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Carrie has worked in agriculture for over 20 years on her family farm. She works alongside her family to develop steps to make their small acreage farm sustainable by today’s standards. Carrie and her family produce fruits, vegetables and value added products on their century plus owned farm and are co-founders of a farmer food collaborative that provides local agriculture products to food hubs, farmers, farmers markets, individuals and retailers throughout the state of NC.

As Director of agriculture and conservation with Black Family Land Trust, her many roles involve assisting families with navigating heirs property through reaching clear title, assisting families with wealth retention and asset protection and facilitating the implementation of risk management tools. Carrie’s passion is engaging small acreage farms by conducting education workshops on topics such as Agri-tourism, farm infrastructure development, and land ethic story telling and creation.

Since joining the BFLT in February of 2021 Carrie has provided technical assistance to farmers and landowners by connecting them to farm resources, navigating them through using USDA products and services, and asset protection avenues such as agriculture conservation easements and land transitions. Carrie currently serves in various capacities to many organizations including American Farmland Trust’s Women for the land Learning Circles in NC and VA, Transitioning Land Curriculum, and the Heirs property advisory committee. She also serves on the boards and committees for: NC Networking Agritourism Association, NC Farm Bureau, ForestHer NC, NC Food Advocacy Coalition, Sustainable Forest Land Retention (SFLR), and NC Tree Farm Program. Carrie is also involved with several racial equity groups, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) Farmers of Color Network, The Black Farmers Market and Fertile Ground Food Cooperative.

Carrie is a native of NC, she lives in Raleigh NC with her family, she is a grand mother of three, loves nature, traveling and entertaining her family and friends. Carrie is a life time learner, she regularly attends adult education classes on a variety of topics and holds degrees and certifications from institutions such as Wayne Community College in Marketing, Shaw University in Business Administration, NC State University in Extension Education and Web Technology, Duke University in Collaborative Problem Solving, and High Point University in Grant Writing, and numerous USDA programs such as, Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) and Organic Standard practices.