The Produce Lady
The Produce Lady Team
The face of The Produce Lady program is Brenda Sutton, N.C. Cooperative Extension director in Rockingham County. Brenda grew up on a farm in eastern Wake County and developed a love for good, home-grown food as a child. Good quality, local foods are her passion and she loves sharing healthy, nutritious ways to select, store, prepare and preserve foods from the local farmers market. She’s all about easy, no-nonsense tips that help people incorporate more fresh produce into their diets.
The idea for The Produce Lady program was that of Leah Chester-Davis, director of communications, with the Plants for Human Health Institute and the N.C. MarketReady program. Leah also grew up on a farm and shares a love of fresh fruits and vegetables and other farm-raised products. She invited Brenda to become “The Produce Lady” and to appear in a series of videos about North Carolina fruits and vegetables and other local food products. In 2010, Leah received a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. The program has expanded to include a website, recipes, blog, food demonstrations at farmers markets and other events, printed materials and YouTube and Facebook pages.
Co-Directors
Leah Chester-Davis
Brenda Sutton
Writers
Megan Bame
Justin Moore
Videographer/Editor
Ken Ellzey
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Photos
The Produce Lady, Brenda Sutton, serves samples and distributes recipe cards to attendees at the N.C. State Seminar Series at the N.C. Research Campus. (5/25/10) |
The Produce Lady shooting a video about N.C. strawberries at the Laurel Springs Mountain Research Station. Ken Ellzey, N.C. State videographer, pictured on the left. (6/1/10) |
The Produce Lady takes a spin in the Got To Be N.C. Big Cart at the N.C. Research Campus Farmers Market in Kannapolis, N.C. (6/24/10) |
The Produce Lady takes part in the Grand Opening of the China Grove Farmers Market, one of many markets she visits around N.C. (6/25/10) |
The Produce Lady video team films a tomato video at the Edible Schoolyard at the N.C. Children’s Museum in Greensboro, N.C. (6/30/10) |
Leah Chester-Davis, left, coordinates The Produce Lady program, including video shoots at farmers arkets across the state. The Produce Lady (Brenda Sutton) is at right. (8/23/10) |
