Educated Choices Program

09/03/2026

09/02/2026

We’re excited to be featured in a We Are Teachers article highlighting 11 free nutrition education video lessons from the Educated Choices Program! 🍎📚

From understanding where food comes from to exploring nutrition, food waste, sustainability, and the connections between food, health, and the environment, these engaging resources help bring real-world learning into the classroom.

As you plan for the new school year, explore the 11 featured lessons and discover meaningful ways to get students thinking critically about the food choices they make every day.

🔗 Read the article and explore the lessons: bit.ly/3Uw6Mmb

Thank you, We Are Teachers, for sharing these resources with educators everywhere!

09/02/2026

🌎 Start the school year by helping students see the bigger picture.

Developed in partnership with Planetary Health Alliance, our free video lesson helps students explore how human health, food systems, agriculture, and the environment are deeply connected.

The ready-to-use classroom package includes:
🌱 An engaging 18-minute educational video
📚 A complete lesson plan and classroom activities
🌎 Evidence-based content for middle school, high school, and beyond

Whether you’re introducing climate change, sustainability, agriculture, or human impact this fall, this lesson makes it easy to bring these important connections into your classroom.

🎥 Explore the free lesson: ecprogram.org/watch-ph

09/01/2026

One lesson can inspire a lifetime of healthier choices. 🌱

With nearly 4 million viewers worldwide, we know food education can create meaningful change. Now, we need your help reaching even more young minds.

Your donation to our Feed Young Minds Back-to-School Fundraiser helps us continue providing engaging, science-based food education and classroom-ready resources to students and educators, completely free.

📚 Feed young minds. Inspire healthier choices. Create lasting change.

Donate today: ecprogram.org/feed-young-minds

09/01/2026

September is packed with opportunities to connect classroom learning to the world around us! 🍎🌎🐺

From Better Breakfast Month and National Wildlife Day to Climate Week NYC and global food-waste efforts, our latest blog brings together timely teaching topics, free, classroom-ready resources, and two live educational events for teachers and students.

Explore the full September Teaching Topics blog here: bit.ly/4gv85KI

September Classroom Resources for Climate Week NYC, National Wildlife Day, Better Breakfast Month & Food Waste Prevention Week

08/31/2026

🌎 Bring Planetary Health into your classroom live! (During Climate Group's Climate Week NYC)

Join the Educated Choices Program and Planetary Health Alliance on September 21 for a free, classroom-friendly screening of Planetary Health: Agriculture and the Anthropocene, followed by a live Q&A with our teams.

Designed to fit within one class period, this session will help students explore how food and agriculture connect to climate and planetary health, and the power of every meal.

🎓 Designed for secondary and postsecondary classrooms
🎥 18-minute film screening
💬 Live expert Q&A
📅 September 21, 2026

Educators are encouraged to tune in with their students! Register now: bit.ly/46EmPRr

08/27/2026

September is going to be a BIG month for ECP! 📚🌎✨

We’re kicking off the school year with new, free classroom resources, heading to New York City for Climate Week NYC and the NYC Green School Conference, and hosting a free “From Waste to Wellness” webinar for Food Waste Prevention Week!

Swipe to see what’s ahead, save the dates, and follow along all month long.

Want to help us bring free, science-based food impact education to even more students? Support our back-to-school fundraiser: givebutter.com/FeedYoungMinds

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

We’re excited to be featured in a new We Are Teachers article highlighting seven free, standards-aligned climate education video lessons from the Educated Choices Program! 🌎📚

From planetary health and modern agriculture to ocean conservation, food waste, and carbon footprints, these classroom-ready resources help students explore how food systems connect to human health and the environment.

Each program includes an engaging video plus lesson plans, discussion prompts, quizzes, activities, and more, all completely free for educators.

Explore the seven featured lessons and discover new ways to bring meaningful, real-world climate education into your classroom: https://bit.ly/45OcSRi

Thank you, We Are Teachers, for sharing these resources with educators everywhere!