Gwen Clark

Barbara Kingsolver takes a look at locavores.

Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle”

To say that reading this book raised my consciousness would be a misstatement because I was introduced to issues I didn’t even have a consciousness about.
Chestnut Burrs. The trees bore marketable nuts after seven years.

The American Chestnut: Is There Hope?

Shifting tectonic plates aren’t the only stirrings around us. Along with the reshaping of global alliances, geographic boundaries, and international currencies, the forest profiles that dominate our very horizons are in flux, as well.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

CALENDAR OF EVENTS