Foodways – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Barbara Swell

Barbara Swell credits her grandmother, a West Virginia native, with inspiring her lifelong interest in...

Mike Campbell has long been fascinated with history and older ways of living. A knowledgeable...

Lesa Postell remembers that during her childhood in Jackson County, "Everything was done as a...

Growing up in Haywood County, David Burnette was drawn to the old ways that he...

Appalachian Homestead Farm and Preserve (AAHP) is a nonprofit cultural organization that preserves the 19th-century...

James "Bo" Taylor's programs include Cherokee dancing, powwow dancing, dance songs, and discussion of Cherokee...

Eddie Swimmer is an accomplished dancer, storyteller, and public speaker. His programs include dance, storytelling,...

"My great-great grandma, my great-grandma, and my grandma were all herb women, called 'yarb women'"...

Amy Michels was born and raised in a rural farming community where her interest in...