Charlotte Pate joined the ASAN team in early August 2020 as our new (and first-ever) Farmer Support Coordinator.  In this role, Charlotte will be the first point of contact for farmers and aspiring farmers seeking support from ASAN.  Charlotte will provide administrative support to the Central Alabama CRAFT Network, and she will coordinate our statewide Farmer Needs Assessment in fall/winter 2020-21.
Charlotte graduated as a Community Engaged Scholar from the University of North Carolina Asheville where she studied Anthropology. After school, she served two years as an AmeriCorps Member in the field of environmental sustainability and conservation with a focus in agriculture in Western North Carolina and Nashville, TN, her first home. In addition to seasonal farm work positions, she facilitated garden-based education in metro Nashville public schools and libraries through Plant the Seed, and supported urban farming projects through Hands on Nashville. For over two years, she was Farm Coordinator for Paragon Urban Farm, a refugee and immigrant-led community farm on reclaimed floodplain in South Nashville. She served two terms on the Steering Committee of Workers’ Dignity/Dignidad Obrera, a worker-led center in South Nashville, as well as two years on the Student/Farmworker Alliance National Steering Committee. She is honored to be part of the ASAN team!