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 ...

Farms across Northeast Tennessee opened their gates this past weekend. News 5's Samantha Allen takes us on the Appalachian Farm Tour, where families got a firsthand look at where their food and fiber ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On an abandoned mountaintop mine in Kentucky, Jonathan Webb sees the future of Appalachia, and it tastes like tomatoes. Webb is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Blackberry Farm, Appalachian ingredients take center stage in a refined, plant-forward menu. When it comes to dining at luxury resorts, menu ingredients meant to signal occasion tend to be imported ...