In the hills of Appalachian Ohio is Green Edge Gardens, a 120-acre organic farm near the small town of Amesville (pop. 184). This thriving business is ... Read This Post
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Kentucky Community Team Scholarships: 2011 Brushy Fork Annual Institute
Kentucky Community Team Scholarships are available again this year for the 2011 Brushy Fork Annual Institute. Community teams from economically ... Read This Post
STAY Summer Institute — Sign Up Now!
ATI Partner the STAY Project (Stay Together Appalachian Youth) is hosting a summer institute in August to be held in Harlan County, KY. This is ... Read This Post
Friends of Sol: Upcoming Intro and Advanced Solar Training Classes
From our friends at Kentucky Solar Partnership and Appalachia -Science in the Public Interest, a schedule of upcoming introductory and advanced solar ... Read This Post
Whose Coal Severance is it Anyway?
There has been a fair bit of talk lately about coal severance tax -- the fee charged for mining coal, intended to ensure funds are available to coal ... Read This Post
Appalachian Ohio County a Haven for Local Food Economy
You might not expect Athens, Ohio to be a focal point for a thriving local food economy, but this Appalachian county (ranked "Distressed" by ... Read This Post
Life Expectancy Declines in Appalachia
On the heels of the health data we posted about last week comes a study showing life expectancy declining for much of Appalachia (among other rural ... Read This Post
Wind Energy’s Impact in Kentucky
The good folks at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) are examining the impact of the wind industry in various Southern states, and ... Read This Post
County Health Rankings: Appalachia is Sick
Are you feeling okay, Appalachia? Judging by the recently-released County Health Rankings, no, you're not. The rankings, determined by the Robert ... Read This Post
Alpha CEO Preparing for Decline of Central Appalachian Coal — and Has West Virginia Talking
Ry Rivard, a reporter at the Charleston Daily Mail, had a great piece late last month on an interview with Alpha Natural Resources (and now Massey ... Read This Post
Get the facts. Embrace the future. Collaborate.
Cross-posted from KFTC's blog. by Lisa Abbott KFTC's friend and ally Matt Wasson at Appalachian Voices has a terrific ... Read This Post
President Obama Establishes White House Rural Council
Earlier this week, we posted some terrific commentary on how rural America gets overlooked when it comes to federal policy. In the blog post from the ... Read This Post
