WVa program teaches agricultural skills, food preservation
Associated PressHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the past few weeks, Lacy Davidson Ferguson and Grow Wayne have been teaching 50 families across Cabell and Wayne counties all about growing and preserving their own crops. We want to show them they’re more than capable of providing for themselves and their families.” The organization responsible for the program, Grow Wayne, is one of a half-dozen similar installations across the state of Grow Appalachia, an agriculture-focused program created by the Berea College of Kentucky in 2009. Grow Appalachia’s interest in spreading to Wayne County comes from a desire to promote sustainable food systems and preserve culture in southern West Virginia. The 50 families currently taking part in the program surprised Grow Wayne, which originally expected to barely reach its original goal of 20 families.
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