John Gallaher, Publisher

A Note from the Publisher

Our region has a long and rich agricultural heritage. Anyone who drives our rural roads, visits one of our local farmers markets or attends a county fair can attest to that. Kentucky’s rolling green hills and pastoral countryside are what makes it the prettiest state in the country, in my opinion.

A Note from the Publisher
Carrie Stambaugh, Managing Editor

Carrie's Corner: Home on the Farm

In the last few years, I’ve come to the realization that I’m a “farm girl.” It’s like they say, you can take a person out of a place but you can’t take the place out of the person…

Carrie's Corner: Home on the Farm
Jane Wilt Whitworth

Recipes for Locavores

I love summertime: long days, warm nights, summer break, and the easiest time of year to be a locavore!

Recipes for Locavores
Jane Wilt Whitworth

Squash Salad

6-8 small squash (yellow and zucchini), thinly sliced

Squash Salad
Greek Tzatziki Pasta Salad
Jane Wilt Whitworth

Cheesy Tomato Tart

1 unbaked pie crust, refrigerated or from favorite recipe

Cheesy Tomato Tart
Roasted Beets with Sauteed Greens on Polenta
Oh, Honey! This Pie is Delicious!
Jennifer Fields

Variety - Not Just Veggies - at Boyd Farmers Market

Now more than ever, consumers are choosing to buy fresh produce at the Farmers Market over a trip to the grocery store. Folks are planning family dinners around what they purchase at the farmers market: admiring, smelling and tasting fruits, veggies, bread and pastries.

Variety - Not Just Veggies - at Boyd Farmers Market
Kevin Compton

Keeping it Fresh: Greenup County Farmers Market Thrives

Dawn is breaking on a mid-summer’s morning and the parking lot of the Advance Memorial United Methodist Church in Flatwoods is already abuzz with activity. But it isn’t a Sunday morning and the bold scent of fresh produce mixed with sweet smells of baked good are indicators that the gathered crowd has arrived early for reasons other than pew positioning.

Keeping it Fresh: Greenup County Farmers Market Thrives
Bridges Magazine

Visit Market Square: Ironton's Farmers Market

It’s a Saturday morning and the rush of the workweek is fading away with no alarm clocks and the leisure to start the day off visiting the local farmers market. Visiting a farmers market is like visiting one of America’s great institutions. It is the most wholesome snapshot of a community you’ll ever find. Not to mention eating locally grown food is healthier.

Visit Market Square: Ironton's Farmers Market
Naturally Sweet: Savage Farms
Ashley Gallaher Quinn

DRONE ON!

A View from Above

DRONE ON!
Go Whole Hog at River Meadow Farm
Carrie Stambaugh, Managing Editor

Scratching Out Hunger

Cheddar's in Ashland Launches Donation Program to Benefit Hillcrest-Bruce Mission

Scratching Out Hunger
A Business and a Home: The BlackHorse Farm Committed to Bride, Client, and Horse
Carrie Stambaugh, Managing Editor

Keeping it Local at KDMC

Every Thursday a special dish is served in the King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) Café at its Ashland campus. Although different each week, the dishes all share one important thing: the ingredients are healthy, fresh and sourced from local farmers who participate in the Boyd County Farmers Market at KDMC later that day. The recipe, with its nutritional information, is also posted on its internal blog for team members, should they want to replicate it.

Keeping it Local at KDMC
If it Weren't For Bees Who Knows Where We'd Be?
From Their Farm to Your Fork