#NCStateCALS freshman Peyton Gardner (PeytGardner) was determined to create her own path and not follow in her father’s footsteps, who has worked in the #agriculture industry since graduating from NCState. But Gardner’s passion for #horticulture, problem-solving and advocacy for #farmers made her realize #NCState and CALS were exactly where she needed and wanted to be. . Her goal is to look at producing more #food with less resources, especially in a growing world. Both of her parents instilled in her to leave this world better than she found it. . "I’ve always been the one to do my own thing, which my parents have always supported. As a sophomore in #highschool, taking #health, I told myself I was going to be a doctor. Then one day I was placed in a horticulture class. I went to my guidance counselor and she said, 'Peyton, sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do because you need to go outside of your comfort zone.' I went back to class the very next day thinking this was ...