Rebecca Byrd oral history interview, 2019 March 20

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History master's student Rebecca Byrd discusses her involvement with the Student Community Garden at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Ms. Byrd discusses topics including student leadership, community gardening, and food insecurity in the Charlotte area. She talks about her personal passion for gardening, while also offering practical information about gardening for beginners. She explains how food is donated from the community garden to the Jamil Niner Student Pantry for distribution to students in need. Other themes she touches on include, the challenges of working with student volunteers, the founding of the Community Garden Club, and access to food for students at UNC Charlotte.

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The Queen's Garden: Oral Histories of the Piedmont Foodshed

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Title: Rebecca Byrd oral history interview, 2019 March 20
Interviewee: Byrd, Rebecca M.
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2019-03-20
Physical Description: 1 audio file (1:02:30) : digital, MP3 [+ 1 transcript (36 pages)]
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Rebecca Byrd was a graduate student at UNC Charlotte at the time of the interview, which took place at the student community garden at UNC Charlotte. She was born in Massachusetts. She was educated at Queen’s University; Howard University; and UNC Charlotte.
Abstract: History master's student Rebecca Byrd discusses her involvement with the Student Community Garden at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Ms. Byrd discusses topics including student leadership, community gardening, and food insecurity in the Charlotte area. She talks about her personal passion for gardening, while also offering practical information about gardening for beginners. She explains how food is donated from the community garden to the Jamil Niner Student Pantry for distribution to students in need. Other themes she touches on include, the challenges of working with student volunteers, the founding of the Community Garden Club, and access to food for students at UNC Charlotte.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on Zoom H4n Recorder .
Interviewee Occupations: Graduate students
Subjects--Names: Byrd, Rebecca M.
Subjects--Organizations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Subjects--Topics: College students
Community gardens
Gardening
Food security
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Genre: Sound recordings
Oral histories
Coverage--Dates: 2010-2020
Digital Collection Title: The Queen’s Garden: Oral Histories of the Piedmont Foodshed
Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Rebecca Byrd.
Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg
Identifier: QG-BY0004
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2735

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