Agritourism Grows in Appalachia

By AV's Intern Team | June 19, 2013 |

By Brian Sewell Think of it as an extended growing season, where the opportunities arising from a region’s agricultural wisdom and the influx of tourists and conscious consumers are ripe for the picking. By marketing experience and education, not just products, Appalachian farms of every kind are going beyond the friendly transactions at the farmers…

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Following the Patchwork Path

By Brian Sewell | December 21, 2011 |

Quilt Trails Drive Rural Economic Revival By Dana Kuhnline Barn quilts, a relatively new art form that draws on rich rural craft traditions of the past, are helping communities answer an important economic question. “How do we get travelers off the four-lane highways and into communities where they might never go otherwise? How do we…

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