The Pure Food Kids workshop teaches kids to read labels, to understand the difference between whole and processed food and gives them hands-on experience cooking a vegetable chili right in the classroom!
Students learn to become Food Detectives in our academically aligned workshop.
We get kids asking questions about what’s in their food and excited about real food and cooking.
We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to learn how to eat healthy.
The Pure Food Kids workshop free to all 4th – 6th grade classrooms in public and private schools and to homeschool groups.
Here students invsetigate what’s inside their foods by reading the ingredients list.
The Pure Food Kids workshop gives kids the tools to make healthy food choices and a hands on experience cooking with fresh, real, whole foods.
Kids are excited to learn for themselves about healthy choices and have a blast cooking in the classroom!
Help us give them the tools they need to navigate through the maze of processed foods.
Workshops take Manhattan
In June, 2011 Pure Foods Kids workshops debuted in Manhattan (NY) as we continue our efforts to Change the Way America Eats. Classes were taught in Manhattan and the Bronx and were very well received.
Pure Food Kids Workshop
A 2.5 hour workshop presented in 4th-6th grade classrooms. Kids learn about making smart, healthy eating choices while learning about marketing, reading food labels and ingredient lists, and making a hearty vegetable chili. To date, over 20,000 kids have participated. 330+ classes and over 8,000 kids in the 2010-2011 school year.
Kurt Dammeier – Founder, President and Chairman of the Board:
Our company’s mission to “Change the way America Eats” is at the forefront of every decision we make, large or small. The Flagship Foundation and the Pure Food Kids Workshop are distinct means to that end. Rather than working to legislate change from the top down, we have taken an alternate route to change demand for unhealthy processed food. We have specifically chosen 4th and 5th grade students for their unique cross-section; they are both open to changing ideals, as well as incredible persuaders in their own households. Our instruction model is meant to spark an interest within students, while providing the tools necessary for further exploration both in and outside the classroom.
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We need your help! Thanks to our parent company’s (Beecher’s Handmade Cheese) 1% gross contribution of all sales, the Flagship Foundation has served 8,000 of the estimated 50,000 4th-6th graders in the Puget Sound region this school year. We are seeking financial community support to reach all of these deserving kids as we continue to Change the Way America Eats!
Bill Marsh
Executive Director
Beecher’s Flagship Foundation
Bill@flagshipfoundation.org
206-322-1644 x 169