By Grace Grattan, Phase I Fellow It’s officially summer! Even though the temperatures on the mountain are far cooler than any summer...

By Mary Ellen Garner, Phase II Fellow Two questions that I frequently get asked in and around town are, “How do you like living in...

By Audrey Carter, Phase I Fellow Coming atcha live from week nine! It has been a wild, wonderful, and exhausting few days. It’s all...

By Nick Hodgson, Phase I Fellow One of the things that I looked forward to the most when coming to AMI was the weekly workshops. I was...

By Freddy Carruth, Phase I Fellow We are into our seventh week on “the mountain,” learning, working, and living together. Our schedules...

By Bonnie Meyer, Phase I Fellow As we plunge head-on into the long-awaited spring, the full fledging buzz has finally arrived on the...

By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow After weeks of waiting and watching, it seems that spring has finally come to the mountain! When we...

By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow Still in the early days of Phase I of the Fellowship Program, I’ve already enjoyed so many great...

By Maggie McCormick, Phase I Fellow We just finished our second week at AMI, are adjusting to our new surroundings, and are beginning to...

By Sophia Hutnik, Phase II Fellow This past week, it went from winter to summer and then back to winter in the blink of an eye. At...

By Mary-Ellen Garner, Phase II Fellow Much of our agricultural system is extractive. We take from the earth its nutrients. We take from...

By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow Sometimes if the morning is just right and the clouds are still sleeping, tucked into the inversions...

By Grayson Shelor, Phase I Fellow In every battle between woman and weed, there comes a point when the balance shifts. Leaning back on...

By Matthew Kitchen, Phase I Fellow How do you prepare for the next season? In transition there’s so much to reason: What do I finish and...

By Sophia Hutnik, Phase I Fellow Some of the most soothing and educational experiences that I’ve had throughout the Fellowship have...

By Elora Overbey, Phase I Fellow If I looked to identify a theme from this whole six-month experience, it would be the act of coming...

By Pat Banks, Phase I Fellow Without a doubt, music has been the biggest influence on my life. It’s something that always has been and...

By Elora Overbey, Phase I Fellow The hardest part about falling in love with a mountain is figuring out how to take it with you. I once...

By Mary-Ellen Garner, Phase I Fellow The roots of our food culture are deeply connected to preservation. In a not so distant past, we...

By Sophia Hutnik, Phase I Fellow A couple of weeks ago, we had an herbalism workshop with a local herbalist in nearby West Virginia....