Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: An Oasis of Health and Healing with Urban Community AgriNomics
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
100 Old Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27517 | Chapel Hill, NC
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With Delphine Sellars, Co-founder and Executive Director of Urban Community AgriNomicsThursday, October 10
12-1 p.m. EDT
Free
In-person and on Zoom. Register: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-0036db46f8f1477db45838413247da81
DETAILS
On January 18, 2018 Urban Community AgriNomics (UCAN) embarked on a journey to increase food security through the reclaiming of an old neglected dilapidated farmstead in northern Durham County. This former plantation now boasts a 47 bed raised community garden, youth garden, bees, chickens, ducks, a small orchard, walking trail and more. With a focus on conservation and a holistic approach to land stewardship, UCAN has created a place where humans, animals, and nature can thrive and heal: the Catawba Trail Farm.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Delphine Sellars is co-founder and Executive Director of UCAN (Urban Community AgriNomics). UCAN is a nonprofit which focuses on integrating agriculture into the wealth, health and wellbeing of urban communities. In 2016 she retired as Director of the Durham Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension and Durham County Government departmental director. Prior to joining the Durham workforce Mrs. Sellars served as Director of the Center for Employment Training (CET) an adult vocational education center, Social Worker focusing on youth and Assist Director of an Adult Nonviolence Pre-release facility. Her undergraduate degree is from North Carolina Central University with a BA in Social Studies and Pfeiffer University with a Masters in Organizational Management. Currently she serves on the boards of the Eno River Association and is a partner, collaborator and advisor to a number of organizations and groups involved in increasing food security, access, and the environment to include land stewardship, and abating climate change.
Image courtesy of UCAN.
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Where is it happening?
100 Old Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27517Event Location & Nearby Stays:
