an april ambassador of the month

me!?  you picked ME!?

i am over.the.moon (jumping like shrek's donkey) to be counted among this spectacular group of food revolution ambassadors.  i hope you are able to take the time and read each of the following ambassador of the month's incredible stories - their food education initiatives are sowing seeds of inspiration across the globe and we're all gearing up for food revolution day on may 16th!

Food Revolution Ambassadors of the Month

June 2013:  Santiago, Chile - Maria Joe Calvimontes

July 2013:  Dakar, Senegal - Murielle Aida Diallo

August 2013: Sao Paulo, Brazil - Lara Folster

September 2013: Thornhill, Canada - Tal Brodsky

October 2013: Bucharest, Romania - Raluca Vasile

November 2013: Puhang, Malaysia - Ju-Eng Tan

January 2013: Amman, Jordan - Mira Jarrar

February 2014: Slovakia - Janica Lacova & Aneta Oroslova

March 2014: Haarlem, Netherlands - Terri Salminen

:: April 2014: Mundelein, IL USA - Lindsey Shifley ::

two other big things happened last week:

1. the food revolution's brand new rocking.like.its.hot website went LIVE:

foodrevolutionday.com = let's get excited about food!

2.  on thursday, the illinois institute of technology's net impact chapter invited me to come speak at its kent college of law campus, screen the food patriots and lead a film discussion afterwards.

BIG, HUGE thank you's to net impact (most especially to flora and jenna!!) for inviting me to speak on behalf of the food revolution and food patriots organizations.  it was a lovely evening & such an honor share the mullies story, how i became a food ambassador, why we need a food revolution and how we can all make small changes and become food patriots.  screening the food patriots film was incredible and the film discussion afterwards left us ALL truly inspired.  (jennifer and jeff were also busy screening their film that night and kicking off the madison film festival!  check out their fun pics!)

i can't wait to do it again.  

it all boils down to the "power of one" and its waterfall effect.

the power of one person whose message and energy reaches another... and another... and another... until the "net impact" changes lives-families-communities-organizations and eventually... the world".

patience young grasshoppah, i think spring has finally come:)

xoxo

come join us at IIT - a food patriots screening event with net impact!

spread the word birds!

come join us this coming thursday at IIT for a free screening and film discussion of food patriots! i'm so honored and excited to have been invited as a food ambassador & food patriot to help inspire others towards a healthier real food life!

here's the story of how this all came together...

this past december, i reached out to jennifer and jeff spitz, the fabulous filmmakers of the food patriots with a #FRD2014 initiative to get as many people as i could to "become food patriots and join the food revolution".  soon afterwards, she invited me to a lovely women in green event downtown to meet in person for the first time!  before jennifer and i connected up, i met xiaoqian (flora) ruan of IIT's net impact.  flora was intrigued by my food ambassadorship with jamie oliver's food foundation and we networked with a small group of women for about 20 minutes about real food, the food industry, cooking from scratch and getting our global message out.

flora & net impact invited me out to speak as a food rev ambassador and after discussing my connection to the food patriots and the incredible impact of the film, they decided to host a screening!  what fun!!

so that's the story of how this exciting event came to be and i'm just super juiced about it all!!  big thanks to jenna giandoni, the president of net impact tech chapter who has been wonderful in helping to coordinate the event with the food patriots - i'm in countdown mode to meet you all!!

so, check those busy calendars and come to an event that could inspire some BIG growth in your newly sprouting real.food.love.life.

see you there baby!!

xoxo