Amy Loeffler
4 posts
An Abingdon, Virginia-based Food Truck Reconsiders Appalachian Identity Through an Unlikely Pairing of Culinary Traditions
Whether Katlin and Mohsin Kazmi are in their garden harvesting onions and garlic, or in the kitchen chopping…
February 11, 2020
Cultivating Wine Culture in Virginia’s Last Frontier
Getting to JBR Vineyards in Giles County, Virginia, is a lot like what pioneer wine importer Neal Rosenthal…
December 12, 2018
Turning Tobacco Money into Tech Jobs in Virginia
In journalist Beth Macy’s “Factory Man”, the slow demise of the manufacturing industry is meticulously and beautifully chronicled.…
April 18, 2018
What Virginia’s Path to Decriminalizing Marijuana Could Mean for Appalachia
On the cusp of an election cycle, Virginia’s trajectory toward further decriminalizing cannabis seems imminent. And yet, the…
October 19, 2017