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The mission of Grow Appalachia is to address the regional problems of diet-related health concerns, the limited availability of high quality fresh produce, and the generational loss of gardening knowledge. Berea College awards the Scott Christian Care Center a Grow Appalachia grant and it became one of the 15 Appalachian communities selected from across Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

In 2021, Scott Christian Care Center assisted 70 individual gardens and 8 community gardens located at the Justice Center, the Scott County Farmer's Market, Scott High School, LaFollette Housing Authority (Helenwood), Lord's Cafe, and other locations. These gardens dotted the landscape of Scott County with far reaching effects on the community as a whole.

Each year, several families and individuals are selected from Scott and McCreary Counties to participate in the program and are provided with the resources and support to grow their garden. To help families till and prepare gardens for initial spring planting, volunteers use grant funded soil working equipment to accomplish this task. Families and individuals receive hand tools, seeds, plants, organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, canners, and educational materials. Educational programs emphasizing ecosystem friendly, organic, and sustainable techniques are offered to share the most efficient and up-to-date information about gardening, cooking for maximum nutrition, and food preservation techniques. Families and individuals are assisted in marketing their excess produce for supplemental income.

Teaching Organic Gardening in rural Appalachia to keep generation knowledge and tradition of gardening from fading away.  SCCC has one raised bed that also serves as a low-tunnel to expand the growing season to year-round.  The property will also have a large garden, nore raised beds and a future high-tunnel.  COME GROW WITH US!!!

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Local team leaders:

Rhonda West:  Program Director of SCCC

Lisa Cotton:  Director of SCCC

Scott County:

Amber Minor:  UT Agriculture Extension Agent

Sean Tormoehlen:  Ag Agent

Teressa Honeycutt:  Program Assistant at UT TSU Extension Scott County

McCreary County:

Doug Stephens:  McCreary County Judge Exec.

Tracie Goodman:  UK Agriculture Extension Agent

Leah VanMeter:  Program Assistant at UK Extension McCreary County