09/03/2026
That's a radar map made of nachos. Yes, I'm serious. Yes, it was delicious.
This was me at the Njsacc: New Jersey's Afterschool & OST Professional Network conference showing afterschool leaders what Edible Weather looks like when it leaves the book and lands on a plate.
Here's the part nobody posts about:
The interest is constant. Every table, every conversation, every "wait, the kids EAT the science?" The eyes light up. The cameras come out.
And then, more often than I'd like: "We love it. We just can't afford it right now."
That's not a rejection of the product. That's a budget line talking. But when you hear it enough times in one day, it starts to sound personal. Here's what I've learned running this business: the "no" is loud. The "yes" is slow. And the only thing that gets you from one to the other is believing in what you're holding, even when the person across the table can't sign the check yet.
Because somebody in that room is going to find the funding. Somebody is going to remember the nacho radar six months from now when a grant comes through. And they're going to remember the guy who kept showing up.
Weather doesn't stop because the forecast is gloomy. Neither do I. Bring us in. Your students will never look at a cold front, or a nacho, the same way again.
Picture courtesy of Mooncrest Studios