Red Bird Mission Beverly, Kentucky 2010 Since 1921, Red Bird Mission, non-profit, guided by Jesus Christ, creates opportunities for individuals to enrich their lives and positively impact others within the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. Our vision is to build healthy, sustainable communities. Our partnership with

Pine Mountain Settlement School Harlan, Kentucky 2010 Founded in 1913, Pine Mountain Settlement School has served the community by offering experiential place-based education. Agricultural and farm education has traditionally been vital to the programmatic effort of the school, and undoubtedly Grow Appalachia has spurred the

High Rocks Hillsboro, West Virginia 2011 High Rocks runs educational programs focused on critical thinking and leadership.  Our mission is to EDUCATE, EMPOWER and INSPIRE young people in West Virginia. We seek to inspire a culture of learning. Young people in the Ruby Grow Program are social enterprise business partners

Hindman Settlement School Hindman, Kentucky 2012-2022, 2024 The Settlement School’s mission is to provide education and service opportunities for people of the mountains, while keeping them mindful of their heritage. While our mission has remained the same since our founding in 1902, our programs have

Build It Up East Tennessee Johnson City, TN 2014 Build It Up East Tennessee has been working since 2012 to improve the health of the community and economy and preserve East Tennessee’s cultural heritage through the promotion of local, sustainably grown food. Participants receive access

Appalachian Sustainable Development Duffield, Virginia 2012 Since 1995, ASD has been working to grow a stronger Appalachia through agriculture. We do that through five different focus areas: Food Access, Agriculture Education, Workforce Development, Resource Management, and Economic Development. While the footprint of our work started