Appalachian Women: Voices from the Mountain South
Today marks the official launch of The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women, our most recent publication. This book…
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Cooking with Fire
This year, Foxfire launched it’s first series of classes on how to cook with a wood-fired stove. These…
Dyed in the Wool: Finding Colors in Nature
With our upcoming Community Dye Days, starting monthly on April 23rd, we’re taking a look at the different…
Dyeing Easter Eggs with Kitchen Scraps (Repost)
Last year, we released a blog post about how to dye Easter eggs with kitchen staples, like ground turmeric. This…
An Appalachian Easter: Recipes for a Spring Gathering
Celebrate spring in the mountains with this Appalachian-inspired Easter menu! Taken from the pages of The Foxfire Book…
Mountain-Style Plumbing: Making Log Water Pipes
Adapted from Foxfire Magazine, Spring 1976 Original article by Bob O’Dwyer. Interviews, photos, and diagrams by Bob O’Dwyer,…
It Still Lives, Season 4 Episode 3: Quilting & Community
April’s podcast episode is continuing the conversation on craft and community. Quilter Zak Foster stopped by the Foxfire…
It Still Lives, Season 4 Episode 2, Part 2: Weaving in the Mountains
We are continuing are exploration of weaving in the southern mountains with this look back at what the…
At the End – You Meet God
Despite traveling across the Southern Appalachian Mountains throughout my childhood, I was not introduced to the Foxfire books…
It Still Lives, Season 4 Episode 2: Craft & Community
Host Kami Ahrens and Foxfire weaver Sharon Grist take a field trip to the John C. Campbell Folk…
It Still Lives, Season 4 Episode 1: A Diary of an Appalachian Garden
“Nature Happens Here”We are kicking off Season 4 of It Still Lives with an interview from with art…
“It Just Come Natural”: C.P. Ligon, Folk Artist
New year, new you! We’ve pulled an article from our archives to encourage you to meet your resolutions,…
