MEDIA / RECOGNITION / PERSPECTIVE

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Selected coverage, institutional recognition and conversations about an agricultural future for Appalachia.

PBS / The Food Principle

The episode Roots Rising visits Jason Tartt in McDowell County and explores his return home, farm work and the possibility of agriculture as a community and economic driver.

Watch Part 4: Roots Rising on PBS.


Invest Appalachia / Leadership spotlight

In its October 21, 2025 profile, Invest Appalachia featured Jason’s work as a farmer, entrepreneur and EDGE co-founder, and his contribution to its Community Advisory Council. The profile also recognized his selection as a West Virginia Conservation Farm of the Year finalist.

Read the leadership spotlight. Recognition is described as reported by the institution; finalist status is not a claim of winning the statewide award.


Invest Appalachia / Community leadership

Invest Appalachia’s November 2022 update named Jason Tartt Sr., owner of T&T Organics and co-founder of EDGE, among its Community Advisory Council members. This dated record documents a role in connecting local experience to regional investment conversations.

Read the November 2022 institutional record.


A conversation from the coalfields

Hear Jason discuss farming in the coalfields and mountain farming in an interview linked from T&T’s original services page.

Listen to the Bumps in the Road conversation.

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