This North Carolina Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) project uses community gardening to: empower communities to produce food for families, deliver hands-on nutrition education, create opportunities for youth to develop agri-related business skills, build leadership among community members, and provide engaging activities for family members of all ages to work together for a common purpose.

Contact Us

The Cooperative Extension Program
@ North Carolina A&T State University
(Project years: 2010-2014)

             
Lisa Valdivia
Extension Associate
(former Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigator)                          
336.285.4622
eaposer@ncat.edu
          
Dr. Michelle Eley, Ph.D.
Community and Economic Development Specialist
(former Co-Principal Investigator)
336.285.4687                        
meley@ncat.edu

Dr. Keith Baldwin Ph.D.    (retired)
Honorary Principal Investigator                               
   
Briggs Avenue Community Garden
Located on S Briggs Avenue between E Lawson St. and Riddle Rd., across from East Coast Metal Distributors in Durham, NC
       
Current Contact Info
Durham County Cooperative Extension
721 Foster St.
Durham, NC 27701
http://durham.ces.ncsu.edu/
919-560-0526
Briggs Garden Facebook page

Leadership 2010-2014
Michelle Wallace
Consumer Horticulture Agent, Durham County Cooperative Extension
Santos Flores
Garden Coordinator, Durham County Cooperative Extension

Piney Wood Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Community Garden
    
Leadership 2010-2014
James Peele
Garden Coordinator, Bertie County
   

Wagram Community Garden
Located at 205 Riverton Rd in Wagram, NC
& other Scotland County school gardens
      
Current Contact Info
Scotland County Cooperative Extension
231 E Cronly St Suite 800
Laurinburg, NC 28352
http://scotland.ces.ncsu.edu/
919-277-2422

Leadership 2010-2014 
Sarah Brown & Melissa Tomas
Garden Coordinators, Scotland County Cooperative Extension office


    

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