Independent farmers and entrepreneurial groups are looking to abandoned mine land sites and seeing potential for agricultural projects, both large and small.
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New Growth on Former Coal Mines
TAGS: Agriculture Coal mining economic development local farming mine reclamation sustainable agriculture
Sara Day Evans: Accelerating Good Business
By Kimber Ray Although the environment and the economy are often painted as rival forces, Sara Day Evans never saw much sense in this argument. What she saw instead was a challenge — and an opportunity — to seek sustainable…
Charlie Jackson: Bringing Farms to Market
By Peter Boucher Charlie Jackson found a simple answer to the complex problems of regional agriculture. He founded the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project in 1995 to create new markets for mountain farmers who had lost their cash crop. Tobacco had…
TAGS: Agriculture appalachia local farming Local food North Carolina sustainability sustainable agriculture Tobacco
Addressing Food Insecurity
Finding New Ways To Feed Families Story by David Brewer The welcome arrival of spring and summer in Appalachia represents that magical time of year when, instead of bundling up for a trip to the grocery store, we toss on…
TAGS: Appalachian Regional Food Hub Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture F.A.R.M. Cafe Farm-To-Schools Farming Food Insecurity Grayson LandCare Heifer International local farming One Acre Cafe Pay What You Can Road Map for the Food Economy Rosetta's Kitchen SCALE Inc. Seeds of Change Appalachia The Central Appalachian Network USDA
Seeds of Change Initiative to Improve Access to Local Food
The Boone, N.C.-based non-profit group Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture received a $1.1 million grant from Heifer USA to strengthen the local food system in what is known as the High Country region of North Carolina. The Seeds of Change…
TAGS: Beyond Coal campaign Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture Boone Heifer USA High Country region local farming Mayberry Solar Farm Mount Airy North Carolina O2 Energies Seeds of Change Initiative Sierra Club sustainable farming Tennessee University of Kentucky in Lexington Watauga High School Wind for Schools
Trading the City for the Farm
Morel Bliss and August Stringer of Mascot, Tenn., have bid vacations good-bye since their honeymoon last October. Days start at 6 a.m. and are wrapped up at about 9 p.m. seven days a week. Important daily tasks, almost all done…
TAGS: local farming Mountain Farm sustainable agriculture sustainable farming Twin Oaks Intentional Community
