Growing Minds Team

You can contact our team by phone at 828-236-1282, using the email addresses below, or our online contact form.

• 
  Emily Jackson

  Director and founder of the Growing Minds program. gro.snoitcennocpasanull@ylime, ext. 101
  Please email Emily if you are interested in any of the following areas:

  • Partnering with ASAP/Growing Minds
  • Policy initiatives
  • Consulting
  • State or regional initiatives
  • National Farm to School Network

• Anna Littman

  Program Coordinator. gro.snoitcennocpasanull@anna, ext. 104
  Please email Anna if you are interested in any of the following areas:

  • Farm to School training for pre-service teachers and community health professionals in University programs
  • Farm to School and Farm to Preschool training for teachers, parents, community members, and farmers
  • Farm to School resources including lesson plans, nutrition education activities, garden and farm activities, and farm field trip guides
  • Kids Corner Market and promotion of EBT programs for farmers tailgate markets
  • Jackson County Farm to School Education Project

• Molly Nicholie

  Program Coordinator. gro.snoitcennocpasanull@yllom, ext. 102
  Please email Molly if you are interested in any of the following areas:

  • Local food in schools/local food procurement
  • Farm to Preschool
  • Farm to Institution/hospital/college
  • Farm to School resources for Cooperative Extension

• Brittany Wager

  Program Coordinator. gro.snoitcennocpasanull@ynattirb, ext. 103
  Please email Brittany if you are interested in any of the following areas:

  • Teacher resources (stickers, recipe cards, lending library, cooking equipment, etc)
  • Farm to School cooking program
  • Haywood County Farm to School project
  • School Garden resources
  • Farm Field Trip mini-grants
  • Farm to School training and technical assistance (teachers, child nutrition staff, farmers, community)