SustainFloyd to Launch Film Series on Thursday, 9/22
Everyone is invited to view “The Electricity Fairy” at the Floyd Country Store at 7 p.m. Floyd, Virginia – SustainFloyd will present three award-winning documentaries in its 2011 Fall Film Series at the Floyd Country Store. This series, which begins Thursday, September 22nd at 7 p.m. with the screening of “The Electricity Fairy,” will serve as a fund-raiser for SustainFloyd. Tickets will be $5 at the door. Popcorn, soft drinks, home-baked goods and locally roasted Red Rooster coffee will also be...
Read MorePress Release: Childhood Obesity Specialist
Floyd County Groups Win Grant for Childhood Obesity Prevention Specialist / October 18,2010 Floyd, Virginia – The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has granted the Multi-Disciplinary (MD) Team of Floyd County $59,841 to fund the hiring of a childhood obesity prevention specialist. New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS) will oversee the contract. NRVCS, SustainFloyd, Plenty! and the Floyd County Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB) served as the primary partners in writing the grant application. The...
Read MoreThe Argument for Rotational Grazing: Bill McKibben
Shifting from feedlot farming to rotational grazing solves several environmental problems, says Bill McKibben in Orion Magazine. We’re flat out of predators in most parts of the world, and it’s hard to imagine, in the short time that we have to deal with climate change, ending the eating of meat and returning the herds of buffalo and packs of wolves to all the necessary spots. It’s marginally easier to imagine mimicking those systems with cows. The key technology here is the single-strand electric...
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