Speakers Bureau

UNH Speakers Bureau

Charles French

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As a Community and Economic Development Specialist for University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Dr. French provides municipalities with planning assistance in the areas of land use, recreation, tourism , civic agriculture, community development, and economic development. From 1999 - 2001, he was an Economic Development Educator for the University of Illinois Extension and from 1995 - 1997 he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Panama, where he taught conservation and sustainable agriculture techniques to school-age youth and to subsistence farmers. He brings his applied experience into the classroom as a faculty member in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, where he teaches courses in community and environmental planning.

• Boston’s Ethnic Community Gardens in the Face of Demographic Change

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