Jennifer Testerman's daughter learns how to plant seeds through the Grow This: West Virginia Garden Challenge. The WVU Extension program began in 2018 as a way to support low-income residents and encourage healthy eating by providing seeds and gardening instructions in the mail. Since the pandemic it has experienced an explosion in popularity and went from having about 300 participants in 2018 and again in 2019 to nearly 26,000 in 2020. (Submitted photo)
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Grow This: WV Garden Challenge sees immense growth through COVID-19

by Gabriella Brown, The Dominion Post Views: 103
MORGANTOWN—As the Grow This: West Virginia Garden Challenge continues to help West Virginians grow crops, the program likewise continues to grow in popularity. “In 2020, right around

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