Community Events Calendar

ASAP offers a free calendar for community members to post local food and farm events. These events are user-submitted and event details should be confirmed with the host.

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Aromatherapy Unlocked: What Essential Oils Can Do

Winding Stair Farm 57 Saunders Rd., Franklin

Long before modern medicine had a name for it, people were using plant oils to calm frantic minds, loosen grief from the body, and coax themselves toward sleep. Turns out, they were onto something real. Essential oils interact with your nervous system in ways that are measurable, repeatable, and genuinely useful for daily life. This

Mushroom Growing for Beginners on the Farm!

The Forest Farmacy 24 Davis Lane, Marshall

Hey Folks! If you’ve been curious about growing mushrooms but aren’t sure where to start, this is the one-day workshop for you. You'll learn core low-tech, outdoor mushroom cultivation methods that we teach in our 3-month online beginners course—distilled into a practical, accessible day on the farm. You will learn: * How mushrooms grow and

Create Your Own Herbal Salve

Winding Stair Farm 57 Saunders Rd., Franklin

There is something satisfying about making your own medicine. This hands-on workshop with local farmer and forager Tolvin Stiles walks you through the entire process, from identifying wild medicinal plants in the North Carolina mountains to pouring your finished salve into a jar you take home. You will learn basic foraging techniques, extract plant properties