AT23-182 Webinar A New Take on Community Gardens: Training Citizen Gardeners

Event Title: A New Take on Community Gardens: Training Citizen Gardeners

AT-VMS: AT: Hill Country Chapter Other Approved Training. (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, and Presenter)

Comments: AT23-182 A New Take on Community Gardens, Webinar. Presenter: Katerina Velasco Graham (AT=1hr)

Webinar Date: 08/23/2023
Webinar Time: 2:00p – 3:00p

Webinar Summary:
Learn what efforts are being made to mitigate rising Child Obesity rates training teachers and children to be citizen scientists.

Webinar Description:
Across the state, children’s obesity levels continue to increase. During this webinar, learn what the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension are doing to mitigate this trend. IT will cover county demographics, general information related to the county’s health and chronic diseases, strategies under way to improve the county population’s well-being in food desert areas, and the recently implemented Citizen Gardening Training initiative.

Cost: Free

Register @: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-new-take-on-community-gardens-training-citizen-gardeners-tickets-623643834497

Presenter:
Katerina Velasco Graham

Contact Information:
512-434-0815
Alice Jansen, Education Events Coordinator
ajansen@texaschildreninnature.org

Organization Website:
https://www.texaschildreninnature.org/events

Sponsoring Organization:
Texas Children in Nature