Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
June 15, 2008
Summary: From her home remedy recipes, Lauren Cooper has developed a catalog of more than 40 preparations that she sells at the Blacksburg Farmers Market and Eats Natural Foods store on South Main Street.
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By Tonia Moxley
Appalachian Voice
August 2002
 
STICKLEYVILLE, Va. — Martin Miles has been farming tobacco in Southwest Virginia since he was 6 years old. At 60, he’s trying something new – organic produce.
 
While tobacco allotments — the amount of tobacco a given farm is allowed to grow — have been steadily declining in Southwest Virginia, the [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
December 03, 2006 
Two years in a row I have cursed the Thanksgiving turkey in the kitchen and served it with big helpings of apology to my guests.
Last year I sliced into a perfectly browned thigh only to find alarmingly pink meat staring back. Poking around, I found the giblets package, steaming [...]

By Tonia Moxley
The Roanoke Times
August 25, 2006
Summary: Businesses will offer prizes to winners of this year’s tomato contest.
BLACKSBURG — Slicing, sauce, salad.
Cherokee purple, red Brandywine, Nebraska wedding.
Tomato sandwiches with mayo and salt and pepper. Tomato tarts with fresh-picked basil and mozzarella on puff pastry. Or just a sliced beauty dusted with salt and eaten al [...]