GOURD AWARDS – “Growing On Us Recognition Dinner”
Happy New Year from Valerie at Cowan Creek Community Center! Cowan Creek Community Center just finished their fourth year as a Grow Appalachia partner site. So much appreciation and gratitude
Seedtime on the Cumberland
Valerie Horn, Cowan Community Center Seedtime on the Cumberland was this weekend at Appalshop, in Whitesburg, KY. We were happy to set up there for the weekend and hear the music,
All Eyes on Appalachia
This was a busy week, so busy, I'm not sure what actually got accomplished. Time will tell. Thanks to Martin Richards for the image of Letcher County one morning this
Strawberry Fields
Please enjoy this blog post and pictures from Vanessa Hall, one of our Grow Appalachia participants at Cowan Creek. I surely thank her for sharing her story and kind spirit with
Happy Birthday John Paul DeJoria
What do John Paul DeJoria and I have in common? We both just celebrated our birthdays. I celebrated my 50th this past weekend and just saw that John Paul DeJoria
building barns out of coal tipples…..
This is Valerie at Cowan Community Center and I wanted to share this great radio piece about Shane Lucas, one of Grow Appalachia participants and Community Farm Alliance Board member.
“Each of you are my friend now.”
Valerie here, and those are not my words, but Don Maggard, a participant and grower for the market who summed up his feelings about Grow Appalachia. We had a great
Snowed in at Little Dry Fork
Valerie here with Cowan Community Center. Hope all of you have made it thru the storm and are looking forward to higher temperatures and snow melting. I have to admit
Breaking Beans Story by Community Farm Alliance
FARMER’S “WILD HAIR” PAYS OFF By Angela Hatton Mullins For Chris Caudill, it started on a whim. He just got the urge to expand his garden, see what he could