Small Batch Fermenation to Preserve Extra Produce
With an uncommonly dry June and cool July, we’ve just reached the point in the gardening season when production is getting heavier, but we don’t necessarily have the yield to
Alderson GA Goes to Market
Hey! India Keller here from the Alderson, WV Grow Appalachia site. Two of our Grow Appalachia supported community gardens – Alderson Community Food Hub and Alderson Elementary School – sold
Small Growers, Big Demand
Like any small community trying to develop its food economy we encounter the challenge of balancing both sides of the local food see-saw at once. On one end sits the
The Use it or Lose it Green Curry “Recipe”
It always seems to happen that we have potluck to go to the day before I am due to go grocery shopping. This means we have nothing but odds and
Raised Bed Gardening at Alderson Manor Apartments
Tucked away by the Alderson Cemetery is Alderson Manor Apartments, a low-income elderly and disabled independent living complex with over 70 residents. The property is up on a hill above
Summer Intern
We are blessed here at the Alderson Community Food Hub to have a very hard working, passionate (and compassionate) summer intern! Catherine Goggins, a proud Hokie, studies Civic Agriculture and
Farm Stand Making Head Way!
Greetings from High Rocks! You may have read a blog post a while back, by Rachel Wilson, about our farm stand in Hillsboro and its start up. For the past few
The Farm Stand: For When Your Small Town isn’t Ready for a Farmers’ Market
This March, High Rocks Grow Appalachia was approached by the Gezundheit! Institute about ways to improve the local food scene in Hillsboro. Gezundheit! gets groups of college volunteers during Spring
LMU update
our youngest helper and his Dad monday nite loading leaf mulch Blown over tool shed. shredded paper from squash garden shredded paper in
Sarah Worth Joins the High Rocks Team
First tomato plants of the season. Greetings, Grow Appalachia! This week I begin my summer as an AmeriCorps and Grow Appalachia member. I am eager to begin working
