ASAP Connections

ASAP’s Farm Tour 

June 22-23, 12-5 pm, 19 farms across WNC

Connect with our region’s farms and get a behind-the-scenes look (and taste) of local food and farming in WNC. ASAP’s Farm Tour is a chance to experience how food is grown and raised on Appalachian Grown family farms through guided tours, demonstrations, hands-on activities, and tastings. The tour is a great experience for visitors of all ages! Learn more about the tour, meet the participating farms, and purchase your tour pass today! Volunteers also welcome!

The Market Place Restaurant 40th Anniversary Dinner

June 28, 2019, 6:30-9:30 pm
Gaining Ground Farm

The team at The Market Place, led by chef-owner William Dissen, will celebrate the restaurant’s unique connection with local farms with a special five-course dinner served in the field, cooked over a live wood fire. All proceeds will benefit ASAP, which has been a partner in connecting The Market Place—and many other restaurants—with local food and farms for two decades. Purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.

ASAP’s Local Food Experience

August 15, 2019, 6-8:30 pm
New Belgium Brewing Co.

Treat yourself to a fun and delicious evening celebrating where our food comes from. Proceeds benefit ASAP’s programs to help local farms thrive and build healthy communities through connections to local food. Learn more and purchase tickets today!

ASAP is on the air! Growing Local airs weekly on WNCW on Mondays during Morning Edition at 8:45 am, featuring the local food and farm stories we discover through our Local Food Research Center. Find past broadcasts on our website, SoundCloud, or iTunes. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to see weekly links to new episodes.

2017 UDSA Census of Agriculture: Initial Impressions

The USDA Census of Agriculture, released every five years, is the most comprehensive and consistent source of data available regarding farm businesses, farmland, and farmers, down to the county level, and is a valuable tool for our Local Food Research Center. The 2017 Census was released April 11, and our research team has been hard at work drawing initial impressions from the more than six million data points.

2018 Appalachian Grown Producer Report

This report contains the findings from our annual survey of Appalachian Grown farmers used to assess the impact of the Appalachian Grown program and ASAP’s support

Love local? We know you do. When you support ASAP—with your time or your resources—you help strengthen local food systems across the region and support our ability to share what we’ve learned with other communities across the nation.

For more than 20 years, ASAP has helped local farms thrive, linked farmers to markets and supporters, and built healthy communities through connections to local food.

Make a donation or volunteer today. Thank you from the bottom of our heart!