4-H Sustainable Agriculture Curriculum

4-H is developing a new Sustainable Agriculture curriculum, and CEFS is partnering with the organization toward this goal.

The initial partnership between Liz Driscoll (4-H) and Lisa Forehand (CEFS) created the The Victory Garden Project: Youth Farming Food, an effort to create a curriculum connecting youth to sustainable, local food production by furthering their abilities to grow fruit and vegetables and to be knowledgeable participants in their local food systems. Drawing on innovative research by graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, interactive, engaging lessons would be collaboratively developed.

The first pilot project teaches heirloom tomato production through grafting. N.C. State graduate and undergraduate students will work with 4-H youth to pilot the project ideas and together grow their understanding about sustainable agricultural concepts.