Generating Happiness and Community through Local Food STORY AND VISUALS BY DELIA PALMISANO Eating fresh healthy foods and knowing the people who grow them go hand-in-hand. Communities around the Winding Road region continue to develop around these principles, with the goal of bringing local, delicious food to the people they serve. Husband and wife team…
HEALING HEART HERBALS
Natural Healing From Your Own Backyard story and visuALS BY DELIA PALMISANO For Cindy Parker holistic health and connecting with the natural world are a way of life. “There’s a whole lifestyle and belief system surrounding herbalism. I really think connecting to nature eases stress and makes people less anxious and that helps them center…
KELLER MARKET HOUSE & LANCASTER FARMERS MARKET
Highlighting Locally Grown Foods and Fostering Community STORY AND VISUALS BY DELIA PALMISANO Food production in Southeast Ohio is experiencing a sort of renaissance of authentic quality, with a new focus on locally sourced, fresh, seasonal options. The Keller Market House, located in historic downtown Lancaster, is a year-round marketplace featuring such food and goods….
Due March 15: 2021 Seed Grant Application
Once again, Ohio’s Winding Road (OWR) has funds available for producers of authentic experiences and products representing these 9 counties of Southeastern Ohio (Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Vinton, Washington). Funds are for the development and/or marketing of authentic experience products. Requests up to $750 will be accepted, however most awards will range…
Marketplace Winter Sale: 20% Off All Items Through January 31!
Now through January 31, we are offering 20% off of our entire inventory of authentic local products from the nine county region of Ohio’s Winding Road. This includes artworks, crafts, food, and wellness items, as well as historical films, books, and music from the region. Each product has been carefully chosen to highlight many of…
Ohio’s Winding Road: Experiences Books
OHIO’S WINDING ROAD EXPERIENCES is an annual publication of selected experiences and stories brought to you by Ohio’s Winding Road, a collaborative network of experience producers, creative persons, organizations, and civic leaders. We are working to create a brand that represents authentic cultural and natural assets in nine Ohio counties in the Muskingum and Hocking…
Marketplace Producer Spotlight: 2nd Ave. Candle Co.!
Amy Blake believes in the connection between scents and memories. Her Athens, Ohio shop, Second Avenue Candle, embodies that belief with a selection of candles inspired by the scents of Southeastern Ohio. She crafts the candles herself, pouring them by hand using soy wax and tarts, and chooses phylate-free oils and cotton core wicks that…
Marketplace Producer Spotlight: Equinox Botanicals!
Equinox Botanicals’ farm is located in “Appalachia’s herb basket,” a part of Southeast Ohio that hosts wild plants that are endangered in other parts of the country. There, Paul Strauss and Lonnie Galt-theis have built their business on a deep relationship with those plants. Every herb they use is grown organically in its natural environment,…