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| Example of 'American Exceptionalism' in Southern West Virginia coal country |
| 2021-12-25 |
| [The Hill] Jocelyn Sheppard hasn’t always been a lavender and honey farmer. For more than a decade, she was the founding partner of a consulting firm that did market research, business planning and grant writing for tech startups and nonprofits. But something came up at work that pulled her into a completely different world. "I was hired to write a grant to explore the feasibility of growing lavender on reclaimed coal mine land," Sheppard recalls, "When the grant was winding down, I had the idea that this would be great as a commercial opportunity." This year, Sheppard’s notion became a reality in Boone County, W.Va. Her new company, Appalachian Botanical, is now a 35-acre lavender farm and apiary located in the bowl of an old strip mine. It’s a venture of second chances in more than one way. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 Reclaimed coal land is some of the best looking farm and pasture around here (NE TX.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-12-25 12:33 |