NC Queer Farmer Convergence
2026-05-22 16:00 - 2026-05-24 14:00 (America/New_York) | NC
NC Queer Farmers Network will host the first ever NC Queer Farmer Convergence Friday, May 22 through Sunday, May 24 at Soul Sanctuary in Durham. The event will create spaces for queer and trans farmers, land stewards, and food justice workers to find community, solidarity, and networking in North Carolina. Guests will have opportunities to participate in community-building, skill shares, seed exchanges, shared meals, and more. Current, aspiring, and past farmers, gardeners, growers, landscapers, arborists, foresters, conservationists, land stewards, and food justice, security and sovereignty workers from across the Southeast are encouraged to attend.

Shade Your Stream Symposium
2026-06-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Winding Stair Farm, 57 Saunders Rd., Franklin, NC, 28734, United States
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 want to do right by the creek on your property, the knowledge and the experts are here — and it won’t cost you a thing.

2026 Gather to Grow Forest Farming Conference
2026-10-23 12:00 - 2026-10-25 12:00 | The Inn at Virginia Tech, 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, United States
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 and feature learning and networking with the community at the heartwood of forest farming of botanicals, mushrooms, syrups, and decorative products in Appalachia and beyond.
The October conference will be held at the Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, and will feature keynote speakers, learning, networking, and growing with the community surrounding forest farming of botanicals, mushrooms, syrups, and decorative products in Appalachia. Keynote speakers, an industry panel, regional meet-ups, producer stories, and an expanded expo are all things to look forward to.
Building on the success of the 2024 Conference in Roanoke, Virginia, where we honored the past, and shaped the future of forest farming, our 2026 theme is “Rooting In and Branching Out.” Connecting producers and buyers is a focus of this conference, as is continuing to build a base of informed and motivated new and beginning producers. As are preparing for harvest and workforce development
Mark your calendars and see you there!
