1.0Mountain Associationhttps://mtassociation.orgAriel Fugaterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yv2lNCoGfw"><a href="https://mtassociation.org/uncategorized/kentucky-s-agriculture-commissioner-promotes-ag-in-the-mountains/">Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Promotes Ag in the Mountains</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mtassociation.org/uncategorized/kentucky-s-agriculture-commissioner-promotes-ag-in-the-mountains/embed/#?secret=Yv2lNCoGfw" width="600" height="338" title="“Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Promotes Ag in the Mountains” — Mountain Association" data-secret="Yv2lNCoGfw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://mtassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blog_fallback.jpg19001200Mountaintop removal mining has left Appalachia with more than 800 square miles of empty land, much of it too remote and unstable to attract any sort of industry. Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture, James Comer, thinks more of this land should be used for agriculture – in particular, cattle and fruit orchards. A recent article in […]