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Showcase West virginia

June 29, 2012 By admin

Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - self, Business Development and Marketing, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, West Virginia

Ruckman Mill Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Rugs and Roots on the Farm Augusta, West Virginia The Ruckman Mill Farm business recipe mixes traditional roots with contemporary times. Blending the historic American craft of rug hooking with wild plant harvesting and flower and herb gardens, this 29 acre farm in Augusta, West Virginia, provides a palette for the husband-wife team of Susan […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Direct Marketing, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Harvesting Nature, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Prairie Grasses & Wildflowers, Sunflowers, Textile Arts, West Virginia

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