Our Panelists
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- Lyndsey Waugh
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- Jaimie Davis, PhD, RD
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- Moses Thompson
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- John Fisher
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- Sedrick Burton
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- Luisa Avlés, M.Ed.
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- Amanda Storey
Media Fireside Chat on School Garden and Outdoor Learning Spaces, Pandemic Impact
April 27 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT)
April is National Gardening Month. To celebrate and to spotlight the power of school gardens in youth education and social-emotional wellness, the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is hosting a media fireside chat, featuring leaders and voices from the frontlines of the school garden movement. This chat for media, nonprofits, and government leaders will take place after an educational PSA broadcast centered around outdoor learning programs for more than 500 schools.
During the hour, the panel will feature critical conversations and youth perspectives highlighting the value of school garden education, including:
- How school garden programs have shifted during COVID
- Research on school garden impact (children’s vegetable intake; type 2 diabetes risks and academic performance improvement)
- Social emotional wellness
- Teacher/academic empowerment
The Panelists
- Lyndsey Waugh
Executive Director, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation - Luisa Avilés, M.Ed.
Instructional Coach, Out Teach - Moses Thompson
Associate Director of the Community and School Garden Program, University of Arizona (Manzo Ecology Program) - John Fisher
Co-Founder, School Garden Support Organization (SGSO) Network and Director of Programs and Partnerships, Life Lab - Sedrick Burton
Graduate Apprentice, Jones Valley Teaching Farm - Jaimie Davis, PhD, RD
Associate Professor, UT Austin College of Natural Sciences
About the Media Panel Experience
TH Experiential is a creative marketing agency with 15 years of experience creating digital and physical events for over 500 brands like Sprouts. They are proud to have partnered with Sprouts and The Healthy Communities Foundation to sponsor in part the virtual Growing School Gardens event. TH Experiential was able to help these organizations deliver an interactive digital experience beyond Zoom and engage the audience with a fully branded environment and 2-way interactivity with the panel discussion.
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