Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience

I’ve only spent time in Southern Appalachia once, traveling to Floyd in southwestern Virginia for a spring break respite in 2023. Known as a countercultural arts district, Floyd sits on a high moun...

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2026-10-26
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2026.2744504
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Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience

Caddie Alford
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience

Caddie Alford
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I’ve only spent time in Southern Appalachia once, traveling to Floyd in southwestern Virginia for a spring break respite in 2023. Known as a countercultural arts district, Floyd sits on a high moun...

Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
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Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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