BRWIA is dedicated to empowering women and their families with resources, education and skills related to farming to overcome economic and social disparities that create barriers and make their children a population at-risk.
Based in Boone, North Carolina, BRWIA serves members across the High Country of the state.
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture began as a grassroots project of Watauga County Extension by women tired of hearing "that can't be done." We are seeking to create working partnerships with groups who have related goals in agricultural endeavors, present entrepreneurial and sustainable agriculture workshops, and organize planning and research for a Community Food Assessment.
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Sue Counts
Sue Counts is the Extension Director for Watauga County.
She has been Extension Director since March 1998.
Sue began her extension career as a Project Coordinator for the Southern
Appalachian Leadership Initiative on Cancer working in four counties in
the Appalachian Mountains to organize cancer coalitions to educate women
about cancer.
She has been innovative in her approaches and has created
educational programs in the area of Hispanic Outreach, Sustainable
Energy, Sustainable Tourism, Farmland Preservation, Land Use Planning,
Women in Agriculture, Alternative Agriculture, and an Extension and
Community Association program for "people with disabilities"--all of
this contributing to an Extension Program of Diversity.
