Reclaim Appalachia

09/02/2018

A Seppi M. USA stone crusher and ripper were rented from Linndale Equipment in July-August 2018 to pioneer a new approach to agricultural reuse of mined lands. By breaking up the rocky ground and grinding the top 10" of rocks into soil, it was demonstrated that reclaimed mountaintops can be made into tillable farm soil. The 15 acres prepped with the equipment will now be used for a variety of research and production plantings. Please contact Nathan Hall at [email protected] for more information

07/23/2018

Come witness a transformation of the Appalachian post-mining landscape! We will have the Seppi Supersoil stone crusher operating on the Mingo County 22 Mine Rd agriculture site for the next few weeks, and you're invited to watch it in action. Check out the flyer, and please contact us directly to schedule a time

04/06/2018

Special thanks to McKay Jenkins for such a well-written and thorough piece in Orion about the work we and others are doing to build a restoration economy in Appalachia. Learn more about the stories of Wilburn Jude, James Russell and others below!

Big Coal stripped the land of life, but people, plants, and bees are reviving it.

01/26/2018

This coming Monday afternoon Jan 29, we'll be taking part in a series of free workshops at the Charleston WV Civic Center about income opportunities on Appalachian mined lands. It'll be a great opportunity to learn about various kinds of agriculture (orchards, livestock, bioenergy, h**p), as well as innovative site prep, building developments, and rare earth processing. We hope to see you there, and click here to register:
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=2142004

12/01/2017

Yesterday was a great moment for the future of agriculture on post mining lands. Reclaim Appalachia, in partnership with Seppi M. USA and Linndale Equipment, demonstrated a Seppi Supersoil stone crusher implement with a Deutz 9340 TTV tractor (330 hp) on a former mountaintop mining site in Mingo County WV. It performed extremely well, converting rocky mine ground into loose fluffy soil that could easily be planted with a variety of cash crops. We hope to see this equipment find a permanent home in southern WV in the near future, and please check out this EKB News piece about the event (thanks Shelby!)
http://ekbtv.com/technology-to-convert-mine-land-to-farm-land-demonstrated-in-mingo-county/

10/16/2017

The WV Good Jobs Conference is a can't-miss event happening in Beckley, WV on Nov. 7 and 8. Our good friends at Strong Mountain Communities have put together an amazing lineup of presenters and opportunities to learn about how to make sustainable economic development a reality in the Appalachian mountains. Check out the full lineup over at http://strongmountaincommunities.org/good-jobs-conference/, hope to see you there!

The WV Good Jobs Conference brings together entrepreneurs, funders, accelerators, local community leaders and government agencies to support entrepreneurs.

10/04/2017

yes! Magazine just posted a really nicely done article highlighting our work to transition mined lands to sustainable agriculture sites. Thanks Cat!
http://issues.yesmagazine.org/issue/just-transition/transition.html

09/04/2017

Thanks to Shelby at EKB TV for visiting our pilot agroforestry site! Here's the second of two segments that look primarily at the livestock side of the project:

09/04/2017

Thanks to Shelby at EKB TV for visiting our agroforestry site! Here's the first of two segments that look primarily at the livestock side of the project:

06/14/2017

Reclaim Appalachia exists to transform the mining-impacted lands of Central Appalachia into vibrant sustainable development sites, including agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, renewable energy, value-added processing, and advanced manufacturing. We are an enterprise within the Coalfield Development Corporation family, and we look forward to partnering with communities throughout the region into the future. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and thanks for giving us a visit!

06/14/2017