Since 2010, we have supported Pre-K-12 students with Food Education that is part of teachers’ classrooms and fosters informed food choices.
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We believe that Food Education is a vital component of building a better food systems future and deepening our connection to ourselves, our communities, and our world.
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We are looking for individuals who are passionate about Food Education and creating impact through our programs to join our team!
🍪🍪🍪ORDER your Cookies for a Cause holiday box TODAY from Daisies online! Pickup only in Logan Square - only available for preorder through 12/22/23!🎁🎁🎁
Featured cookies in each box include:
Lillian’s Forgotten by @chefsarahjayne
Speculoos Sandwich by @meg_galus
GF White Chocolate Cherry by @paulkahan
Spiced Brown Butter Pecan by @stephanieizard
Spiced Molasses by @npsaben
Peanut Butter Thumbprints with Strawberry Lambic Jam by @mindysegal
Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle by @leighomilinsky
Pre-orders are $30 for the box with proceeds from each box directly benefiting Pilot Light’s Food Education programs in schools nationwide. Order yours on Tock now (check the link in our bio) – get ‘em while they last!
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Pilot Light is a Chicago chef-founded Food Education nonprofit that partners with educators to utilize food as a powerful teaching tool in everyday classroom learning.
Our unique Food Education model weaves food topics into subjects like math, science, and social studies.
By making food informative and fun, students from preschool to 12th grade engage with food through a variety of lenses, connecting food and cooking to all areas of life.
At Pilot Light, we believe that comprehensive Food Education empowers students to become informed food system leaders of the future.
Learn more and get involved at www.pilotlightchefs.org, and follow @pilotlightchefs on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Teachers and families can use our FREE online lesson plan library on our website to start using Food Education in their classrooms today!
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🌟Staff Spotlight on: Nate Travis, Pilot Light Intern!🌟
📋 As an intern, Nate Travis conducts research, interviews, and literature reviews in order to assist the Pilot Light team in updating the content, competencies, and language of the Food Education Standards document and also to help with policy projects.
🤔 He is passionate about speaking with and learning from teachers about best teaching practices as well as exploring the intersections of food, food education, and philosophy (it may seem odd, but philosophy of food is an actual field!).
📜 Nate is currently a second-year Master of Divinity student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He holds bachelor’s degrees in both philosophy and mathematics from Western Carolina University. He focuses his studies at the University of Chicago on pedagogy, ethics, and history, especially as these concepts appear in American pragmatism, a philosophical movement dating from the late 1800s to the present day.
🥣 In college, he interned for a regional food bank in Western North Carolina, performing statistical analysis and conducting interviews concerning the USDA’s Community Eligibility Provision meal service program and its function in local schools. He hopes to continue expanding his knowledge of, and experience with, food- and education-related work through his research at Pilot Light.
🥚A favorite food memory:
I was fortunate enough to have my great-grandmother for the first 11 years of my life. Each Thanksgiving, I would help her make a few dozen deviled eggs, and the deviled eggs that we didn’t eat in the process made it to the table for the rest of our family to enjoy. Now, making the Thanksgiving deviled eggs is my responsibility for two reasons: My grandmother doesn’t want to do it, and I do it well.
👏 Welcome to the team, Nate!
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