Laura Florick joined Farmer Foodshare’s board of directors in 2022, the same year she moved to her new home in Durham, North Carolina. She also serves as chair of the advocacy committee.

Laura is a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator supporting the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Before coming to North Carolina, she worked in community leadership, research and project management positions all over the world including archaeological and ethnographic field work, international education, arts field trip program evaluation and research on local food economies during COVID-19, while supporting museums, K12 schools, higher ed institutions, community grassroots initiatives and nonprofits.

Laura is passionate about community-engaged research, community resiliency, food sovereignty and equitable food systems, and social and environmental determinants of health. They can be found acrylic painting, tending to their beehive, or buying fresh veggies at the Durham Farmers’ Market.

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