PETA ‘Shells’ Out Vegan Eggs for Local School’s Hen-Friendly Cooking Classes

For Immediate Release:
May 15, 2025

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Sara Groves 202-483-7382

Sunnyside up! As the school year winds down, Sunnyside Environmental School will hold fun vegan cooking classes for students during the week of May 19, courtesy of a delicious donation from TeachKind, PETA’s humane education division, and JUST Egg, which offers a vegan “egg” that can be scrambled or used on breakfast sandwiches. “So much fun” and “a huge hit” are how one teacher described cooking classes with JUST Egg that the school held earlier this month, in which students whipped up eco- and animal-friendly veggie-packed vegan breakfast burritos. The teacher told PETA that the students “loved how cooking with [Just Egg] was less scary because it wasn’t raw egg, which a lot remarked can make you sick,” while another teacher who participated in the vegan cooking classes expressed a wish to make them an “annual tradition.” Photos from the cooking classes are available here.

Credit: PETA

“Vegan eggs are tasty, kid-friendly, and kind to chickens, so they’re a win-win-win,” says PETA Vice President Marta Holmberg. “TeachKind is delighted that this JUST Egg donation is giving Sunnyside’s students a taste of how easy it is to whip up a delicious and nutritious vegan meal.”

While the latest bird flu outbreak has sent egg prices skyrocketing, foods made from plants never caused a pandemic—and they spare hens from suffering in filthy, cramped sheds.  

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. TeachKind offers free presentations, lessons, and other resources to help teachers add compassion to their curricula. For more information, please visit TeachKind.org or follow TeachKind on Facebook or Instagram.