{"id":588,"date":"2024-02-11T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T03:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/capfoodag\/?p=588"},"modified":"2024-03-25T15:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:52:32","slug":"zoes-capstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/capfoodag\/zoes-capstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost n’ Found: Finding Self Through Interdisciplinary Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


You once told me<\/p>

You wanted to find <\/p>

Yourself in the world –<\/p>

And I told you to<\/p>

First apply within<\/p>

To discover the world<\/p>

within you. <\/p>Suzy Kassem<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

My name is Zoe DeWitt and for most of my time at Evergreen, I felt lost. Being lost doesn’t have to be a bad thing; without a clear path ahead of me, I had the freedom to explore and follow every thread of inspiration that presented itself to me. My educational path was full of bumps and curves and rabbit holes I never expected to fall down. It allowed me to answer the questions which I arrived at this college with: Who do I want to be and what am I most passionate about? How do I learn the best? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through a wide variety of personal passion projects in the form of ILC’s, Evergreen gave me the ability to explore my interests in ways that best fit my needs as a learner. I was able to craft hands-on experiences for myself that allowed me to dive deep into agriculture, food systems, herbalism, and nature connection, the topics I was most drawn to during my time here. Through these projects, I was able to create a path for myself that might seem disorganized at first glance, but that allowed me to best chase those threads of inspiration, and later, weave them together to create something beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore my educational path:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Terroir\/Meroir<\/strong> program websites, exploring the world of taste and place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tastingbyzoe\/<\/a>
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/wintertastingbyzoe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My ILC titled Natural Dyes: From Plant to Product<\/strong> which explored the world of natural dyeing:
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-zoe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My herb garden websites from the Taste: What We Hunger For<\/strong> program and from my herb garden internship in the Spring of 2022 in which I explore herb garden maintenance and herbal medicine-making:
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/herbgarden2021\/<\/a>
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/taste-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/<\/a>
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/taste-portfolio-sp22-dewitt\/<\/a>
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My ILC titled Adventures in WWOOFing: Moon Valley Organics Herb Farm<\/strong> in which I documented my experience as a WWOOFer at a commercial herb farm:
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/ilc-su22-dewitt\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My ILC titled Right Where I Belong: Finding Self Within Nature<\/strong> in which I documented my experience participating in The Immersion at Wilderness Awareness School:
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-fall22-dewitt\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My ILC titled Gardening with Gratitude: A Summer on John’s Island<\/strong> in which I documented my experience as Garden Instructor at Camp Nor’wester:
https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-su23-dewitt\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A collage representing my journey with nature connection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rock strawberries at Camp Nor’wester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Calendula at Moon Valley Organics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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