{"id":373619,"date":"2022-08-05T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=373619"},"modified":"2022-08-05T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:00:08","slug":"nmi-girl-scouts-learn-about-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-girl-scouts-learn-about-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"NMI Girl Scouts learn about gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NMI Girl Scouts members show their\u00a0pledges and new plants after a workshop with CTE instructor Victor Cabrera and NMI Girl Scout troop leader Jessy Loomis.\u00a0(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peering closely at their new green onion shoots, NMI Girl Scout members listened to tips on how to produce a healthy garden as part of earning a badge Saturday morning at Hopwood Junior High School.<\/p>\n

Victor Cabrera, who is Hopwood\u2019s career and technical education instructor and had volunteered to teach a mini-workshop, gave them green onion sprouts to grow and toured the young girl scouts around the school\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n

NMI Girl Scout troop leader Reina Camacho said this workshop and tour was part of earning \u201cMake the World a Better Place\u201d badge for the local Girl Scout troop. To complete the process, they must also share photos of their green onion sprouts from planting to harvesting and even cooking.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can, if you want to, share how you used the green onions in a dish, but mostly, we would like to see how well it grew under your care,\u201d said Camacho.<\/p>\n

NMI Girl Scout Kyrie Palec said she hopes to start her own garden one day and enjoyed learning about different plants and how to grow them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the future. If they know how to garden, and they know how to grow their own food, or at least just a little bit to supplement what they need, then that means we would be less dependent on what\u2019s being imported,\u201d said Cabrera. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you spark that interest at a young age, they\u2019ll grow up with that interest. That\u2019s why I like volunteering for opportunities like these,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For more information on the NMI Girl Scouts, visit www.facebook.com\/nmigirlscouts. (PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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