Position:
Farmer Programs Coordinator & Land Access Coordinator
Organization:
Cameron Farlow earned her undergraduate degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill in Anthropology and Geography in 2006, and completed her Master's Degree in Appalachian Studies and Sustainable Development from Appalachian State University (ASU) in May 2011. She has been putting her studies in localizing food systems into action through her work initiating a sustainable and local food system with Appalachian Food Services at ASU; planning, organizing and facilitating the second High Country Local Food Summit in 2010; and conducting phase one of a research study on farm profitability with Western North Carolina Agricultural Options Program. After graduation, Cameron went on to complete a Community Food Assessment for the Lord's Acre garden community in Fairview, NC as an AmeriCorps intern. Following that project she worked for Looking Glass Creamery making and eating delicious cheeses, and is currently the Farmer Programs Coordinator for the Organic Growers School, and the Land Access Coordinator for WNC FarmLink.