The semester ends and so do those hard-earned student projects. But not so for Richard Olson’s SENS 215 course. On the evening of November 14, students of Olson’s Sustainable Appalachian Communities course gathered in the Berea Friend’s Meeting House to showcase their projects and gather further participation. There was an Adopt-a-Potato station, where you could sign up to receive a variety of heirloom potatoes to grow and record useful information about, a beginning seed library for volunteer seed-savers, a skills-share directory and a food swap. A can of my homemade green tomato salsa was traded for a backyard-grown African Butternut squash. There was even a raffle for several different varieties of fruit trees and a backyard composter. Continue reading Students of SENS 215 Foster Visionary Community Projects →