By Chelsey Fisher Nearly 6,000 acres of land in the Appalachian region were purchased or donated for conservation purposes in the same month Environment North Carolina released 10 reasons why the state General Assembly should restore conservation funds in the…
Monthly Archives: June 2013
6,000 Acres of Blue Ridge Preserved
TAGS: Alcoa Inc. Brookfield Renewable Energy Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy Charles Taylor Cherokee National Forest Environment North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park North Carolina Forest Service Preservation Tallassee The Nature Conservancy Transylvania County
Running On Reality: A Conversation with Anthony Flaccavento
This is an abridged version of this interview that published in the print edition of our June/July 2013 issue. You can read the full transcript here. For more than 20 years, Anthony Flaccavento has worked to build bridges between small-scale…
TAGS: Abingdon Organics Anthony Flaccavento Appalachian Sustainable Development Congressional Campaign SCALE Inc.
Garden Advice from the Experts!
As we prepared this agriculture-themed issue of The Appalachian Voice, we couldn’t help but think of how to improve our own green thumbs. We took the following questions to Ruth Gonzalez and Meredith McKissick at the Organic Growers School, a…
TAGS: Aphids Blight Compost Deer Gardening Advice Havahart DeerOff Pesticides Plantskydd Deer Rabit Vole Repellent Slugs
Heirloom Plants Preserve Tradition and Heritage
By Alix John Woody Malot loves talking about heirloom seeds and seed saving. He gives out heirloom seeds to his friends and students, offers advice on how to grow them and emphasizes their stories and heritage. He is currently the…
TAGS: Appalachian Studies Barker's Creek Grist Mill Carol Meeks Dr. Rosann Kent Georgia Heirloom Plants Seed Savers Exchange Seed Saving Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Sow True Seeds University of North Georgia Woody Malot
Making It Last
The Easement’s Role in Protecting Family Acreage By Matt Grimley Once covered by corn, cattle and tobacco, the land surrounding Philip Fortune’s fifth-generation family farm near Asheville, N.C., was subdivided into roadways and developments. Unable to continue operating without difficulty,…
TAGS: agricultural conservation easement Appalachian Farmland Farmland Land Trust for Tennessee Phillip Fortune Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy William Hamilton
Join our Letter to the Editor Campaign
By Jessie Mehrhoff Mountaintop Removal Campaign intern, Summer 2013 Citizens across the United States are submitting letters to the editor to their local newspaper urging their congressional representatives to co-sponsor the Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1837). As constituents, it…
Adapting Farms to Face the Climate Challenge
By Brian Sewell Around the world, farmers are arguably the first to feel the impacts of climate change, and of all the systems put at risk, food may be the most fragile. Some of the largest grain and livestock producing…
TAGS: Climate change Diversity farms price volatility Southeast Climate Consortium U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA
Today’s Farming Frontier
Resilient Growers Adapt to Contemporary Challenges By Molly Moore A summer drive along nearly any Appalachian road reveals scenes of agrarian beauty – cows grazing in the morning mist, hills striped with rows of Christmas trees, and a mix of…
TAGS: beef cattle Christmas trees cooperative extension vegetable specialist crop transition farm-to-school hummus Joe's Trees Kentucky North Carolina State University pumpkins Richmond sweet potatoes Tobacco vegetables Virginia
The Mysterious World of Moss
Story and photos by Molly Moore As part of the first plant family to colonize Earth, the soft beds of mosses that now grace mountain streams and woodlands may have shaped our planet’s history. Primitive mosses, similar to the hundreds…
Two Big Scores for Virginia Greens, but the Game is not Over
Over the course of a week, the state agency that oversees mountaintop removal mining in southwest Virginia denied a massive surface mine proposal in Wise County, and officials reviewing a huge natural gas plant recommended the application be denied because…
