Phase I in Photos
By Grace Grattan They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos from Phase I for the...
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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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- Sep 17, 2018
Unlocking Secrets of the Soil
By Maggie McCormick, Phase I Fellow “Keep soil covered. Minimize soil disturbances. Maximize living roots. Energize with diversity.” These...
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- Sep 13, 2018
Bright Spots
By Audrey Carter, Phase I Fellow If you’ve read the previous blog post, you know that we, the Phase I Fellows, spent a week together...
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- Sep 10, 2018
Fellowship Road Trip
By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow For a full week in August, we came down from the mountain and hit the road, participating in workshops,...
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- Aug 16, 2018
Saving the Seasons
By Nick Hodgson, Phase I Fellow A big part of our experience here at AMI is learning to live closer to the land and to be more in tune...
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- Aug 10, 2018
Preserving the Harvest
By Grace Grattan, Phase I Fellow Over the past couple weeks, we’ve been lucky enough to have our fermentation and canning workshops....
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- Jul 23, 2018
Saving Seeds
By Maggie McCormick, Phase I Fellow Last week, Ira Wallace, co-manager of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, visited the farm to teach us...
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- Jul 11, 2018
More than Meat
By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow When we arrived at AMI, we were told that we would be responsible for raising broiler chickens that we...
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- Jun 19, 2018
Much Love for Mushrooms
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...
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- Jun 6, 2018
To Bee Continued...
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...
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- May 29, 2018
Springing into Spring
By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow After weeks of waiting and watching, it seems that spring has finally come to the mountain! When we...
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- May 16, 2018
Tiny Miracles
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...
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- Feb 6, 2018
Love Letter for the Apple Trees
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow Sometimes if the morning is just right and the clouds are still sleeping, tucked into the inversions...
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- Sep 7, 2017
The Mystery of the Seed
By Matthew Kitchen, Phase I Fellow If you can look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then...
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- Aug 25, 2017
The Can-Can Attitude
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...
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- Aug 21, 2017
Herbalism
By Sophia Hutnik, Phase I Fellow A couple of weeks ago, we had an herbalism workshop with a local herbalist in nearby West Virginia....
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- Aug 15, 2017
Fermentation
By Maya Epelbaum, Phase I Fellow I used to think fermentation meant turning something into alcohol, like wine or beer. Now, after...
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- Jun 2, 2017
All About Fungi, With A Fun Guy
By Pat Banks, Phase I Fellow Mushrooms have always been a somewhat of an anomaly to me. I have bought them from the grocery store, sold...
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- Sep 24, 2016
7th National Small Farmers and Ranchers Conference
By Katie Gilman, Phase II Fellow The AMI Urban Farm Team had the pleasure of attending the 2016 Small Farmers and Ranchers Conference...
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