emily elam

Jun 22, 2023 | athensindependent.com | Wenda Sheard |Fred Kight |Mark Harris |emily elam

Congratulations to Dani Kington for their excellent reporting about Issue 1 on the August 8th ballot. They caught what major Ohio newspapers and attorneys in the Ohio Supreme Court ballot language case missed about the 5% petition signature requirement for future constitutional amendments petitions.

May 10, 2023 | athensindependent.com | Mark Harris |Fred Kight |emily elam |Wenda Sheard

The Forward Party is a new kind of political party. Forward is a wide tent group that is welcoming to people across the political spectrum. We are only intolerant of intolerance. The idea of the movement is to build a new political party from the bottom up, by focusing on party building and down-ballot races. We are going to let most of our policy be candidate-led, although the entire organization is in favor of ranked-choice voting and voting reform in general.

May 10, 2023 | athensindependent.com | emily elam |Fred Kight |Mark Harris |Wenda Sheard

Appalachian Ohio is home to an ever-growing population of citizens pivoting to more sustainable lifestyles. Some might consider Athens County the leader of this change in the region, which is largely due to the very well-developed local food system that it and its surrounding counties have built together. Paul Harper is the owner and operator of Woodland Ridge Farm & Learning Center in Athens.

May 10, 2023 | athensindependent.com | emily elam

The Whole Farm Planning & Mentoring program matches beginning farmers with individual mentors for 10 weeks of guidance in planning their farm busine.