Dec 23, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs, Retail
As the recipient of the 2020 Randolph County Business of the Year Award, Stephanie Bender knows a little something about bees. She is the owner and operator of S&T’s Bees, located in downtown Elkins, West Virginia, and is mainly responsible for the company’s...
Dec 2, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Nestled on 50 acres of land in French Creek is a Christmas tree farm. Owned by Ron and Matilda Fowler, French Creek Christmas Trees has been steadily growing, like their trees, for over 30 years. “We’re just a hilly, West Virginia farm,” said Mr. Fowler. The...
Sep 30, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Matthew Byrd, a native of West Virginia, has always held a fascination with wildlife, the outdoors and his home state. A graduate of WVU with a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resource Management, Byrd now operates 15 beehives throughout Ritchie County. Byrd’s...
Sep 23, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Evans Knob Farm is owned and operated by Kathy and Reid Evans, fourth-generation farmers of the Evans’ family farm, who took ownership of the property in 1994. After employment cuts made by IBM in 2002, Reid was let go by the company. It was then that Kathy...
Sep 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Remember that old song Home, Home On The Range? Now, you, and Neil Young, can visit a home where the buffalo roam right here in West Virginia. Liz Riffle, owner of Riffle Farms: American Bison, located in Preston County, began her foray into bison cattle farming...
Mar 18, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink
Recent Positively West Virginia guest Jocelyn Sheppard founded and owns Appalachian Botanical Co., a lavender farm in Boone County, West Virginia. Jocelyn has a background in several different industries, including libraries and nonprofits. Although, she never...
