New Beginnings All Around
Having recently moved to a climate zone several degrees warmer than my home state, I have been appreciating the spring in SW Virginia and NE Tennessee and sharing that
Youth Opportunity Through Service Initiative
When Berea Kids Eat initially launched the COVID 19 Pandemic meal response shortly after school closures, Berea Community School staff and faculty helped fill the
Farmers, Friends, and Veterans
Supporting Partner I have to say that I am so happy about the support WV Veterans to Ag has gotten from those who I asked to be part
Healthy Soil
As we are breaking ground for new gardens the importance of soil testing and proper soil maintenance can't be overlooked. Not only do we need to know what will grow
(Roadside) Stand Together!
Looking for a place to sell your food, but have no community farmers market? Are the closest farmers markets too far away or too time-consuming to take part in? Need
Breaking Ground on our First Garden
Breaking new ground is never easy. It takes time, patience, planning, and serious effort, right? Well, maybe sometimes… Sometimes it all just comes together in a gift basket with a
Starting out (or over) … better late than never…
This week I met with our first new family to sign up for a "Backyard Victory Garden". A great family and a hard working Veteran who recently started his own landscaping
The Beauty of Inconsistency
“Sometimes people fret, as they work to change the world, that they are hypocrites. They work for local food but sometimes eat canned food. They work to stop climate change
Trials and Turnips
“Gardening requires lots of water—most of it in the form of perspiration.” - Lou Erickson Hello, Grow Appalachia family! My name is Marcus Plumlee and I am an AmeriCorps VISTA
WV Veterans to Ag: Glad to be Part of this AWESOME Project
WV Veterans to Agriculture is so happy to have this chance to expand our ability to help Veterans in the Huntington, West Virginia area. We are a new program, having been created
