At the 3rd Annual New York City Vegetarian Food Fest

My 45-minute speech at this event went very well and seemed to be well-received. It took place in a fairly small area that seated only about 60 people; but a standing-room-only crowd filled up the back of the room. Unfortunately, there was no video of my talk.

• Website: nycvegfoodfest.com
• An online PDF of my entire presentation (50-slide PowerPoint)

Long line outside; I took this picture when I left a few minutes after 1 p.m.

Some of the people that I invited missed my presentation primarily because of a huge line outside waiting to get in. Apparently, there must’ve been a fire code restriction whereby they could only admit a few people at a time as others left. My friends told me that they spent a full hour in that general admission line.

My Presentation. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to work out a plan for how I would tell my message to a younger audience—like 6th grade through high school and college. So I created what I call my “Graduation Day” speech and it is what I will use when asked to speak at junior high, high school or college graduations.

I began by asking myself this question, “What things do they not teach in school—that we all really need to know? I thought of three crucial subjects. Can you imagine anything more important than these?

1. Dating. How to increase your odds of marrying the right person the first time
2. Parenting. How to best raise children to become productive, responsible citizens
3. Eating. How to consume an optimal diet—for our health, the environment, the other critters and for the longterm sustainability of the human species

Since I am no expert on the first two, my presentation will focus on #3—and it can be tailored to suit any audience who eats food—ages 12 and up. Here is the cover page from my PowerPoint deck of 50 slides. I titled it “Food Math 101” and filled it with everything you need—to enjoy your own “blinding flash of the obvious” in a 45-minute presentation. See PDF of the entire presentation below.

•  Earlier blog. Graduation Day—An Essential “Top 10 List” for Life
• My entire Power Point Presentation in PDF Some of it is just an outline, so you’ll need to attend the presentation for a full understanding of the message.

One more thing. Although I said that I was no expert on the “Dating” and “Parenting” topics earlier; I will have to say that I am extremely proud of how my children (ages 33 and 39) have become very well-adjusted and responsible adults and parents. Maybe their mother had more to do with that than I did.

Handy 4-piece take-charge-of-your-health kit—from Amazon.com

• The movie that’s changing the lives of millions: Forks Over Knives DVD 
• Healthy Eating, Healthy World, The “big picture” about food (our book)
• An essential scientific resource: The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell
• Dr. McDougall’s new book, The Starch Solution, with lots of great recipes.

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—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation