This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own

This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own

March 18, 2023 8:01 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday

A Girl Scout, distressed that the cookies she was selling contained palm oil, went rogue and baked her own to raise money for her troop.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

The Girl Scouts rely on cookie sales like we rely on BJ Leiderman to write our theme music or public radio relies on pledge drives. This cookie season, one Girl Scout in New Hampshire got upset with an ingredient in the cookie recipe and decided to do something about it. NHPR's Todd Bookman has the story of Sophia and why she's gone rogue.

TODD BOOKMAN, BYLINE: Sophia Hammond, age 11, has been a Girl Scout for more than half of her life.

SOPHIA HAMMOND: I started when I was 5, so around six years, I guess?

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