Food Insecurity in ENC

In this episode of Relentlessly Rural, host Lamar Gilchrist interviews East Carolina University student Travis Miles about ECU's Purple Pantry, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina eastern regional director George Young about the difficulties of accessing food in the region, and ECU faculty members Stephanie Jilcott Pitts and Virginia Stage about food insecurity and healthy eating.

Show Notes

Episode Run Down
0:00 Intro
0:18 ECU Student and Purple Pantry Volunteer Travis Miles
4:31 Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina Eastern Regional Director George Young
13:35 ECU Professor of Public Health Stephanie Jilcott Pitts
19:45 ECU Associate Professor of Nutrition Science Virginia Stage

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What is Relentlessly Rural?

Relentlessly Rural tells the stories of rural eastern North Carolina communities and the challenges they face to stay relevant in an ever changing world. Season One of Relentlessly Rural explores food insecurity in the region, a community center that's combating unhealthy lifestyles, women in STEM, and veteran transition from active military member to student.