Appalachian Sustainable Development Welcomes New VISTAs
ASD welcomes four new VISTAs to our Agriculture Education and Groundwork programs! "Volunteers in Service to America" Founded in 1965, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is
Hunger Action Month
September is Hunger Action Month. Hosted by Feeding America, Hunger Action Month is, as the name suggests, a month dedicated to raising awareness about and inspiring action to end hunger
Cover Up! And a wrap-up (sort of)
Howdy Grow Appalachians! Holly, HQ VISTA checking in, and it has suddenly occurred to me that this will be my LAST blog as a VISTA! Wow!!!! I can't believe a
New VISTA Member at HQ
Hello fellow blog readers! I’m Alix Burke, a recent Berea College graduate and the newest AmeriCorps VISTA member serving at the Grow Appalachia Headquarters in Berea. Here's me, graduating
What happens when….
....you take a lot of tomatoes and peppers and onions and garlic and lime juice..... ....add in some folks in trendy hair styles..... ...to do
A picture is worth a thousand words
*Brief disclaimer: I pulled these photos from blogs published in 2014, and, quite frankly, I do not remember which site contributed them. If you recognize one of your photos, please
Introductions/Visiting Chad’s Hope
Well met, fellow Grow Appalachians! My name is Holly Korb and I am the new AmeriCorps VISTA here at Grow Appalachia HQ in Berea. I graduated from Berea College in
We Never Thought We’d Leave Harlan Alive
…but not because of the town itself. It’s quite a nice place. No, Jeffrey Helton and myself (Marcus Plumlee), never thought we’d leave Harlan alive because of the following things:
The Beauty of Inconsistency
“Sometimes people fret, as they work to change the world, that they are hypocrites. They work for local food but sometimes eat canned food. They work to stop climate change
Efficiency, overdrive
Before I happily ramble about our extreme productivity these past few weeks, I would like to point out that in the month of June (so far), GYO participants have harvested
