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Elizabeth Driscoll
Ms. Driscoll holds the position of 4-H Subject-Matter Specialist across the Departments
of Crop Science, Entomology, Horticultural Science and Soil Science at North Carolina
State University with North Carolina Cooperative Extension. She has been working to
connect youth and educators to issues in agriculture and natural resources in relevant
and meaningful ways for over 15 years. Ms. Driscoll’s 4-H “Grow For It” program focuses
on developing resources and experiential projects that foster curious and wondering
youth, inspire critical thinking and problem solving, build a positive science self-concept,
connecting kids to good food and nurturing environmental stewards of the land through
gardening and agriculture.
With a BS and an MS in horticultural science from Michigan State University, she
actively translates agricultural research from the Land Grant Universities into hands-on,
inquiry-based curricular resources to support county-based 4-H youth programs. Serving
over 350 Cooperative Extension county fi eld faculty in agriculture, horticulture, 4-H, and
Family and Consumer Sciences, Ms. Driscoll uses a strong train-the-trainer approach to
broadly and deeply engage audiences in their own innovative delivery of agricultural
programs to youth. She leads multiple precollege programs for youth, including the
Horticultural Science Summer Institute, Resource Conservation Workshop, Cultivate: Crop
Science Teen Weekend, as well as other numerous youth leadership programs. Additionally,
Ms. Driscoll cohosts the FoodCorps NC program with The Center for Environmental
Farming Systems and many local partners to connect kids to healthy food in schools
through school gardens, garden-enhanced food and nutrition education, and access to local
food through farm-to-cafeteria projects.