
Tembila Covington
Former Program Assistant, Agriculture - Urban AgricultureTembila is no longer active in Extension
Forsyth County Centertccoving@ncsu.edu
Job Description Responsibilities associated with the urban agriculture program include planning, preparing, managing, and providing training assistance to extension agents on an urban farm school. The goal of this training program is to offer economic opportunity for underemployed participants in underserved communities, while increasing community involvement and access to local, healthy foods. Participants in this program learn in the classroom the science of agriculture, and outdoors on their production site they learn how to apply agricultural techniques.