Notes on Stages and Soil
By Grant Higginbotham, Community Fellow As a reformed theater kid, I find the golden rules of improv and scripted acting showing up in my...
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- Dec 7, 2020
Community Action Year Survival Guide: Pandemic Edition
By Georgia Meyer, Community Fellow While the Community Action Year provides ample opportunity to lean into your respective placements, it...
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- Jul 1, 2020
Farm Life in Haiku
By Kaila Topping, Phase II Fellow Daily life on the farm at Augusta Health is hard to describe all at once. It is fun, hard, and always...
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- Jun 4, 2020
Pieces of Home
By Lola Dalrymple, Phase II Fellow Since I arrived in Highland County last May, whenever I tell local residents I am from New York City I...
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- May 13, 2020
It’s Not Always “Pinterest Perfect,” But That’s OK!
By Naomi Desilets, Phase II Fellow Studies show children must have 10-15 interactions with a new food before the child begins to prefer a...
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- Apr 16, 2019
Helping Hands
By Ariel Duran, Phase II Fellow I believe food is best shared. Whether it’s the last slice or the first batch of something special,...
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- Mar 28, 2019
Vacation: All I Ever Wanted
By Grace Grattan, Phase II Fellow Farming is hard work. Even in the cold early spring when the long, hot days of summer are still far...
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- Mar 21, 2019
Living in Staunton
By Freddy Carruth, Phase II Fellow So far, my time in Staunton has been split between work at my Phase II partner organization, Project...
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- Mar 5, 2019
A Shift
By Audrey Carter, Phase II Fellow Entering into the ninth week at Project GROWS, a sense of normalcy and familiarity is slowly washing...
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- Feb 28, 2019
From Virginia to Guatemala
By Katie Gilman, AMI 2015-2016 Fellow I was drawn to the AMI Fellowship in 2014 when I returned home to Virginia after spending 8...
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- Feb 18, 2019
Transitions
By Nick Hodgson, Phase II Fellow Transitions can be hard. For many, they are often met with lots of apprehension and anxiety over the...
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- Feb 7, 2019
In Anticipation of Spring
By Julia Loman, Phase II Fellow Winter is a special time for farmers. With garden beds resting neatly under blankets of hay and the...
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- Jan 18, 2019
Sustainable Communities
By Ariel Duran, Phase II Fellow At the end of Phase I, I felt a mixture of emotions as I prepared to return home for the two-month break...
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- Dec 20, 2018
The Hard Days (and why they were the best)
By Pat Banks, AMI Phase II Fellow I suppose every day can feel difficult when farming. I can’t recall a time this summer when everything...
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- Nov 15, 2018
One Tomato at a Time
By Maya Eppelbaum, Phase II Fellow Why did you come to the Allegheny Mountain Institute? This is a question every Fellow has been asked...
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- Nov 5, 2018
Seasons of Change
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow On Halloween morning, the Phase I Fellows packed their bags and headed home. The next morning, I...
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- Oct 25, 2018
From Seeds to Service
By Grayson Shelor, AMI Phase II Fellow On a rainy night in October, AMI welcomed its very first college service group into our community....
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- Sep 20, 2018
Seeing Things Through
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow This time last year, fall had just arrived hot off the heels of a whirlwind summer, and we were a few...
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- Aug 27, 2018
Back to School
By Sophia Hutnik, Phase II Fellow Until recently, the VSDB campus was closed for the summer and work at the VSDB Educational Urban Farm...
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- Jul 31, 2018
Kids are Like Plants
By Matthew Kitchen, Phase II Fellow Over the span of this summer, I’ve had the incredible experience of working with summer camp kids...
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