Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative

10/06/2026

Missouri chestnut festival this weekend!

Experience Missouri Agroforestry The Missouri Chestnut Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that brings together farmers, families, food lovers, and commu

10/06/2026

We are so proud to have worked with Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Route 9 Cooperative with funding Rural Action received from the North Central Region SARE to help understand what’s needed to bring acorns to market! Thank you

10/06/2026

It’s here! Our work with Route 9 Cooperative and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is now live!!

Leaves aren’t the only thing dropping this fall. We’re getting into the pumpkin picking, leaf peeping, hay riding spirit with a returning autumnal fave and one seriously seasonal newcomer.

09/26/2026

Attention bakers! Thinking about using local grain but not sure where to start? Chrck out this resource from Artisan Grain Collaborative. Connect with us here for regional networking!
Let’s start a national campaign for starting with as little as 5% local grain in bakery recipes and encourage farmers markets to require 15% local from vendors as they do in NYC!
Dan the Baker

For locavores and health-conscious eaters, local grains are a great source of nutrition, and improves local farm and food business viability while incentivizing crop diversity that promotes water and soil health.

09/01/2026

Join us for a field day at Route 9 Cooperative on Sept 25. Tour the orchards and taste new recipes! Registration required. Tour

Learn about the cultivation and processing of chestnuts and acorns!

08/17/2026

Come learn about acorns, chestnuts and more!! Forest Farming Conference in VA!

The Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition is excited to welcome the community together again to share knowledge and celebrate this fall in Blacksburg, Virginia!​

07/16/2026

Rural Action is sponsoring a field day at Route 9 Cooperative!

Curious about perennial agriculture? Interested in growing and processing nuts? Join this field day to see a chestnut orchard, tour its processing facility, and learn about how Route 9 Cooperative members are making value-added flours from chestnuts and acorns.

You’ll learn about growing. gathering, roasting and processing the nuts. Plus, there will be plenty of samples to try!
Take home gift: All attendees will go home with a single-serving pack of chestnut pancake mix, one of Route 9's most popular products!
Scan the QR in the comments to register or reach out to us by commenting register and we will send you more info!

06/30/2026

Looks like a great ale, made with chestnuts!

Some great news from Chestnut Brae.
We enjoyed our first Chestnut Ale in a long time recently,it was wonderful.You will also be able to taste our Chestnut Ale again from late July

06/30/2026

If you’re an organic grain farmer interested in No-Till, check out this series from Ograin!

In this collection of nine short videos, organic grain growers share how they have incorporated organic no-till into their field operations and researchers d...

04/03/2026

So proud to hear this podcast featuring Route 9 Cooperative, who we partner with to develop processing for chestnuts and acorns.

https://www.capeandislands.org/in-this-place/2026-04-02/lessons-in-nut-processing-from-appalachia

North Central Region SARE Rural Action

Experimenting with acorn flour.