Written by PHI Executive Director Marc Williams
It is always a pleasure to visit the Appalachian Institute for Mountain Studies. This non-profit headed up by Dr. Jim Veteto is dedicated to preserving the agrobiodiversity of Appalachia and educating the public on various other topics as well.
The orchard on the property features close to 100 varieties of mostly heirloom apples as well as yellow and black heart cherries, blueberries, persimmons and all manner of other fruit. We even harvested apples in June from a variety appropriately called Early Harvest. For those interested Jim also published an article a couple years ago about his research with orchardist perceptions around the effects of climate change (Veteto & Carlson, 2014).
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