"Sow What" workshop

We did this on April 2 (I think.)

We joined another troop, and explored the food network. We had guest speakers come from the local Earth Fare grocery store, a registered dietitian, a compost expert, and a gardener.

We made organic soup for lunch, tested soil samples, talked about where food comes from, watched clips from "Food, Inc." and sampled lots of different organic food (donated by Earth Fare.)

For the TAP, we planted seeds. At our yearly camporee in May, they will share with the younger girls what they learned about food, why growing your own food is important, and give them a plant. We will also serve them soup for supper (we made extra so we could do this.)

I think as far as the journey goes, it was a really good approach. But it really is not very girl led. And the TAP is totally not girl led, which bothers me.

The workshop approach is great for having speakers come and doing some group activities. But it's no good from the girl led point of view. We need to figure out a way to incorporate both into the journey...