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| Dr. Gina E. Eubanks, Vice Chancellor for Extension at the SU Ag Center, has been appointed to the governing board of BREADA. |
Baton Rouge, LA – Southern University Ag Center’s Vice
Chancellor for Extension, Dr. Gina E. Eubanks, was appointed to the board of
the Big River Economic & Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA) during
one of the organization’s recent board meetings.
BREADA began in 1996 when Chris Campany recruited a
group of farmers to start Baton Rouge’s first farmers market as part of his
Master’s thesis at Louisiana State University. From that group, the Red Stick
Farmers Market was created and the first farmers market was held the same year.
BREADA also received its 501
© 3 non-profit organization status in 1996 and began working to increase
economic opportunities for small farmers.
BREADA
entered into a partnership with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the State
of Louisiana to open the Main Street Market, which serves as an incubator for
small businesses. To date, the organization has established a mobile farmers
market that provides access to fresh fruits and vegetable to limited access
neighborhoods and a kids club that teaches healthy lifestyles to children.
BREADA has a
mission of, “building healthy and strong local food systems; increasing the sustainability
of independent local farmers, fishers and food producers; and to foster
stewardship of land and community through public markets.”
As a member
of the board, Eubanks and the other 15 board members will oversee the policies
implemented by the organization to assist small farmers and promote the idea of
purchasing locally grown food.
Eubanks has
been employed with the Southern University System since the 1990’s when we
joined the faculty as Coordinator of Family and Consumer Sciences. She would
continue to rise through the ranks to be named Vice Chancellor for Extension at
the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in 2002.
In May of
2013, Eubanks was named Associate Vice Chancellor and Program Leader for
Nutrition and Food Sciences at the Louisiana State University AgCenter. She
currently serves in a dual appointment at both the SU and LSU Ag Centers.
Prior to her
employment at Southern, Eubanks has taught at Alcorn State University, Oklahoma
State University and Virginia Tech.
She received
a B.S. degree in clothing and textiles from Southern University in 1977. Eubanks
earned an M.S. degree in clothing and textiles merchandising in 1978 and a
Ph.D. in home economics in 1987, both degrees are from Oklahoma State
University.
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