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Impact Culinary Training's Student-Made Lunch Hit the Spot
FOOD EDUCATION l Impact Culinary Training, launched Chef Rick Bayless, teaches skills to aspiring chefs from under-resourced communities...

Bob Benenson
Oct 6, 20242 min read


Celebrate Autumn in Skokie at The Talking Farm's Big Bash
URBAN AGRICULTURE l The Talking Farm, a non-profit urban farm just outside Chicago with a strong educational mission, is hold a 9/28 party..

Bob Benenson
Sep 14, 20242 min read


Contemporary Farmer Offers Sept. 21 Indoor Growing Workshop
FOOD EDUCATION l Plant Chicago, a nonprofit that promotes circular economies, will hold a 9/21 class on indoor growing of greens and herbs..

Bob Benenson
Sep 10, 20241 min read


Regenerative Ag Films Beget Online Ed Courses from Kiss the Ground
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE l The makers of two films about regenerative ag are expanding their online education programs for stakeholders...

Bob Benenson
Sep 2, 20242 min read


Check, Please! Local Non-Profit Gets a Big Slice from a Steakhouse
FOOD EDUCATION l I often pass on restaurant invites because they don't fit our mission. But in this case, a favorite non-profit was involved

Bob Benenson
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Pilot Light Panel and Program Highlight Food Education Innovation
FOOD EDUCATION l Pilot Light is a food education non-profit that works with schools across the nation and provides food education standards

Bob Benenson
Aug 6, 20247 min read


Impact Culinary Training Grads Told They'll Never Walk Alone
FOOD EDUCATION l Impact Culinary Training provides learning opportunities to chef-aspirants from under-resourced Chicago communities...

Bob Benenson
Aug 5, 20246 min read


Common Threads Non-Profit ISO Cooking Class Partners
FOOD NON-PROFITS l Common Threads, a national non-profit that provides food and nutrition education, seeks partners for a Chicago project...

Bob Benenson
Aug 4, 20241 min read


Get Pilot Light's 11/1 Annual Gala on Your Calendar
FOOD EDUCATION l Based in Chicago, Pilot Light is a leading food education non-profit. Their annual gala is now scheduled for November 1...

Bob Benenson
Jul 12, 20242 min read


You Must Be Special If People Eat in the Rain for You
By this time of year, we usually have taken the turn toward summer, with excessive heat and maybe a stray thunderstorm the biggest risks...

Bob Benenson
Jun 2, 20243 min read


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