Sustainable Food Week kicks off with National Food Day October 24
Oct 14, 2016
Appalachian State University, in partnership with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, will present Sustainable Food Week Oct. 24-29. The campus community...
Todd Rudicill hired as resident assistant manager at Blackburn-Vannoy Farm
Jun 8, 2016
The Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development in the College of Fine and Applied Arts has named Todd Rudicill as resident assistant farm ...
Dr. Richard D. Rheingans named chair of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State
May 19, 2016
Dr. Richard D. Rheingans will chair the Appalachian State University Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development beginning July 2016. Rhein...
Debate team pair wins at nationals [The Appalachian]
Apr 11, 2016
Kyle Scruggs, a senior communications studies major and Hannah Fry, a senior sustainable development major, won first place in the novice division at ...
Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development to co-host 2016 Global Opportunities Conference
Apr 7, 2016
Appalachian State University’s 2016 Global Opportunities Conference, Problems to Possibilities, will be held on Friday, April 8, beginning at 9 a.m....
Successful Food Summit held by Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development [The Appalachian]
Apr 5, 2016
The 2016 Food Summit, Seeding Community Resilience, was held on April 2 with the goal of inspiring people to learn and take action in the local f...
New book by Dr. Jennifer Westerman explores environmental justice issues
Mar 23, 2016
Dr. Jennifer Westerman has published “Working on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice” with Dr. Christina Roberts of the University of Nevada-Re...
Appalachian State to host Food Summit on April 2
Mar 16, 2016
Boone—Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are invited to discuss ways to build a more resilient and just local food system at the ...
Environmental writer Jimmy Guignard holds reading and book signing Nov. 19 at Appalachian
Nov 10, 2015
BOONE—On Nov. 19, environmental writer Jimmy Guignard will read from “Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living about the Marcell...
Professor joins project to help veterans become farmers
Nov 9, 2015
BOONE—Helping former soldiers transition to farming to help meet the nation's food system needs is a goal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and...