a representation of the cultural and linguistic mixing of French, Spanish, African and Choctaw peoples in the historic city. The ingenious “Gumbo” looks at the beleaguered city through that universal theme, food. And designer Amanda Buck includes useful asides on …