Description: We are passionate about regenerating and conserving Appalachia through our commitment to supporting resilient regional production and manufacturing in food, fiber and forest products.
Food, energy, agriculture, climate and community resilience, so establishing the world’s first nature-based accelerator to support these innovators was the natural next step.
Accelerating Appalachia is the first regenerative and just business accelerator program, established in 2013. We connect “basic needs businesses” in food, beverage, clothing, shelter and wellness to regenerative, inclusive business development training, peer businesses, mentors, aligned value supply chains, and investors committed to people, place and prosperity. We attract and scale post-revenue growth-stage businesses and their raw goods producers (farmers) with special consideration for entrepreneurs and
Our businesses support over 1000 jobs in food, forest products, fiber/textiles and wellness/health. Thousands of acres of farm and forests are in sustainable and regenerative cultivation.