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‘Farm to Food Pantry Project’ moves food from farmers to pantries
By Keri Johnson, AmeriCorps VISTA
Thanks to funding from Feeding America and a partnership with Hocking Athens Perry Community Action, more than $200,000 worth of fresh, ... Read More
Sustainable Agriculture Director helps implement project in Tanzania alongside ECOWICE
By Molly Sowash, Sustainable Agriculture director
For many years, Rural Action has participated in the U.S. Department of State’s Community Solutions Program, which supports young professionals ... Read More
Southwest Borderlands
by Eleanor Reagan
The Southwest of the United States is a land of unparalleled beauty and diversity, and at the very core of its identity lies ... Read More
Cultivating Tradition, Empowering Indigenous Agriculture
by Eleanor Reagan
The San Xavier Farm Coop, located outside Tuscon, Arizona, is establishing a grain mill to further strengthen their commitment to revitalize the ... Read More
Reflections on Tucson: A City of Gastronomy
by Jessy Swisher
In May, 2022, I visited several iconic sites that are part of the heritage grain revolution in Tucson, Arizona, a UNESCO designated “Read More
Making quality food accessible in Appalachia
For the fourth year in a row, Rural Action helped provide thousands of produce prescriptions to Mid-Ohio Valley families to make healthy food — and ... Read More
From Africa to Appalachia
Local problems require global solutions. Nobody realizes this better than Darlington Mafa, of Zimbabwe, and Felician Ezekiel, of Tanzania, whom Rural Action hosted as Community ... Read More
The Local Butcher opens in Athens County
Chase Meeks, meat processing team leader at The Local Butcher, opened a tall metal door to display a room full of beef and pork carcasses ... Read More
USDA funding will support Appalachian farms and food businesses
The Plains, Ohio- Funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) of over $40 million will allow the Central Appalachia Network and partners throughout ... Read More
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