The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards of southwest Virginia is offering a series of workshops on a variety of topics this fall and winter. This ... Read This Post
Stories
WMMT Report on Broadband Access (or Lack Thereof) in Appalachia
We are excited to share another great report from the always-illuminating folks at WMMT's Making Connections News on the ongoing challenge of ... Read This Post
Lack of Farm Bill Hurts Rural Development
In case you hadn't heard, we are currently operating without a Farm Bill. It expired at the end of October, and Congress didn't get their act ... Read This Post
Local Foods Grant Opportunity
The Central Appalachian Network is now taking applications for its 2013 Small Grants Program: CAN’s small grants program is designed to increase the ... Read This Post
Mark Your Calendars: Community Forum on Value of Local Food System
We are excited to share with you this press release from Big Sandy Community and Technical College about a great upcoming event. PRESTONSBURG – Big ... Read This Post
Living in the Fixer-Upper
This fantastic essay by Dee Davis, from the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, KY, appeared on the Daily Yonder earlier this ... Read This Post
Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Promotes Ag in the Mountains
Mountaintop removal mining has left Appalachia with more than 800 square miles of empty land, much of it too remote and unstable to attract any sort ... Read This Post
Making Connections: Laid Off and Looking for Answers
Another top-notch story from our friends at Making Connections: Since January, thousands of coal miners have been laid off in ... Read This Post
WV Furniture Maker Finds Success through Local Wood and Sustainability
Caperton FurnitureWorks is located in Berkeley Springs, WV and has been for nearly 40 years. When most furniture factories have gone out of business ... Read This Post
MicroFest Art and Theater Event Coming to Appalachia
MicroFest USA is an innovative arts and theater event that is "part festival, part think-tank" to explore the impacts of the arts in ... Read This Post
Mark Your Calendar: Balancing Nature & Commerce Course
Balancing Nature and Commerce in Rural Communities and Landscapes:"Thriving, Not Just Surviving" February 4 - February 6, 2013 in ... Read This Post
On Local Foods and “Change Agents”
For all the talk about the local food economy, it can be difficult sometimes to really imagine what it looks like, in practice, in Appalachia. One of ... Read This Post
