Wild South announces conservation award winners; Earth Fare wins in business category

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Press release here:

Wild South’s Roosevelt-Ashe Society announced today the winners for its annual Roosevelt-Ashe Society Conservation Awards. The awards honor outstanding conservation work in the South and recognize heroes for their contributions to protect the South’s wild places.

“These awards exist for people who believe they can move a mountain,” said Randy Talley, co- owner of The Green Sage Coffeehouse and Cafe. “The award winners are champions for all of

us to believe we can change this world, we can change our destructive behaviors, we can make a difference.”

The Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Winners are:

Outstanding Business in Conservation 

Earth Fare (Roger Derrough, Founder)

  Outstanding Small Business in Conservation 

Higher Ground Roasters (Alex Varner, co-owner- AL) 

Outstanding Volunteer-Advocate in Conservation

Jay Leutze (Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy-NC, TN)

Outstanding Philanthropist in Conservation

Philip Blumenthal (Blumenthal Foundation- NC)

Outstanding Journalist in Conservation

John Wathen (Friends of Hurricane Creek – AL)

Outstanding Educator in Conservation

Hilary Hargrove (Riverdale High School, TN Env. Educ. Assoc. –TN)

Outstanding Youth in Conservation

Cole Rasenberger (Davidson Elementary School –NC)

Outstanding Conservationist

Brad Wyche (Upstate Forever –SC)