Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Jenna grew up on a local family farm which raised corn, soybeans, tobacco, cattle, and hogs. She left home early to spend a summer studying coastal geology with a state grant at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She went on to attend North Carolina State University in Raleigh, becoming active with various environmental groups and participating in grassroots efforts to lobby for bills addressing local environmental issues.

Jenna became a Friend of the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District earlier this year and has been actively engaged with issues affecting the District. She attends the District's board meetings, and has visited several sites which have been appropriated District funding to comply with best management practices or with laws enacted by the General Assembly. In June she spoke before the Wake County Commissioners about potential budget cuts to the Soil and Water Conservation District.

Additionally, she has met with local farmers to discuss the issues facing them, talked with vendors at local farmers markets about their concerns, and attended meetings on farmland preservation and local foods enhancement.

If you want to keep Wake County beautiful, taxpayers happy, and citizens healthy, please join Jenna in her campaign to ensure a future where we move forward instead of backwards in tackling the environmental issues of today.

Jenna Wadsworth wants to work to preserve our state's original business engine, the family farm, by helping local farmers thrive in Wake County. Although supportive of development, Jenna believes its approach should be mindful of our natural resources and taxpayer dollars. Pursuing sound environmental practices will save Wake County taxpayers money, that is why Jenna is in support of raising awareness about policies for low impact development, especially in our urban areas, where smart planning leads to significant savings.

Jenna is committed to maintaining our community so that Wake County continues to grace those "Best of" lists for years to come. She believes that our residents deserve clean drinking water, better management of erosion and drainage problems in their neighborhoods, as well as safe and picturesque parks for recreational needs. Citizens should be sold local foods that are indeed grown locally, and have a resource which can be counted on to assist them when it comes time to seek help for conservation needs with their homes or businesses. Please support Jenna Wadsworth for Soil and Water Supervisor in this fall's election.