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The kind of place where someone can still make a difference April 2010 “This is the kind of place where someone can still make a difference.” I recall quite clearly having that recurring...

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App State Scrapes the Plate

Over the 1999 spring semester, students enrolled in a sustainable development curriculum at Appalachian State spearheaded a project to collect food waste from campus food services. A year later, students in an Appropriate Technology curriculum track launched a pilot project, constructing an aerated static pile...
Community Market Grapevine ~ July 8

Our Farmers Market seems to be falling into a steady rhythm of commerce and camaraderie, many Floydians making part of the Saturday ritual. As the cool of the morning gives way to the heat of the day, all stays cool under the shade of...
Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for Sustainable Economies

This seems like a pretty good starting point in facing Floyd County’s future. Do you see “rules” you disagree with or others with which you could both agree and contribute? Wendell Berry is a strong defender of family, rural communities, and traditional family farms. These underlying...

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Our Home: Floyd County, Virginia
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Community Market Grapevine ~ July 8
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- Locavores misguided, critics say – The Denver Post
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- Community Market Grapevine May 27
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- Size Small: Field Hands
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- Plenitude
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- SustainFloyd’s History
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- App State Scrapes the Plate
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- Our Home: Floyd County, Virginia
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- Community Market Grapevine ~ July 8
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- Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for Sustainable Economies
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- Locavores misguided, critics say – The Denver Post
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- Community Market Grapevine May 27
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- How to Contribute
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- RecycleBill
  Locavores misguided, critics say – The Denver Post
- Laura Pynn
  Size Small: Field Hands
- Laura Pynn
  The Future of Farm to School in Floyd
- Deanna Spraker
  We Vote With Our Forks
- starwomanspirit
  The Argument for Rotational Grazing: Bill McKibben
- Rick Brown
  The Argument for Rotational Grazing: Bill McKibben
- Farm to Schools Project
  The Future of Farm to School in Floyd
- John Day
  Colored Glass: Recycled, But *Not Yet in Floyd
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At A Glance

See a gallery of images from the SustainFloyd Open House at the Floyd Country Store, June 12, 2010. More than 100 attended, and it was a high-energy evening. Thanks to all local vendors who contributed their products and help and to all who came out to share the evening and conversation.
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