Through my work with Community Farm Alliance in Letcher County, I had the opportunity to testify before the Health and Welfare Committee in Frankfort last week.  If you are not familiar

It's Grow Appalachia report time and when I talked to Shane Friday evening about his harvest report, which was a good one, he shared that he had 10,000 plants ready

Meet Andy Moore,  Andy is in his second year w/the Grow Appalachia program and the Farmers Market.   Andy lives far off the beaten path at Big Branch.   Andy has three

Growing the fresh fruits and vegetables is only the first step in improving the health in our region.   The next step is learning healthy and pleasing ways to prepare and eat

Cowan Community Center hosted the 14th Annual Cowan Creek Mountain Music School in June.   This is an amazing week long camp that had 140 students from across the state, nation and

Press Releases Kentucky Proud foods will set the pace at Saturday's Quaker State 400 For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 25, 2014 For more information contact: Ted Sloan (502) 564-1138 FRANKFORT,

Shaping Our Appalachian Region, (SOAR) is an initiative by Governor Steve Brashear and Congressman Hal Rogers to provide a framework for the people of Eastern Kentucky to have a voice in

It's Official! Cora Sturgill,  Letcher County Schools Food Service Director was busy whipping up strawberry or blueberry smoothies, yogurt and fruit  parfaits or brunch burritos at the Letcher County Farmers