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SUMMARY:Autumn Planting Lavender & Orchard
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a volunteer work week of autumn planting at our new farm in Sandy Mush\, NC — Spiral Mountain.\nSpiral Mountain is a 34-acre farm with five cabins with vision of community\, growing food and learning together.\nDuring this work week\, we will be installing at least 50 lavender plants (and potentially as many as 300)\, and approximately 50 fruit and nut trees. We invite you to join us\, whether it’s just for a day or for the whole week.\nWe have roughly 12 beds we can offer volunteers in cabins with electricity\, plumbing\, kitchens\, and bathrooms. If you’d like a bed\, please say so when you RSPV. We’ll reserve beds for people on a first come first serve basis. Volunteers are also welcome to camp on the land if you’d prefer.\nAlso\, we’ll feed you! At the end of the work week\, on the night of September 10th\, we will have a full moon celebration to commemorate our first call to community and gathering on this land. We also have a no-chemical policy\n*Also please drive slowly through Randall Glenn (our next door neighbor). Randall Glenn has lots of baby animals and a 5 mph speed limit! Thank you for being considerate!
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/autumn-planting-lavender-orchard/
LOCATION:Spiral Mountain\, 96 Randall Cove Rd\, Leicester\, NC\, 28748\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marketing and Pricing Workshops for Meat Handlers
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, NC Choices\, in collaboration with our colleagues at Cornell University\, launched two new and improved tools for NC’s meat handlers\, a revised marketing tool: MeatSuite.com and a revised pricing tool: Cornell Meat Price Calculator tool. \nThe MeatSuite website allows consumers to search for NC farms selling meat in bulk quantities. From quarters and halves to convenient bundles\, farms can list their products on MeatSuite for free. The new version includes numerous user-friendly features to promote your products to shoppers. NC Choices advertises the site statewide\, so we find the customers and bring them to you! \nThe Cornell Meat Price Calculator (MPC) is available for free use at www.meatsuite.com. The user-friendly online tool allows farmers to set prices that ensure they reach farm financial goals. The new version allows NC farmers to create a free account and save their data. This way\, as their costs change over time\, they can revisit the site and make adjustments to their pricing to maintain profitability goals. \nTo support the launch of the new tools\, NC Choices is hosting a series of “Meat Marketing & Pricing” workshops across parts of the state. NC Choices staff Sarah Blacklin\, Lee Menius\, and Matt LeRoux will demonstrate these new tools and present on related pricing and marketing topics at 4 locations around the state. A complete list of locations and dates\, as well as registration details follow. \nPresenters: \nMatt LeRoux- Marketing Specialist at NC Choices & Cornell University \nMatt has over 20 years’ experience serving farms through Cornell Cooperative Extension\, non-profits\, and consulting. Specializing in market strategy\, Matt works with a diverse mix of produce and livestock farmers and food businesses. Career highlights include developing the Marketing Channel Assessment Tool for produce growers and the Cornell Meat Price Calculator. \nSarah Blacklin- NC Cooperative Extension Program Director at NC Choices.\nSince 2003\, Sarah has helped small NC farmers maximize direct and wholesale marketing efforts to enhance profitability. Sarah’s work has gained attention on the local and national level. \nLee Menius- Technical Specialist at NC Choices\nThroughout his career\, his work has focused on educational projects and working with producers to develop effective pasture-based systems. \nMonday September 12 @ 6-8 pm (Meal at 5:30)\nWNC Livestock Center\, 474 Stock Dr. Canton\, NC\nRegistration- https://forms.gle/b1AMT6CBHL5pSFDM7 Please register by Sept 9th\nCall Buncombe at 828-255-5522 or Haywood at 828-456-3575 with any questions \nTuesday September 13 @ 6-8pm (Meal at 6:30pm)\nWatauga Ag-Conference Center 252 Poplar Grove Road Boone NC\nPlease Call the Watauga Extension Office (828-264-3061) or email eddy_labus@ncsu.edu to register.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/marketing-and-pricing-workshops-for-meat-handlers/
LOCATION:Watauga County Extension Center\, 971 West King Street\, Boone\, 28607
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Raising Backyard Chickens
DESCRIPTION:Long for a flock of fine feathered friends\, but aren’t sure how to get started? Ashley English will walk you through the basics of backyard chickens! \nIn this lecture\, we’ll gather together to learn the basics of keeping a flock of backyard chickens. Ashley will discuss and provide helpful information on the following topics: What to consider beforehand; Breed selection; Obtaining chickens; Housing; Feeding; Chicks; Health & Wellness; Eggs \nAshley English is the author of 11 books\, on topics ranging from raising chickens to canning and preserving\, and more. \nFree Program / Funded by the Friends of the Library \nRegistration Required- Call the Edneyville Library at 685-0110 to register.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/raising-backyard-chickens/
LOCATION:Henderson County Public Library – Edneyville Branch\, 2 Firehouse Rd\, Hendersonville\, NC\, 28792\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Mycorrhizals for Farm and Garden
DESCRIPTION:Fungi inhabited planet Earth long before plants. They were the first roots. \nCurrently over 80% of plant life rely on fungal allies – mycorrhizals – for water and nutrients. \nThey are essential to all life on earth. Yet\, we know very little about their role in our gardens and farms. \nThis one-day masterclass is a peek into the amazing\, underground world where mycelium intertwines with roots in one of nature’s oldest and most intimate collaborations.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/mycorrhizals-for-farm-and-garden/
LOCATION:The Forest Farmacy\, 24 Davis Lane\, Marshall\, NC\, 28753\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Equinox Botanical Walk with Abby Artemisia
DESCRIPTION:Join Abby Artemisia for a late summer botanical walk. We will meet at Red Moon Herbs to carpool to a nearby location for an adventure into identification and medicinal uses of local plants. Some scholarships available for the BIPOC community\, please contact info@redmoonherbs.com. $30.00\nFounder of the WANDER (Wild Artemisia Nature Discovery\, Empowerment\, and Reconnection) School\, Botanist\, Herbalist\, Forager\, Educator\, & Author\, Abby Artemisia\, lives in Appalachian North Carolina on the edge of the national forest. She learned about plants playing in the Midwestern woods of Ohio\, working on organic farms\, an herbal apprenticeship\, a bachelor’s degree in Botany from Miami University\, running her own tea business\, and relationships with various Native Tribes\, especially the Cherokee. She teaches about plant identification\, ethical foraging\, and working with plants for food and medicine throughout the country and at Wildcrafted Herb School. Her mission is offering nature and herbal education to create healing through connection with the natural world and each other. She is the author of The Wild Foraged Life Cookbook\, and The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders. She is the host of the podcast Wander\, Forage\, and Wildcraft\, and founder of The WANDER School\, which recently became a nonprofit to Decolonize Herbalism and provide herbs\, herbal medicine\, and botanical education to underserved communities.\nFind out more at www.thewanderschool.com Tickets at https://redmoonherbs.com/products/herbal-education-classes?_pos=2&_sid=3f84cd70d&_ss=r
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/equinox-botanical-walk-with-abby-artemisia/
LOCATION:Red Moon Herbs\, 26 Davis Chapel Rd\, Candler\, NC\, 28715\, United States
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