Local Food Goes To School In Floyd County

Colleen Redman has posted a piece about the Farm to School program.

“I like to get my hands dirty!” shouted one Floyd Elementary School student who was digging potatoes at last week’s Farm to School harvest. Another student, when asked if he grew potatoes at home answered, “No, but I kinda want to now.”

Those [...]

Slow Road Home

Back when I first started dreaming my “Mountain Dreams” I stumbled across Fred First’s blog Fragments From Floyd at about the time he began talking about publishing his first book. I ordered a pre-publication copy and waited for it to arrive…After reading it I wrote the following on this blog and pushed out to Amazon [...]

Floyd Countians Missing “Nothing to do”?

Doug Thompson asks the question…”What happened to our quiet, peaceful little county?”

Newcomers tell me they came to Floyd County for the peace and quiet. Lifers and long-time residents say our area is known for its laid-back, peaceful lifestyle.

So where’s the quiet? Where’s the laid-back, peaceful lifestyle?

As someone looking for a place to [...]