The original idea of a wellness council has taken a different yet important detour through a practical vetting system. So, instead of having a general wellness council where students would be able to do more of the guiding of the agenda from food prep and strategies for reform, I would be implementing small groups sessions only within the framework of cafeteria tastings. As much as I would like to be able to facilitate a conversation about empowerment/leadership with students hoping to take on more of a leadership role, combining the lunch period and experimental tastings with the abridged version of empowerment and leadership that would be given to volunteers might be the best of all worlds.
Condensing the lessons of food processing and making time for a cafeteria tasting would work to make only the most important lessons of organizing for reform and food processing the focus and ruling out nonessential material.
So, if this works out I will be implementing a cafeteria tasting program that will be lead and processed by and for students (of course I would be doing all the logistical work). Putting a few students in those positions of leadership should get them thinking about health, nutrition, food, and leadership in a new way.
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