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Why Now Matters: Western North Carolina has always lived close to its water. Storms like Hurricane Helene reminded us how quickly that relationship can turn — leaving eroding banks, damaged buffers, and overwhelmed watersheds across the region. The Shade Your Stream Symposium was built for this moment. Whether you’re dealing with active erosion or just
Your kitchen windowsill has been waiting for this. Cooking with Herbs is a hands-on class built around one simple idea: the best flavors start before you ever turn on the stove. You will plant your own four-herb kitchen garden, learn what each herb does in the kitchen, and leave with recipes to put them to
Join us at Root Cause Farm for a joyful evening of community, music, food, fun, and summertime magic on the farm. 📍 Root Cause Farm 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fairview, NC 📅 Friday, June 26 (Rain date: June 27) 🕔 5:00–8:00 PM 🎟 FREE family-friendly community gathering Enjoy: 🎶 Live music 🍺 Local beer 🍦
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
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
Join us for three days of learning and community. Topics include: Foraging and wild foods, permaculture, natural health practices, sustainable living, and open space. Open to all with all levels of interest or skills around permaculture. Taking a day or three off mid summer is so rewarding, especially at this sweet 30+ year tradition of
WNC Food Coalition presents Picklepalooza 2026! A pun-filled, fun-filled event featuring a pickleball tournament, quick pickling and activities for the kids, and opportunities to learn more about fermentation and how to make your abundant garden and CSA produce last well into winter! 🥒 Pickleball Tournament - 16 total teams of 2 players each can enter
Who: Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition What: 2026 Forest Farming Conference Gather to Grow: Rooted in and Branching Out Where: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center Blacksburg, VA, USA When: October 23-25, 2026 The 2nd Gather to Grow multi day Forest Farming conference will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia from October 23-25, 2026