5:30 - 7:30 pm | FREE | ALL AGES
Come experience an agave roast and learn about these plants’ many uses! Members of the Kumeyaay tribe, led by Dr. Stanley Rodriguez, will demonstrate their methods of roasting agave hearts, then share samples of this sweet, unique food.
Dr. Stanley Rodriguez, member of the Kumeyaay Santa Ysabel Band of the Iipay Nation, is an educator, language teacher, and tribal singer. He is an advocate for his community’s culture and traditions and serves in a number of advising and teaching roles in the San Diego and Native Kumeyaay communities. He has been President of Kumeyaay Community College since 2018.
Partnering with Mission Garden!
Mission Garden is a living agricultural museum in Tucson, Arizona, rooted in community knowledge and collaboration. As a project of Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, this outdoor educational space brings history to life by growing heritage crops and heirloom trees using traditional, arid-adapted farming techniques. These practices are refined through both ancestral knowledge and modern science, offering practical lessons for sustainable agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
As part of the U.S.’s first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, the Garden reconnects people to the region’s multicultural agricultural heritage while promoting resilient, climate-conscious farming practices.
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