Appalchian Institute for Mountain Studies (AIMS)
The Appalachian Institute for Mountain Studies, Inc. (AIMS) conducts research, education, and application in environmental anthropology, sustainable development, biocultural diversity, permaculture, agroecology, transition culture, and resilience. AIMS is a living laboratory for modeling sustainable human ecosystems and envisions a society where traditional knowledge from mountain cultures is combined with appropriate technology to provide innovative solutions for a transitional world.
Southern Seed Legacy
The Southern Seed Legacy (SSL) strives to reverse the erosion of plant genetic diversity and cultural knowledge in the American South by encouraging and supporting local seed saving exchange networks and in situ conservation. We also house a small seed collection that serves as a backup for crop varieties that are in particular danger of going extinct and a memory bank that documents the cultural history of many southern heirloom varieties.