Place-based Foods of Appalachia

[Tanuki]

http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/SARE-Project-Products/Southern-SARE-Project-Products/Place-Based-Foods-of-Appalachia
"The first-ever report of the status of 1,412 place-based heirloom foods in central and southern Appalachia. The publication lists varieties of fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables, and grains, and records whether they are extinct, endangered, threatened or common. In addition, the publication contains essays on various Appalachia heirloom foods and the folk and Eastern Cherokee cultures that are so deeply tied to them."
Free download at the link
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("Project products are developed as part of SARE grants. They are made available with support from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA).&quot

[appalachiablue]

1. Fantastic, love it. Great to see these original plants and foods preserved. Thanks for the post.

My grandmother in so. Ohio had a wonderful farm with all good fruits & vegetables- peaches, apples, plums, cukes, tomatoes that she and her daughters would prepare or can for later. My Mom helped with this while Dad was in Germany during WWII.

[A Little Weird]

2. Very interesting

I don't have a knack for growing things unfortunately but I am kind of fascinated by the variety of heirloom vegetables. I always look for unusual ones at the farmer's market.

Thanks so much for posting this!

[greatlaurel]

3. The Appalachian region has some of the greatest plant diversity in the world.

That is one of many reasons why the mountaintop removal is such an ecological and economic disaster.

Great find and post.

Here is a link to another good organization, United Plant Savers.

http://unitedplantsavers.org/