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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Kick off summer with the first PILOT LIGHT POTLUCK! There will be free interactive kids activities, light refreshments from our friends at Hoste Cocktails, and real stories from Pilot Light classrooms! We hope to see you there.
Last school year, we saw incredible growth and depth of understanding in our classrooms. All of this impact is only possible through your generosity. Read our latest impact report to see the results of your support in action!
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🌟Today`s Fellow Friday Spotlight is on: Mr. Brian Greene @ezbngreene!
🏫 Mr. Brian Greene is just finished his 32nd year in education. He has been a classroom teacher and a principal. For the last four years, he has given up a traditional classroom and now works in a greenhouse classroom! He was tasked with creating a middle school botany program and it has now turned into a botany / culinary arts program.
When he was 10, his family opened a fast food restaurant and his love for cooking began. Today, he combines his passion for teaching with his love for cooking. His students learn the entire process from seed to table (actually to stomach). They plan, plant, cultivate, harvest, cook and even eat the produce they grow at school. Currently there are over 25 different crops growing using aquaponics, aeroponics, raised beds and a student created food forest. Their personalized aprons proudly read: JUST COOK IT!
💚A Favorite Food Memory:
"The first project of the year is when students have to develop their own salsa. They work in teams and have to create their own recipe, their own brand name and their own marketing campaign. Their recipes must contain 75% of the things we grow at the school. Watching them go through the steps of researching ingredients, developing the recipes, doing the cooking and then working on marketing strategies is such a reward. In the end, they go head to head in a salsa contest judged by the teaching staff at the school. There is a great deal of pride for them to say they created the number 1 salsa at the school. Past students continuously ask about the winning salsa and often ask me if I think the new winning salsa was better than theirs!"
Appropriately, Mr. Greene and his class just planted an official Pilot Light raised bed Salsa Garden as part of their end-of-year festivities. We are so excited to see the garden flourish and provide hands-on Food Education memories for years to come! Mr. Greene and his classroom have been an energizing force in the Fellowship this year!
Thanks for being an important part of this year`s Fellowship, Mr. Greene! 👏
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“Food really does connect us.” -Puprika, Pilot Light Puppy Chef 🐶🥣🍝
Pilot Light’s first Food Education Standard is “Food connects us to each other.” When young people understand this concept, they come to understand that food is a universal language that provides common ground in order to build an inclusive community.
FOOD THOUGHTS was originally created in collaboration with @wttwchicago and Cooking Matters. Thanks to all the teachers and families that have welcomed Puprika into your classrooms and homes over the past four years!
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