The Real Food Is Video Contest

url: http://video.farmtoschool.org/
THE CHALLENGE Create a short video that completes the phrase "Real Food is..." and you can win $1,000 for your school food project. * Produce a 30 second to 3 minute video that informs, inspires, and encourages student advocacy to restore connections to community, food, land, and place through Farm to Cafeteria programs. o Created by the National Farm to School Network and sponsored by the the Lunch Box Project, this contest challenges students kindergarten to college to consider: 1. What does real food mean to you? 2. How does what we eat affect our culture, health, economy, or environment? 3. Why should your cafeteria start or continue buying local food? THE PRIZE o Two winners, one K-12 video and one college video entry, will receive $1,000 for their cafeteria food project. o One representative from each winning video entry and a select chaperone win an all expense paid trip (registration, travel, and lodging) to the 5th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Detroit, Michigan, May 17-19, 2010. THE TIMELINE o SUBMISSION DEADLINE March 29, 2010. Entries will start being accepted at 12:00AM February 9, 2010. o The general public will vote online for the winning videos from March 29?April 9, 2010. o The winning videos will be announced on April 13, 2010.