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Josephine Carothers lives and farms in Vermont, thinking globally, acting locally. She works applying a whole-systems view of the nexus of humans and their environment.

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Why the Inventor of Girl Scout Cookies Would Be Ashamed Today

Posted May 24, 2011 | 15:59:12 (EST)

Ethel Jennings Newton invented Girl Scout cookies in 1934. She was a tall and elegant woman who believed her highest calling was to make the world a better place. She was also my grandmother.

Knowing my grandmother, whom we called "Angel," I can say this: Today, Ethel Jennings Newton would...

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