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Aaron Creighton

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Aaron, With a family deeply rooted in publishing and journalism, you could say it runs in his blood. Aaron was the former Managing Editor of the Alpenhorn News, in Crestline, CA and later became owner and Publisher of the same weekly newspaper under the name Alpine Mountaineer. His early career focused on the printing industry, where he advised major newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle and the London Financial Times, on production and artwork. Today, Aaron is CEO of Gavel Media, a nonprofit media company producing media that supports agriculture, local food sources, food accessibility, farmers and farmers markets.

Cut Pawpaw
  • Appalachian Foodways

Reviving the Pawpaw: Appalachia’s Lost Delicacy is Back Now

I smelled them before I saw them. I was shin-deep in a creek, just off the main road, pushing through briars and humidity. I’d studied maps and looked for the right mix of shade and wet soil, bu...

Aaron Creighton
January 28, 2026
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Asheville City Market
  • General

The New Normal: ASAP’s Push for Year-Round Local Food

Ten years ago, the local food calendar in the Appalachian Highlands had a hard stop. Come November, the bright greens and reds of the farmers market changed into gray, and the region’s small pro...

Aaron Creighton
January 23, 2026
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Cattle in shade
  • General

Feast or Famine: The K-Shaped Economy of Farming Now

Why cattle producers are seeing a golden period, while row crop farmers face a perfect storm of low prices and elevated expenses. If you stand at the sale barn in Wytheville on a Thursday, you might t...

Aaron Creighton
January 16, 2026
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Beautiful Barn Scene set between trees on a farm in Tennessee. Closing the Media Gap
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Closing the Media Gap for Farmers of the Highlands

We’re launching a nonprofit newsroom to preserve Appalachian Highlands heritage and support its future. The Appalachian Highlands, spanning Asheville to Wytheville and beyond, are linked by resi...

Aaron Creighton
January 16, 2026
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The Liar's Bench - Preserving Traditional Storytelling
  • Appalachian Storytelling
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Front Porch Tales: The Art of the Liar’s Bench

When the sun finally drops behind the ridge and the last chore is done, life on an Appalachian Highlands farm shifts gears. Today, we might turn on the TV or scroll through our phones. But for generat...

Aaron Creighton
January 2, 2026
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Bonny Blue Mine Tipple
  • Appalachian Storytelling

Hope in the Hollow: A Bonny Blue Christmas Miracle

Life in the Shadow of the Mountain: The Bonny Blue Mine Gather round, friends. Pull up a chair by the fire. I want you to hear a tale about Bonny Blue, back before the asphalt roads and the internet, ...

Aaron Creighton
December 23, 2025
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High Tunnel at Bristol Gardens and Grill
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Winter Harvests: The Magic of Polyethylene

Drive through the back roads of Washington or Smyth County in Winter, and the landscape tells you a clear story: Nothing is happening here. The pastures are brown, the corn stubble is gray, and the so...

Aaron Creighton
December 19, 2025
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Cleaned Parsnips
  • Appalachian Foodways
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How to Cook Perfect Roasted Parsnips

In the Appalachian Highlands, we are conditioned to view the first hard freeze as an ending. It’s the signal to drain the hoses, close up the high tunnels, and say goodbye to the peppers and tom...

Aaron Creighton
December 18, 2025
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Giant Wolf at the Bristol Boo-tique
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Magic on State Street: The Odd and Awseome Boo-tique

Bristol, VA—On a blustery Small Business Saturday, November 29, 2025, I was on State Street covering the annual surge of holiday shoppers. Between the quaint cafes and familiar storefronts, I discover...

Aaron Creighton
December 6, 2025
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King David Apples
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Harvesting History: Heirloom Apples and the Spirit of 1780

ABINGDON, Va. —The rain dampened the ground on November 30, 2025, turning the late autumn sky a bruised shade of gray. It was a cold day in Southwest Virginia—the kind of weather that makes you apprec...

Aaron Creighton
December 3, 2025
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1T50 Drone Spraying
Robots & Drones: The New Tools for Mountain Farmers
January 30, 2026
2Cut Pawpaw
Reviving the Pawpaw: Appalachia’s Lost Delicacy is Back Now
January 28, 2026
3A distant figure in the Ice
The Sounds of an Appalachian Neighborhood on Ice
January 27, 2026

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