Conferences and Events Mother Earth News Fair. April 11-12, 2015. Asheville, North Carolina. This event will feature more than 150 practical, hands-on demonstrations and workshops, as well as hundreds of regional and national vendors that feature sustainable lifestyle products and services. Topic areas…
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It Takes a Community; A Reflection on Gardening
It looks like spring is finally here, so I hope you will indulge me in a bit of a personal reflection as we ready the earth for another season of growth and rebirth. Phil and I have a small garden,…
Hunger in America: Call to Action, Heard from a Distance
This post was contributed by Lorien MacAuley. “Hunger does not breed reform. It breeds madness, and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible.” —Woodrow Wilson, 1918 I recently binge-watched several documentaries about hunger (especially since they were…
Slow Money
This post was contributed by Cheryl Brown. What would the world be like if we invested 50% of our assets within 50 miles of where we live? What if there were a new generation of companies that gave away 50%…
March 2015 Updates & Opportunities
Conferences and Events Call for Papers: 2015 Food Studies Conference. September 18-19. Blacksburg, VA. Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters, or colloquia are invited for the Fifth International Conference on Food Studies to be held 18-19 September 2015 at the…
Faith Communities and Food Security: A Match Made in Heaven?
This post was contributed by Becca Landis. This is a cross-post from the blog RE: Reflections and Explorations. Food insecurity in one of the world’s richest and most productive nations is a reality and constitutes a social injustice that many…
Gerunds, Articles, and Network
This post was contributed by Dr. Phil D’Adamo-Damery. In my recent work with the Appalachian Foodshed Project the concept of network has been popping up. See posts by Garland Mason and Susan Clark. It’s been popping around in my head…
February 2015 Updates and Opportunities
Conferences and Events ASAP Business of Farming Conference. February 14th, 2015. University of North Carolina-Asheville. ASAP’s Business of Farming Conference is a day of learning and networking for those involved in local food and farming. Each year, approximately 250 area farmers,…
The Logistics of the Land
This post was contributed by Derrick Von Kundra. As noted by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), “Appalachia stands to reap substantial economic gains from the increase in foreign trade, especially with Latin America. However, failure to invest in the transportation…
Appalachian Community Gardens
This post was contributed by Willa Johnson. Appalachia had community gardens before community gardens were trendy. Summers growing up in Kentucky meant it was time for a garden. I would watch my dad come home every evening in his coal truck and…