Pawpaws in the News

Not always accurate, but entertaining, check out these stories about pawpaw:

Fans of pawpaws hoping for comeback,  By Judith Weinraub Washington Post, on October 25, 2006 in the Cincinnati Post.

Festival celebrates love for Appalachia, pawpaw products, By Kellie Dawkins on September 18, 2006 in the Athens News.

Pawpaw? by Casey Westlake  The Post Online, Athens, Ohio on September 18, 2006.

There's one flaw in the pawpaw By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY. November 28, 2005. Click on the link to the full story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-11-28-pawpaw-foodies_x.htm

BBC Radio 4 - Factual - Food Programme - 09 January 2005.
Reporter Jean Snedegar travels to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to interview geneticist Neal Peterson about the revival of pawpaw farming in America. She then visits a Pawpaw Workshop at Kentucky State University and speaks to Principal Investigator of Horticulture Kirk Pomper, and President of the Ohio Pawpaw Grower's Association Chris Chmiel. At the annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival, Jean interviews Doug Archbold, Professor of Horticulture at the Kentucky State University and meets various pawpaw enthusiasts.

Oxford American Magazine “Southern Food Issue. The interview was written by Ben Phelan on a Kentucky research lab devoted to pawpaws. See current issue contents at http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/index.htm

Peculiar papaw- Native tree produces sweet and luscious tropical fruit similar to the banana- Daily Record/Sunday News, Sept. 22, 2004

It's time to pick up pawpaws and persimmons-The Courier Journal, Sept. 17, 2004

Priceville man keeps his paws in the pawpaws- The Decatur Daily News. Sept. 2, 2004

Pawpaw: The Midwest banana?  Aug 19, 2004
Pawpaw: The Midwest banana ... The heart of the pawpaw's territory is the Ohio Valley ... - Although the pawpaw is native to the eastern and central United States, it is a surprisingly well-kept secret. (Salem Farm and Dairy, OH)

A passion for pawpaws- Post-Gazette Food Editor, September 18, 2003 

Splendid Table Home Eating Appalachian | Listen,   March 8, 2003
We're eating Appalachian this week with food writers Ted and Matt Lee, two brothers who rented a pickup truck and headed for the back roads of Eastern Kentucky in search of the elusive pawpaw fruit. Along the way, they discovered that good food is more about human ingenuity than rich resources. Read more about their adventure in the article "On the Appalachian Trail" in the March 2002 issue of Food & Wine magazine.