This column first appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on July 9, 2022. The seed was planted, so to speak, more than a decade ago. A group of community members came together for a common purpose: address the need for better quality food choices locally (this was just after our city was proclaimed “the unhealthiest city
Celebrating the spring stink By Dawn Nolan, Marketing & Program Coordinator This originally ran in the Charleston Gazette-Mail newspaper on 4/10. You can smell them from a mile away — OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration — but when it’s ramp season in West Virginia, you definitely know. The ramp, a species
WV Farm2Fork: Sue’s Nourishing Herbs Column first appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/wv-farm2fork-sues-nourishing-herbs/article_9076246c-f77d-5930-b92d-a024ec6a380b.html From nettle to goldenseal, blessed thistle to red clover, the forests of West Virginia are rich with native plants and herbs, many of which have been used for their reported health benefits for generations. Sue Hovemeyer, a retiring Hebrew midwife and one
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2022 The Wild Ramp awarded $464,135 capacity building grant from the USDA Huntington, W.Va. — The Wild Ramp, a nonprofit, year-round, indoor farmers market was awarded a $464,135 capacity building grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion
WV Farm2Fork: Saving food at home and through the Harvest Kitchen We are excited to announce that we are back to doing a monthly column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail! Here is the most recent. The summer harvest season is coming to an end, and sought-after items, such as tomatoes, green beans and corn, are slowly being