Meet the Team Changing the Face of Farming in Appalachia
The Building Soil, Building Equity program has the ambitious goal of expanding regenerative conservation agriculture across eight states, training over 400 farmers within five years.
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Catch up with the latest news and announcements from Accelerating Appalachia.
Accelerating Appalachia Launches Building Soil, Building Equity
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Building Soil, Building Resilience program (BSBR), our initiative to expand the use of regenerative conservation agriculture across eight states.
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Accelerating Appalachia Awarded $20 Million to Incentivize Regenerative Conservation Practices
We’re honored to partner with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, who will provide farmers with regenerative conservation agriculture training.
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Connect with us about our 2022 programs!
The Accelerating Appalachia program brings together mentors, peers, thought leaders and nature-based businesses over 8 weeks in the of 2022.
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The Spoon features Accelerating Appalachia as a Food Tech Accelerator
Notable magazine The Spoon features Accelerating Appalachia as a Food Tech Accelerator.
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Announcing Accelerating Appalachia’s 2019 Businesses
We are honored to announce the Nature-Based Businesses selected for Accelerating Appalachia 2019! These businesses are supporting a regenerative economy built on the values of soil and soul.
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Building Soil and Soul makes it all the way to the Knoxville Daily Sun
The Knoxville Daily Sun covered Accelerating Appalachia’s program Building Soil and Soul, speaking on what it entails in its most recent digital issue.
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Eat Your Values at The Greene Space w WNYC
Sara Day Evans, founding director of Accelerating Appalachia, participates in the Eat Your Values event by WNYC’s Shumita Basu.
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Event! Eat Your Values at The Greene Space w WNYC
In this special partnership with Echoing Green, you’ll discover how you can harness your day-to-day choices to create a collective transformation.
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Field Guide for Investing in a Regenerative Economy by Capital Institute
Capital Institute presents the Field Guide to a Regenerative Economy, an ecosystem of narratives that brings to life a vision of the regenerative economy.
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Accelerating Appalachia founding director chosen for Echoing Green Fellowship
Of thousands of applicants, our own Sara Day Evans was selected for the Echoing Green fellowship!
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Making America Regenerative Again
Accelerating Appalachia founder Sara Day Evans was interviewed by Erin Axelrod for The Lift Economy Podcast in an episode fittingly titled “Making America Regenerative Again.”
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Touring Appalachia with Lush Cosmetics
Lush Cosmetics North America, the globe’s most ethically sourced cosmetics company has just announced support for our new regenerative business curriculum “Building Soil and Soul”!
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Our first business endorsement as a Kiva trustee was…
…Fully funded in record time: 6 days! Floyd’s Farm & Home received a $10,000, 0% Kiva loan.
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Sara Day Evans featured in the Next Economy Now Podcast by Lift Economy
In its most recent issue of the Next Economy Now Podcast, Lift Economy highlighted Sara Day Evans, Founding Director for Accelerating Appalachia.
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Edible Louisville explores Accelerating Appalachia’s remarkable work
Edible Louisville explores Accelerating Appalachia’s work to promote connectivity in food systems and the promotion of regenerative agriculture.
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Announcing Accelerating Appalachia’s 2016 Businesses
These nature-based businesses are about to begin an intensive journey to learn, collaborate and accelerate to expand their customer base, supply chains, peer and mentor network and investment opportunities.
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Sara Day Evans interview for the Lexington Herald Leader
Tom Martin’s Lexington Herald Leader interviews Sara Day Evans, the founding director of Accelerating Appalachia.
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Listen to our Accelerating Appalachia For Sustainable Businesses interview
Listen to Accelerating Appalachia For Sustainable Businesses, an interview hosted by our friends at WWMT and Appalshop.
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The Lexington Herald Leader covers Accelerating Appalachia’s hard work
Bill Estep’s Lexington Herald Leader covers Accelerating Appalachia’s work in empowering nature-based businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Storm Cloud Media highlights Accelerating Appalachia and Participant Businesses
Storm Cloud Media spent some time with us in Appalachia. Watch our featured video to learn more about the heart of Accelerating Appalachia.
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First Annual HempX Asheville
We are excited to partner on HempX Asheville, the first festival in North Carolina with a focus on educating the public on the multiple uses and diversity of products that come from industrial hemp.
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2015 Pitch Party with Judy Wicks
The 2015 Accelerating Appalachia nature-based businesses will be presenting at the Pitch Party in Asheville on May 14th.
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Our 2015 Participants!
We are proud of this incredible group of graduates in food, farming, eco-services, seeds, botanical essences, natural building and games!
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Capital Institute’s Work on Regenerative Capitalism includes Accelerating Appalachia
In 2014 the Capital Institute published its Field Guide for a Regenerative Economy and featured Accelerating Appalachia as a leader in the field of nature-based business support.
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BALLE Video features Accelerating Appalachia
Accelerating Appalachia is honored to be featured in a new organizational trailer by the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).
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“Beyond capitalism and socialism: could a new economic approach save the planet?” by The Guardian
The Guardian speaks on how a holistic approach to the economy is necessary to avoid social, environmental and economic collapse, according to a new report by the Capital Institute.
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People, Place & Prosperity & the three-legged stool that supports us: Private Sector, Public Policy and Personal Transformation
This triple bottom line of “people, place, prosperity” can only move forward if we engage in solutions and support for good businesses in the private sector.
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The Citizen Times covers Accelerating Appalachia’s 2015 selects for its program
The Citizen Times wrote an article on Accelerating Appalachia’s 12 selects for the 2015 business incubator program.
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The 14 Best Startup Cities in America according to Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics features Accelerating Appalachia’s incubator as a helping hand to green startups creating better cities.
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