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SUMMARY:NC Queer Farmer Convergence
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/nc-queer-farmer-convergence/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Shade Your Stream Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Why Now Matters:\nWestern 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. \nThe Shade Your Stream Symposium was built for this moment. \nWhether 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.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/shade-your-stream-symposium/
LOCATION:Winding Stair Farm\, 57 Saunders Rd.\, Franklin\, NC\, 28734\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cooking with Herbs Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Your kitchen windowsill has been waiting for this. \nCooking 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 work the same week. And\, the planter will look terrific on your kitchen table or on an outside ledge! \nThis is a fundraiser for Community Care Clinic of Franklin\, a free and charitable healthcare clinic serving our community. The $25 class covers the cost of the herbs\, soil\, planter\, etc; every dollar above $25 goes directly to supporting their work. \nWhat You’ll Do: \nMeet Your Herbs: Learn the personality of each plant\, what it pairs well with\, and how to harvest it without slowing it down\nPlant Your Garden: Get your hands in the soil and build your own kitchen herb planter\, ready for a sunny windowsill or a spot on the porch\nCook with Confidence: Walk through recipes that actually use what you are growing\, so the planter goes home with a purpose\nGive While You Grow: The set price is $25\, and anything above that goes 100% to Community Care Clinic of Franklin\nYou will leave with a living four-herb planter\, a set of recipes built around what you planted\, and a reason to look forward to cooking dinner this week. \nThis one is a good fit for home cooks\, beginner gardeners\, and anyone who has ever bought a bunch of fresh herbs\, used one sprig\, and watched the rest go to waste. \nAbout Community Care Clinic of Franklin: CCCF provides free\, charitable healthcare to uninsured and underinsured residents of Macon County and the surrounding region. This event is one small way the Winding Stair Gardens community can show up for the people who show up for our neighbors every day. \nThere will be the opportunity to directly donate a custom amount to CCCF at the event.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/cooking-with-herbs-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Winding Stair Farm\, 57 Saunders Rd.\, Franklin\, NC\, 28734\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Take Root
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Root Cause Farm for a joyful evening of community\, music\, food\, fun\, and summertime magic on the farm. \n📍 Root Cause Farm\n26 Joe Jenkins Road\, Fairview\, NC\n📅 Friday\, June 26\n(Rain date: June 27)\n🕔 5:00–8:00 PM\n🎟 FREE family-friendly community gathering \nEnjoy:\n🎶 Live music\n🍺 Local beer\n🍦 Ice cream\n🎨 Art activities\n🚜 Farm tours\n💦 Giant waterslide bounce house & more \nBring the kids\, bring your neighbors\, bring a lawn chair\, and come celebrate our very special community with us. Some activities and food vendors will have items available for purchase\, including all-event waterslide passes for kids. Thank you to Cory Wall Real Estate for helping to make this event extra special. \nWe can’t wait to gather with you for an unforgettable summer evening at the farm. 🌻
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/take-root/
LOCATION:Root Cause Farm\, 26 Joe Jenkins Rd\, Fairview\, NC\, 29730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Southeastern Permaculture Gathering at Patterson School Foundation!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for three days of learning and community. Topics include: Foraging and wild foods\, permaculture\, natural health practices\, sustainable living\, and open space. \nOpen 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 gathering and sharing stories\, knowledge and good company from around the Southeast! This is open to all\, and there are sponsorships for BIPOC. \nThere is camping as well as dorm rooms available\, and wonderful food prepared all three days by an AWESOME farm to table chef/ farmer named Ed Weinberger! \nSEPG grew out of our long-time location in Burnsville and found a new home at the historic Patterson School Foundation\, the first agriculture School in North Carolina! It is no longer a school but it is a great facility and beautiful campus that hosts events and encourages more sustainable and resilient agriculture practices. \nThe beautiful part about this gathering is that we all come with wisdom and knowledge to share together\, and we are all invited to learn and share together. You don’t have to though. You can participate at any level. We often have plant walks\, bug walks\, mushroom walks\, and many circles under the trees or indoors throughout campus covering all subjects we bring to the table in “open space.”
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/southeastern-permaculture-gathering-at-patterson-school-foundation/
LOCATION:Patterson School Foundation\, 4646 Patterson School Rd\, Lenoir\, NC\, 28645\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:2026 Gather to Grow Forest Farming Conference
DESCRIPTION:Who: Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition\nWhat: 2026 Forest Farming Conference\nGather to Grow: Rooted in and Branching Out\nWhere: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center\nBlacksburg\, VA\, USA\nWhen: October 23-25\, 2026 \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nBuilding 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 \nMark your calendars and see you there!
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/2026-gather-to-grow-forest-farming-conference/
LOCATION:The Inn at Virginia Tech\, 901 Prices Fork Rd\, Blacksburg\, VA\, 24061\, United States
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