Research Talk Followed by Harvest Tasting: Food Security and the College Student

Join AADS students and alumni Adrianna Mims, Quinrose Mvuri, and Natalie J. Paul to learn about how they are taking food security for college students into their own hands to shape policy and practice. With AADS faculty representatives.

Learn how AADS students/ alumni are growing produce using the AADS Tower Gardens, using a Green Fund grant to research food security and optimal growing cycles. Learn from recent alumna and current Masters of Social Work student Natalie J. Paul (UNC Chapel Hill) about her work establishing the nonprofit Belonging NC to address the need for wraparound services for college-age students aging out of the foster care system.
These brief research presentations will be followed by a tasting using produce from the Tower Gardens.