Emily Cataneo is a journalist and fiction writer whose work has been published in Slate, NPR, the Boston Globe, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. This story originally featured on Undark.

A reclaimed coal mine might not be the ideal place to grow vegetables, but the terrain didn’t stop Fritz Boettner from digging in. The director of Sprouting Farms has been working to revitalize the ...

Appalachia is globally recognized as a key supplier of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) with growing demand for its resources. Nearly half of the woodland medicinal species in the global ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — The 2023 Appalachian Farm Expo kicked off Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). Along with farming equipment and live animals, attendees can experience live music, craft ...

Although Michelle Pridgen knew black cohosh was growing on the forested acreage of her Windy Hill Farm in western Virginia, she never considered adding it to the list of crops she harvests—until a ...

ARC awards UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) $1.7 million grant for local food systems and ...

Nearly $500,000 from an initiative of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will fund the start of a project to accelerate Appalachia’s forest farming industry. Virginia Tech will work with ...

GRAY, TN (WJHL) – Do you love crafts, quilts, tractors and antiques? Young and old from all over the region are invited to take part in 24th Annual Appalachian Antique Farm and Tractor Show at the ...

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State University's Kentucky Folk Art Center will present a gallery talk by North Carolina photographer Tim Barnwell at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. Barnwell's current exhibition ...