By Grayson Shelor, AMI 2017-2017 Fellow In troubling times, we return to our roots. For AMI Fellows and Alumni, that often means...

By Georgia Meyer, Community Fellow While the Community Action Year provides ample opportunity to lean into your respective placements, it...

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...

By Grayson Shelor, Education Coordinator, AMI Farm at Augusta Health AMI Fellow 2017-2018 “Ma’am, MA’AM!” The boy is jumping up and down,...

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,...

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...

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...

By Maya Eppelbaum, Phase II Fellow Why did you come to the Allegheny Mountain Institute? This is a question every Fellow has been asked...

By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow On Halloween morning, the Phase I Fellows packed their bags and headed home. The next morning, I...

By Freddy Carruth, Phase I Fellow Early in October, we presented our Capstone projects to the Highland County community. It was great to...

By 2018-2019 Fellowship Cohort In addition to their six months of living and working on the mountain, AMI Fellows have been busy...

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...

By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow Last weekend was the AMI Alumni Weekend, a time when past Fellows are invited back to enjoy some time in...

By Sophia Hutnik, Phase II Fellow Until recently, the VSDB campus was closed for the summer and work at the VSDB Educational Urban Farm...

By Matthew Kitchen, Phase II Fellow Over the span of this summer, I’ve had the incredible experience of working with summer camp kids...

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 Stephen Rodriguez, Phase II Fellow At the top of a steep hill, sits our charming little VSDB greenhouse overlooking the farm like a...

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...