Berry Bright Future My name is Michelle Young and I am the Grow Appalachia Coordinator and the Director or Economic Opportunity at Red Bird Mission. In my position, I am always looking for ways to help the people in our community. I want to help provide access to fresh, healthy food, and to help my
Death of Black Gold Once again the people of Appalachia have taken a hard hit. Monday more coal miners were laid off with little to no notice. Thankfully they will be paid the wages they earned unlike others in our area. This time 200 workers were affected, 200 individuals who don't know how they will
Hit the Ground Tilling It's been almost 5 months since I started as the Grow Appalachia Coordinator here at Red Bird Mission and when I did, I was thrust into it full force. On the first day, I began tilling garden spots. I had only used small garden tillers in the past and here I
Open for Opportunity The kitchen here at Red Bird opened in 2017. Since then home cooks and educators have been taking advantage of this jewel tucked into the mountains of Clay County, Kentucky. The kitchen is stocked to the brim with equipment for the community to use. We have a blast chiller, a convection oven,
Changing Lives One of the greatest joys I have in being a Grow Appalachia Coordinator is seeing people do something they never knew they could. A lot of the participants have become friends of mine on Facebook. Now that the gardens are starting to yield vegetables I am seeing lots of posts about what has
My name is Michelle Collett-Young and this is my first blog as a Grow Appalachia Coordinator at Red Bird Mission. The counties that I serve are Clay, Leslie and Bell in Southeastern Kentucky. I started working for Grow Appalachia in Clay County two months ago and my life has become so much more wonderful since
