of-its-kind impact fund that gives a financial boost to nonprofits serving the area. The organization also invests directly in communities through real estate acquisition and development to improve dilapidated small town downtowns.
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Smith also worked with three other organizers to found the annual Appalachian Food Summit in 2013, which focuses on sustainable agriculture and regional food systems. "I think that sustainable agriculture and local food businesses are incredibly important to creating a sense of place, supporting healthy communities with good food access, and can be a real economic driver in Kentucky," Smith told Stamps. "It’s community and culture that holds us together and sustains us during difficult times . . . And it’s our unique natural and cultural assets that are creating an exciting and bright future in the mountains."
The Corbin native has family stretching back seven generations in Whitley County. She studied anthropology at New York University and folklore and documentaries as a grad student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but came back home, saying she "could never stay away too long from Kentucky and the mountains." She, her husband and their two children live on a 120-acre organic farm in Jackson County.
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