Williamson Health and Wellness Center
Williamson, WV (Mingo County)
Partner Site since: 2013
The Williamson Health and Wellness Center, as part of the Sustainable Williamson initiative, oversees a substantial community garden, a Mobile Farmers Market, and a partnership with Growing Warriors to introduce veterans into agriculture and farming in Mingo County and surrounding areas. The veterans utilize high tunnel space to grow produce that they sell at the Farmers Market, as well as attend and lead workshops.
Blogs from Williamson
Extending the Growing Season
Maria Arnot from Williamson, WV in Mingo County. Last year, I did a lot of research on low- tunnels for season extension. I looked at different vendors, materials and read many blogs
High Tunnel Weatherization and advice!
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting one of our favorite guests here in Williamson. Terry Hudson, from Hudson Farms. Over the winter, as I mentioned in a previous blog, we had some trouble
#HealthyInTheHills cook off!
Its Maria here in Williamson writing a rainy day blog, and unwinding from a huge week of celebrations! This year, Williamson was the recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize- a
Canning meat: weird… But good!
Hey everyone!! Maria here in Williamson: Yesterday we had our second canning workshop of the year, and in my opinion, this one was even better than the first! Each workshop focused on what was in
Continuing the Swing of things (literally)
Greetings from Williamson! Maria here in what seems to be fall (is it a joke?!). As summer gardens are drying up, and some markets are coming to a close, ours was in full swing this
Camera, Cameras Everywhere
It has finally cooled off here this week, as I (Maria Arnot) write from my office at the Diabetes Coalition. I was having a hard time deciding what to write about this week: I worked
