Appalachian Sustainable Development
Anthony Flaccavento
PO Box 791
Abingdon, VA 24212
276-623-1121
Fax: 276-623-1353
asd@asdevelop.org
Mission:
Appalachian Sustainable Development is an action-oriented non-profit organization working to build an ecologically sustainable, locally rooted economy in the Appalachian regions of Virginia and Tennessee. We employ a "field-to-table" social enterprise strategy that links farmers, woodland owners, loggers and others directly to buyers and consumers.
Our three main initiatives are:
- Appalachian Harvest which enables former tobacco growers and limited resource farmers to successfully transition to organic farming, linking them to supermarkets and other buyers;
- Sustainable Woods through which hardwood flooring is produced from ecologically managed private forestlands; and
- Learning Landscapes, which builds and utilizes outdoor classrooms, including gardens, ponds and nature trails at elementary and middle schools.
