# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=3rCxAdRo-h4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73227526-businessinsider-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2a522adf50.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-18T22:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

A lavender farm in West Virginia is restoring land destroyed by coal mining and providing jobs in a state struggling as the fossil fuel energy is on its way out. There are over 6 million acres of abandoned coal mines across the US, and more could go to waste if coal companies don’t restore their land. Learn more about Appalachian Botanical Company at: https://appalachianbotanical.com/

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How Ex-Miners Turn Toxic Land into Lavender Farms | World Wide Waste

## Stats

- **Views:** 2,644,257
- **Likes:** 65,238
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- **Comments:** 2,114

## Tags

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