Growing Food Through a Human Development Lens

Please join us on Thursday, April 10th, 2025, at noon for ASU Farm's Spring Speaker Series. Our speaker for this event will be Moses Thompson who helped found the nationally recognized Manzo Ecology Program as a facet of his school counseling program utilizing the therapeutic nature of gardening to help meet the social and emotional needs of his students.

Moses Thompson, Director of the University of Arizona School Garden Workshop has been growing food in the community since 2006, when he established the nationally recognized Manzo School Garden Program. As a long­time school counselor, Moses employed gardening to foster social and emotional growth in students and propel community self determination. Through the School Garden Workshop, in partnership with the Tucson Unified School District, gardening is used as a platform for culturally responsive student engagement and K-12 enrichment. In this talk, Moses will talk about growing food in community helps set the trajectory for lifelong wellness. Moses' work has been featured in National Geographic, The British Journal of Medicine, Children, Youth and Environments and Health, Education, and Behavior. 

Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited for in-person event. Please RSVP by April 7, 2025.