{"id":27624,"date":"2024-12-17T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27624"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:08:31","slug":"marshall-sociology-students-complete-community-garden-project-in-war-w-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/marshall-sociology-students-complete-community-garden-project-in-war-w-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall sociology students complete community garden project in War, W.Va."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Students in Marshall University\u2019s Department of Anthropology and Sociology recently finished a semester-long community garden project in War, West Virginia, and presented their work to members of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in Washington. The project was funded through a grant as part of the ARC Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative program, which encourages groups to address a community-defined need in an at-risk or distressed county in Appalachia.<\/p>\n<p>Both undergraduate and graduate students in Dr. Kristi McLeod\u2019s Self and Society class visited the town of War three times over the past semester for the &#8220;Harvesting Heritage: Community Garden of War&#8221; project. They helped build a potting shed, did some research asking community members about barriers to their participation, and on their final trip, engaged with members of the community, making apple butter and presenting their findings, marketing materials, and recommendations to the garden folks to assist them next year.<\/p>\n<p>For the community, the garden serves as a common gathering space that strengthens community bonds, which is important for mental health, as well as providing a source of healthy foods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community members were not only beneficiaries of the project but were also mentors by sharing their community history and traditions with Marshall students and raising awareness of the strength and resilience of rural Appalachian communities,\u201d said McLeod, chair and professor of sociology.<\/p>\n<p>For the students, the project also provided benefits such as hands-on experience in community development, fostering a sense of social responsibility and equipping them with practical skills that they can apply in their future careers, she said. They also gained a deeper understanding of Appalachian culture, as well as the challenges and strengths of rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to be able to apply some of my basic technical skills for a good purpose \u2014 very rewarding,\u201d said student Keenan Janicker.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Marshall\u2019s sociology and anthropology program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/dosa\">www.marshall.edu\/dosa<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Marshall University\u2019s Department of Anthropology and Sociology recently finished a semester-long community garden project in War, West Virginia, and presented their work to members of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in Washington. The project was funded through a grant as part of the ARC Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative program, which encourages groups to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cola","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27627,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27624\/revisions\/27627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}