CSC & Catawba Landcare profiled by the Valley Business Front (Oct. 09)

Posted on Mar 1, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, Press Sustainability in the Country – A merger of the best elements of sustainable land use are combined in Catawba Landcare’s goals article by Becky Hepler Valley Business Front – Oct. 09 Copy of article available for download...
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EarthWorks welcomes Somali Bantu farmers to the valley

Posted on Feb 25, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Press, VT Engagement VT EarthWorks Makes the Dreams of Somali Bantu Farmers a Reality By Lisa Hightower, VT Graduate Student Repost from http://www.outreach.vt.edu/Story.aspx?StoryID=234 “It’s a dream come true,” said Mahammudi Mganga as he discussed working with Virginia Tech’s EarthWorks to farm in Virginia. Mahammudi is part of a Somali Bantu refugee community numbering over 120 members living in Roanoke,...
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Catawba Farmers Market on WDBJ

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Farmers Market, Farming, Press In September 2010, WDBJ Channel 7 in Roanoke did a piece on the Catawba Farmers Market. Watch the video...
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VT Spotlight on VT EarthWorks and Catawba Sustainability Center

Posted on Feb 15, 2011 in Catawba Sustainability Center, EarthWorks, Press In November 2010, Virginia Tech did a Spotlight on Innovation piece on the formation of VT EarthWorks and the Catawba Sustainability Center on the site of the old Catawba Farm.   Read about the Growers Academy, about the work of Christy Gabbard, and about the vision for the project...
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Catawba Sustainability Center in Roanoke Times (11-2008)

Posted on Jan 27, 2011 in Press When Landcare Australia sent John Robinson, an award-winning Landcare facilitator from Victoria, to Virginia in the fall of 2008, little did Catawba Landcare know what valuable insights he would bring. Robinson was very excited about the vision for the Catawba Sustainability Center and contacted the Roanoke Times about doing a front page story. They did!!   Click here to download and read the...
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article on Catawba Valley Farmer’s Market

Posted on Jan 27, 2011 in EarthWorks, Farmers Market, Press The Roanoke Times did a great article announcing the opening of the Catawba Valley Farmer’s Market.  Read the 8/2010 article ...
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