Carrie talks with Lorena about her program educating millions of school kids around the world on issues with our food systems (especially with animal agriculture and commercial fishing) and talking with classmates and their teacher to consider the environmental, nutritional, public health, social, and/or ethical issues with our industrial food practices, and what the students want to do about it to be part of the solution. To tell us about the Educated Choices Program nonprofit and all their freely available, scientifically-backed videos and lesson plans for teachers K-12 and college level is their Founder & CEO, Lorena Mucke. Lorena and her expert team have been developing and improving the award-winning Educated Choices Program lessons for over 10 years, reaching more than 3 million people in at least 70 countries (available in many languages). It's all done virtually now with the full library at their website, so parents, teachers, and teens may want to check it out at https://educatedchoices.org
On this 44-minute episode, Carrie and Lorena talked in early January 2026 about the positive impacts of the educated choices programs and also dig a bit deeper into one of their popular videos/module "The Environment & Modern Agriculture" and its lesson plan activities, and their newest video in development -- "Sea the Impact" on protecting ocean life.
"In Tune to Nature" is a weekly hour-long radio show airing Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station) hosted by me, Carrie Freeman, or friend Melody Paris. The show's website and my contact info can be found at https://wrfg.org/intunetonature/ While there, consider donating to Radio Free Georgia, a 50+ year old progressive, non-commercial, indie radio station, run largely by volunteers like me and Melody.
Take care of yourself and others, including other species, like wild and domesticated animals.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on In Tune to Nature do not necessarily reflect those of WRFG, its board, staff, or volunteers.
Photo Credit: Educated Choices Program
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