Feeding Minds: Food Education Blog

July 7, 2015

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Support Pilot Light at Whole Foods: One Mind at a Time!

Pilot Light is excited to announce that we are the Whole Foods Market “One Dime at a Time” partner for July, August, and September at six Chicago stores. On July 1st, bringing your reusable bag every time you shop at Whole Foods will donate your 10 cent refund to Pilot Light! Pilot Light will receive 100% of program

July 3, 2015

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Fattening Up America

By Ivana Chkoumbova   Looking at the amount of fat on nutrition labels rather than the amount of calories is not common. However, scientists are now noticing that the public is actually starting to consume more and more fat. Looking at previous blog posts, it was said that not consuming enough carbohydrates would cause us

June 30, 2015

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The Atkins Diet

Meet the Author! Pilot Light summer intern Ivana Chkoumbova is a sophomore at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Chicago native. In her freshman year of college, she took an eye-opening nutrition course that that made her realize how little she learned about healthy eating growing up.  Now, as a strong believer that nutrition education can shape a community’s overall

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Got Milk? Or Calcium?

By Ivana Chkoumbova Vitamins are important parts of our diets; in fact, it is the vitamins in our food that keep us going during the day! All of our vitamins are extremely important because they all help us perform certain tasks. When we are deficient in a certain vitamin, many problems start to occur. Today,

June 29, 2015

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Food Origins and Free-Range

By Ivana Chkoumbova Going to the supermarket or grocery store is a normal part of a consumer’s life, however, when you are at the supermarket, one does not pay attention the small details about the food. Not the damage, the smell, or the look of the produce available, but where it comes from, what went

June 28, 2015

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Pilot Light Receives Grant Support from the A. Montgomery Ward Foundation

Pilot Light is excited to announce that we received a grant from The A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, an organization known for their contributions in giving grants to charitable organizations and institutions that promote the arts, culture, humanities, and education.  Past grant recipients include the Museum of Science and Industry, Dominican University, and Ann and Robert

February 4, 2015

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4th Grade Changemakers – Arshawn Cooper

Here is the fifth letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Fourth grader Arshawn Cooper from Anna R. Langford Community Academy writes to Mayor Emanuel on the need for more grocery stores in his Englewood community.    

January 22, 2015

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4th Grade Changemakers – Valencia Kells

Here is the third letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Valencia Kells writes to Michelle Obama on the need for more grocery stores in her Englewood community so that people do not have to travel so far to visit the better grocery stores. [need Learn More button, link to Iania Beemon post]  

January 15, 2015

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4th Grade Changemakers – Latwain Buchanan

Here is the second letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Latwain Buchanan writes to Mayor Emanuel on the need for more grocery stores in his Englewood community. Learn More

January 8, 2015

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4th Grade Changemakers – Iania Beemon

One of our partner schools this year is Anna R. Langford Community Academy in Englewood. Their fourth graders participated our social studies unit, “Healthy Food for All!”, where they learned about the relationship between food and the civil rights movement. We delivered a series of lessons delivered over a two month period. In one particular activity, the students mapped