People from throughout the region and the state came together at the Jenny Wiley State Park in Floyd County, KY for a day of workshops on sustainable mountain agriculture, renewable energy and energy efficiency for the central Appalachian coalfields. The event was titled Growing Appalachia: Moving Forward in the Mountains, and was sponsored by the Floyd County chapter of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. In this piece we hear from Will Bolin, Debra Hill, Martin Richards, Truman Hurt and Randall Phleger, all of whom presented or participated in the event.