With the school year underway, a growing number of students in Central Appalachian schools are getting a taste of locally-grown, farm-fresh fruits and ... Read This Post
Stories
Unsung Kentucky Program Brings Health Providers to Rural Areas—And Keeps Them
You think people would know more about a successful program that's been operating since the 1970s. Area Health Education Centers, administered by ... Read This Post
Coming Back Around on Cabell County School Lunches: Credit Where It’s Due!
Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution" program made quite a splash for its portrayal of the school lunches in the 'fattest city in ... Read This Post
We Need to Talk: Coal, Appalachia, and Our Future
A conversation. That is what this site, and the Appalachian Transition Initiative, is fundamentally about. Two pieces caught our attention ... Read This Post
Don’t Miss Today’s Economic Transition Call-in Series: 1pm Eastern
The Alliance for Appalachia Economic Transition Call-in Series Topic: State-level Mineral Trust Funds Time: 1pm, August 29th Toll-free Call-in Number: ... Read This Post
Happy 30th KFTC!!!
Appalachian Transition wishes KFTC a very happy 30th birthday. It is a major milestone for an organization that has done three decades (and ... Read This Post
Daily Yonder Asks — What Does Rural Mean?
In today’s post Betty Dotson-Lewis uses the Daily Yonder’s tagline “Keep It Rural” to ask what a rural identity means in ... Read This Post
WV Couple Built Organic Farm from Scratch
West Virginia Public Radio offers this lovely video report of a Preston County, WV couple who started their own organic farm from scratch, and which ... Read This Post
WV Growers’ Association Seeing Success
In the beautiful Tygart Valley of north-central West Virginia, several small producers of fruits and vegetables have joined together to market and ... Read This Post
The Dangerous Dichotomy: Us vs. Them in CNN’s Battle for Blair Mountain
Much has been written in the last few days about national journalist Soledad O'Brien's "Battle for Blair Mountain" hour-long special ... Read This Post
Small, Locally-Owned Businesses Create Higher Economic Growth Rates than Big, Outside Firms
A new report from Pennsylvania State University finds that counties with more small (between 10 and 99 employees), locally-owned businesses have ... Read This Post
WV Coal Town Seeks Sustainable Future
From the Daily Yonder: Taking a Leap to Reach 'Sustainable' 08/08/2011 In one of the premier coal counties of Appalachia, a new ... Read This Post
