We support and center students as they learn and advocate for informed choices by bridging the lessons they learn in their classrooms to the foods on their lunch trays, at home, and in their communities.
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Pilot Light Anywhere lessons are designed for teaching literacy-based food education for grades Pre-K through 12 – wherever you are. All lessons are built around our Food Education Standards and Common Core English Langauge Arts Standards. Our Food Education Standards provide a holistic scope of food education for all students.
Support Pilot Light & get your coffee delivered at the same time! We’ve partnered with Good Cause Coffees for 2021 and you can order a bag or two of coffee, or sign up for a monthly subscription, and $5 from every bag will directly impact our programming. Coffee subscriptions (or purchases) can be made at their website above and you can also support teachers with our Fuel A Fellow program by donating a month (or more) of coffee to one of our Food Education Fellows to thank them for their continued work during this ever-challenging time.
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“The next time someone says, ‘African-American food is American food,’ just quietly think on this and all those folks, and nod your head, and say yes.” - Dr. Jessica B. Harris @drjessicabharris said it best in her introduction to the upcoming exhibition in partnership with Museum of Food and Drink @mofad and Eater @eater: African/American: Making the Nation’s Table.
We are always inspired by Dr. Harris’ work and hope you check out her introduction as well as the other stories of African Americans who built the United States’ cultural identity at the #linkinbio
Join the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and @sevengensahead for a FREE screening of the award-winning documentary, Microplastic Madness, TODAY, Thursday, February 25th! See the #linkinbio to register! Posted @withregram • @sevengensahead One more week until the screening of "Microplastic Madness!" Join us next Thurs., Feb. 25 to view the inspiring story of 56 fifth graders from Brooklyn who tackled the issue of plastic pollution in their school and their community. The film will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A highlighting what students and schools can do to tackle plastic pollution.
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/microplastic-madness-film-screening-followed-by-panel-discussion-and-qa-tickets-137951772465?fbclid=IwAR1TKL3vMRqNpby3P0e85WnnT-ZcOjA_UqwJAko7QWqZi5KCxwAsRPPubeI
We're excited to work with our partners at
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County,
Shedd Aquarium, Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) / Styrofoam Out of Schools (SOS), and McHenry County Schools Environmental Education Program to make this screening possible.
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