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2. Appalachian region: a data overview from the 2015-2019 american community survey
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pollard, Kelvin (author), Jacobsen, Linda A. (author), and Population Reference Bureau (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06
- Published:
- United States: Appalachian Regional Commission
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12620
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- Includes a series of charts and tables detailing personal computer and cellular ownership statistics for each county in Appalachia., 26 pgs, The data contained in this Chartbook describe how residents in the Appalachian Region were faring before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. As such, these numbers do not measure the social and economic impact of the outbreak. The Chartbook data do, however, provide a benchmark: As data from the pandemic and post pandemic period are released in the coming years, these figures can serve as a point of comparison that ultimately can enable data users to better measure the pandemic’s effect on Appalachia’s social and economic dynamics.
3. Digital inequality in the appalachian ohio: understanding how demographics, internet access, and skills can shape vital information use (VIU)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, M. Laeeq (author), Welser, Howard T. (author), Cisneros, Claudia (author), and Manatong, Gaone (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-10
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12619
- Journal Title:
- Telematics and Informatics
- Journal Title Details:
- v. 50
- Notes:
- 18 pgs, Access to information and resources via the Internet is an increasingly vital dimension of contemporary life. However, there can be several impediments to optimal Internet utilization in the form of access, skills, and motivation. Even when access is available, several digital inequalities arise as citizens often lack the skills and motivations to pursue those vital uses through the Internet to the best of their advantage. Digital inequalities in the hills of the Appalachian area of Ohio are often manifested in terms of social, cultural and geographic divides. Not only do the hills block wireless signals and make cables expensive to install, but regional poverty also drives away telecom investment. We conducted a survey of Appalachian Ohio to explore digital inequity issues and the determinants of online participation for things that matter. Through a number of analyses, we explore how Internet access and digital skills impact online contribution to the community in terms of services and resources considered to be basic social needs: health, employment, education, and social media. These social needs, what we have called Vital Internet Use (VIU) can determine citizens’ political and civic participation, societal contribution, and overall benefit to their communities. Centered on the concepts of digital access, Internet skills, and benefit outcomes, we extend knowledge in this domain and propose a comprehensive framework of VIU.
4. Down deep in the holler: chasing seeds and stories in southern appalachia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Veteto, James R (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-09-27
- Published:
- United Kingdom: BioMed Central
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12773
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 9 N. 69
- Notes:
- 7pgs, This essay, which is the third in the series “Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and their First Time in the Field”, is a personal reflection by the researcher on his experience and involvement in kinship and friendship networks while conducting agrobiodiversity research in southern Appalachia, USA. Vignettes are given from moving moments spent with Native spiritual leaders, backcountry mountain people, and local co-collaborators in the research process. The author demonstrates how lasting field friendships have helped lead to groundbreaking ethnoecological research.
5. Forest farming: Who wants in
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Trozzo, Katie E. (author), Munsell, John F. (author), Chamberlain, James L. (author), Gold, Michael A. (author), and Niewolny, Kim L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09
- Published:
- England: Society of American Foresters
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12767
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Forestry
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 119, Issue 5, Pages 478 - 492
- Notes:
- 15pgs, ative NTFPs species are found. We surveyed Appalachian family forest owners in 14 Southwest Virginia counties about their interest in forest farming and likelihood of leasing land for this purpose. We also asked about the owner's residency and historical connection to the region as well as contemporary land uses, and identified the following types of uses: Absentee and vacationers, newcomers, longtime farming residents, and longtime nonfarming residents. We mailed 1,040 surveys and 293 were returned (28.9%). Forty-five percent were interested or extremely interested in forest farming and 36% were likely or extremely likely to lease land. Rates of interest in forest farming and leasing were similar across owner types, suggesting broad appeal among family forest owners.
6. Local value chain models of healthy food access: a qualitative study of two approaches
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Krzyzanowski Guerra, Kathleen (author), Hanks, Andrew S. (author), Huser, Susie (author), Redfern, Tom (author), and Garner, Jennifer A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11
- Published:
- Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12766
- Journal Title:
- Nutrients
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 13, Issue 11
- Notes:
- 25pgs, se programs in the peer-reviewed literature, the objectives were to identify factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of these two local value chain models of healthy food access and to identify the perceived impacts from the perspective of the sites implementing them. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with CFS (n = 7) and DS (n = 10) site representatives in January 2020. Template analysis was used to identify themes through a priori and inductive codes. Participants identified two primary facilitators: support from partner organizations and on-site program stewardship. Produce (and program) seasonality and mitigating food waste were the most cited challenges. Despite challenges, both CFS and DS sites perceive the models to be successful efforts for supporting the local economy, achieving organizational missions, and providing consumers with greater access to locally grown produce. These innovative programs demonstrate good feasibility, but long-term sustainability and impacts on other key stakeholders merit further investigation.
7. Moonshine: from no business to big business
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Roysdon, Keith (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-22
- Published:
- United States: Daily Yonder, The
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12821
- Journal Title:
- Daily Yonder, The
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 8pgs, Once illegal but highly sought-after, the hard “likker” of Appalachia is slowly trickling into the wide river of government-sanctioned booze.
8. New towns for the Appalachian regions: "A case study located in Eastern Kentucky
- Collection:
- City Planning and Landscape Architecture (CPLA)
- Contributers:
- Grady Clay (author / Department of Architecture at University of Kentucky - Lexington)
- Format:
- Proposal
- Publication Date:
- 1960-07-01
- Published:
- The Kentucky Research Foundation
- Location:
- City Planning & Landscape Architecture Reference and Resource Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 27; Folder: 52
- CPLA Sub-Collection:
- General Subjects
- Notes:
- Preface and Introduction (Background for Study and Summary) only. Preceded by supporting letters to Charles P. Graves (Head of UK Dept of Architecture) from Bert Thomas Combs (Governor of KY) and John D. Whisman (Executive Director of Eastern Kentucky Regional Develoment Commission)
9. Q&A: organizing for food sovereignty in eastern kentucky
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stern, Rebecca (author)
- Format:
- Online Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-08-12
- Published:
- United States: The Daily Yonder
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12788
- Journal Title:
- The Daily Yonder
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 6pgs, Valerie Horn works with several community action groups in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The state’s recent flooding has made these organizations even more vital to the community.