Strengthening Economic Resilience in Appalachia February 2019 Downstream Strategies, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Dialogue + Design Associates, West Virginia University This study defines and quantifies economic resilience in order to understand the underlying factors that allow communities to buffer economic shocks. Abstract & Report Contents
Agriculture and Food System Trends in the Appalachian Region: 2007-2012 July 2015 Charlie Jackson, Allison Perrett, and Katie Descieux Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) This report examines trends in the 2007 and 2012 Censuses of Agriculture and related socioeconomic databases in order to assess, benchmark, and document food and farm activity and the local food economy in the Appalachian Region. Abstract & Report Contents