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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Champions for Nature Arrow of Light
Elective
Requirement 1

Farmer’s Market Trip

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Champions for Nature Arrow of Light
Elective
Requirement 1

Farmer’s Market Trip

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn about food grown and processed in their state.

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  • Scout Basic Essentials
  • Activity Consent Form
  • Food Source Farmer’s Market worksheet found in Additional Resources
  • Paper, enough for several sheets for each Cub Scout
  • Pen or pencil for each Cub Scout
  • Clipboard or other writing surface, one for each Cub Scout
  • Printer

Note: Arrow of Light Scouts must earn the Knife Safety Adventure before they can use or carry a pocketknife,  They must earn the Firem’n chit to carry or use matches. If they have not earned either of these then have them bring the other eight essentials.

Before the meeting:

  1. Find a local farmers’ market to visit that offers locally grown fruits, vegetables, meat, and/or dairy products.
  2. Remind parents or legal guardians of the time, date, and location of the visit and ask them to bring a completed Activity Consent Form
  3. Print enough Food Source Farmer’s Market worksheets for each Cub Scout to have several copies.

During the meeting:

  1. Gather Cub Scouts at a predetermined location. Explain that they are visiting a farmer’s market to see food products that are locally grown. At each vendor stall, they are to ask the vendor to share where the food was grown or processed. Questions may include:
    • Where is your farm located?
    • How far did you travel to the market?
    • What is your growing season?
    • What other methods do you use to sell your product?
  2. Pass out clipboards, pencils, and Food Source Farmer’s Market worksheets. Ask Cub Scouts to fill out their worksheet for each vendor. Cub Scouts may want to take pictures of the vendor stall.
  3. After visiting the farmer’s market, gather Cub Scouts and ask them to review their worksheets. What conclusions can they draw about locally sourced food?
    • Are fruits and vegetables available all year?
    • Which vendor is located the closest? The furthest?
    • Where can you go if there is not a farmer’s market nearby?
    • Where do you think food that is not local comes from?

Additional Resources

Food Source Farmer’s Market worksheet

Other Activities Options

You can choose other activities of your choice.

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade

Grocery Store Trip

Travel
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2
5

Visit a grocery store and talk to store manager about where food comes from.

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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade

Local Grower Speaker

Indoor
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1
5

Cub Scouts talk to a local grower about food grown in their state.

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.