Wild Plant Workshop at Cowan Community Center
The native landscape of Eastern Kentucky has healed and nourished people for thousands of years. Our hills support thousands of species of plants; many of which have great benefit to
Cool Beans! Mark Walden Visits Cowan
Saturday morning, on a rainy Mother's Day weekend, Grow Appalachia participants filled the cafeteria at Cowan Elementary School to learn best practices in garden management from Grow Appalachia Assistant Director,
“Respect and courtesy a must with bees and humans also.”
Gwen Johnson, Cowan Community Center Grow Appalachia participant didn't learn her first lessons about beekeeping in a book, but from her grandfather as a little girl. But, she does now
Doors are Opening for Agriculture in Letcher County
Cowan Community Center was proud to have our name along with Grow Appalachia on the new Appal-TREE office located at 198B Main Street in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The Appal-TREE project, Appalachians
Micro Processing Certification
Congratulations to Cowan Community Center Grow Appalachia participants who completed the Micro Processing training presented by the Letcher County Extension Office. Special thanks to Anne Bradley, Letcher County Extension Agent for hosting the
Succession Grow Appalachia Meetings at Cowan Community Center
Reclaiming our Food Independence I was pleased to be invited to be the speaker at the local DAR meeting at the Cowan Community Center in March. I was somewhat nervous about
Cowan Community Center Ramblings
Hilary and I made an executive decision this afternoon to get out and visit Grow Appalachia participants and get out of the office. We loaded Barley in the back of the
Community Farm Alliance-Farmers Market Support Program
Cowan Community Center is proud to again be working with the Letcher County Farmers Market. Members of the Letcher County Farmers Market attended another Farmers Market Support Program in Berea
Planning Planting at Cowan Community Center
It took two tries but we found a week without snow and were able to have a series of meetings to meet with potential new Grow Appalachia participants. We had
